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S1 Ep104: Payer ownership and the future of primary care, with Loren Adler of the Brookings Institution
Loren Adler, fellow and associate director at the Brookings Institution's Center on Health Policy, joins the show to talk about his new Health Affairs study examining the rise of insurer-owned primary care practices.
Adler breaks down how quickly payer ownership has expanded, why certain markets are seeing far higher concentrations and what this consolidation means for costs, competition, Medicare Advantage and independent physicians. He also discusses the data sources behind the research, the role risk adjustment plays in shaping insurer incentives and the policy questions that come with…
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