Geisinger's efforts provide a preview of the challenges the entire US will face in the coming decades.
This story requires our BI Prime membership. To read the full article,Geisinger, a health system based in central Pennsylvania, is investing heavily in the basic care it provides, starting with seniors.
Geisinger's efforts to care for an aging population provide something of a preview for the challenges that the US as a whole will face in the coming decades. In the 38 counties where the system operates in Pennsylvania, 19.6% of the population is already 65 or older. The system projects that'll rise to 21.9% in half a decade.
In all, Geisinger's health plan has more than 550,000 members, and the health system cares for more than a million patients a year.Big hospital systems are borrowing an 80-year-old idea to keep patients healthy and cut costs, and it could be the future of healthcareThe Kingston primary-care clinic is the first for Geisinger, which plans to open 15 locations over the next year and another 15 after that.
The new clinics are modeled on the concierge-care models that Ryu, Geisinger's CEO, has seen in places like the Bay Area but won't charge extra fees. Instead, Tricarico can call or message patients directly, or catch up more frequently with the other caregivers in the office to hear how patients are doing. He's also got the time to bring them in for more frequent follow-up visits.Tricarico said he was drawn to 65 Forward because it reminded him of what he'd been able to do when he had his own independent practice before joining Geisinger. When the first location ended up being in his back yard, he jumped at the chance to join.
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