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Author of ExPat Health Guide, Hunter Schultz speaks with Chris Habig on the pros of DPC and the cons of the status quo, discussing dpc outreach, getting the word out to the masses, and even how DPC brings polarizing political spectrums together. Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Hunter Schultz Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

How do you educate about Direct Primary Care? How do you deal with certain types of pushback? As the Chief Growth Officer of Frontier Direct Care, Joe Wilson sits down with Chris to discuss growth strategies in the DPC communities. They pick apart what consists of value-based care and customer experience, and deliberate using these as tools to educate and grow the community.  Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Frontier Direct Care Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

Elise Amez-Droz is the Program Manager at the Open Health Project from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Elise brings perspective on a variety of International healthcare systems compared to US systems in light of insurance, government regulations, and private markets. How can we foster ideas to be a part of the solution surrounding healthcare? Join Chris and Elise as they discuss! Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Mercatus Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

Owner of Crossroads Integrative Medicine, Dr. Ryan Heer discusses with Chris how he got started as a Naturopath in Direct Primary Care. Discover how Ryan puts the patient experience first and how connecting the patients’ medical providers to communicate and work together, increases the quality of care to the patient. Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Crossroads Integrative Medicine Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

Dr. Jim McDonald of Clarity Direct Primary Care tips the scale from traditional health care to Direct Primary Care. He discusses how switching to a DPC practice has changed his work-life balance, enabling quality work and life. Jim discusses with Chris how this has allowed him to cultivate better relationships not only with his patients but family as well. When in the corporate health system, Dr. Jim McDonald was pressured by outside sources to not connect with patients the way he wanted to, causing an emotional toll. Transitioning to DPC, he now finds a better quality of work, and life, now advocating for the next generation of physicians to consider a DPC practice and continue the continuity of care. Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Clarity Direct Primary Care Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

Celeste Brain Health’s Sumul Modi brings a neurologist's perspective as well as an international point of view on medical care with insurance versus a Direct Primary Care model. Sumul saw a problem with poor patient experiences with month-long wait times seeking care, to patients getting lost in a corporate system. Dr. Sumul and Chris explore a few solutions from healthy competition in open markets to opening up access for patients. Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Celeste Brain Health Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

Physician and Owner, Holly Smith of Fiat Family Medicine tells her story of how she started her own Direct Primary Care practice and why having the freedom of practicing in DPC is just as important as incorporating faith into her practice. Holly and Chris describe the simplicity of communication and feedback and describe the relief people have when discovering a different way to be a part of healthcare. Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Fiat Family Medicine Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Liz Kwo brings deep expertise and innovation leadership in data science, automation, and artificial intelligence for digital health. Chris and Dr. Kwo look at the balance between direct patient care and technology, along with barriers and challenges having the ability for patients to gain access to their own medical records and consumer metrics. Dr. Kwo also discusses Value-Based Care as a buzzword vs. what it should mean in building community and trust around patients.  Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Everly Health Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

Doctors want to do the right thing for the patient. But sometimes it can be tangled with legislation, insurance, and even media. MVP Health Care’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Carl Cameron speaks on the challenge of trust between patients, providers, and insurance companies and for all parties to come together to have the patients’ interest in the forefront, meeting unmet needs for customers, and improving health literacy. Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on MVP Health Care Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

CEO & Co-Founder Chris Blackley breaks down the relationships between employers, prescription markets, and pharmacies. From prescribers to providers,  Chris and Chris walk through how prescription benefit managers are driving up prices of medication for patients,  how consumers can find the most affordable prescription drugs, and how transparency can shift the power to the consumer with the information they need.  Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Prescryptive Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

Katie McGovern and Elizabeth Bowen are practitioners and owners of Your Corner Pediatrics. They started their own Direct Primary Care pediatric office with help from Freedom Healthworks and now share their first hand experience on how beneficial DPC is for patients, for them as providers, and behind the scenes running their office. Chris, Katie, and Elizabeth highlight how this model enables quality of care over quantity of patients. Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Your Corner Pediatrics Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

CEO & Founder Dr. Jeffrey Gold of Gold Direct Care discusses the Direct Primary Care industry. Being a proven business model, why is the DPC not gaining as much traction as it deserves? How do we stop putting band aids to fix the current status quo and mitigate real change for the DPC industry? Dr. Jeffrey Gold is one of many showing a prime example of how Direct Primary Care benefits patients and providers.  Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Gold Direct Care Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

From the Texas Public Policy Foundation and General Surgeon, John O’Shea speaks on accountability and regulation with solutions on creating better quality and value in healthcare using policy. Making it a free marketplace with room for consumers to make a choice and increasing access to direct primary care by defining what access is to introduce more consumer choice leading to greater competition and incentivizing providers. Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Texas Public Policy Foundation Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

Jonah Salita Co-Founder of Diall, a health app dedicated to fostering a home for mental health and community, speaks on where mental health starts, how to engage with people who tend not to talk about mental health issues, and provides solutions for mental support wherever they are.  Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Diall Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

Founder and Attorney at Tycko & Zavareei, Jonathan Tycko works on fraud cases from government contracting, international trade, to the healthcare industry. He speaks on this week’s episode about the fraud cases within healthcare and how healthcare workers, clinics, and patients can be empowered by this information and knowledge.  Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Jonathan Tycko and Tycko and Zavareei Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

Hatem Zeine Founder, President and CTO of Ossia, a company that creates wireless, over the air power delivery discusses the benefits that this tech has from in-home patients, to medical facilities.  Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Ossia Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

Grady Gibbs from Evolve Medical Consulting joins Healthcare Americana as he and Chris discuss optimizing the doctor - patient relationship and how it has evolved over time. How impactful are various financial payers on that relationship in instances of medicare patients and prescription patients? Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Evolve Medical Consulting Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

Rich Palarea CEO of Kermit, a Baltimore-based healthcare cost reduction and spend management company that brings automation and insight to the high-spend category of implantable medical devices within hospitals and health systems. Chris and Rich discuss the current problems with the model and bring solutions to the table to make a more transparent and fair priced solution.  Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Kermit Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/

Eric Larson MD, host of the Paradocs Podcast and the Doctor Podcast Network joins Healthcare Americana this week and discusses problems and solutions from medical education and medical associations to hospitals and private practices. Follow Healthcare Americana: Twitter Instagram LinkedIn More on Freedom Healthworks More on Paradocs Podcast Subscribe at https://healthcareamericana.com/episodes/