This is a guest post from Uchenna Onyekwere, a healthcare professional who aims improve the performance of large healthcare organizations through strategy and operations consulting. It is no secret that the United States is one of the top health spenders in the world. Annual spending has climbed to $3.8 trillion representing 17.9% of GDP. With up to 75% of our cost burden coming from the management of chronic disease, cheaper, more effective primary care models that address chronic disease management are critical to cost reduction. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) addresses this by expanding coverage to millions of previously uninsured patients. In an ideal world, this would lead to greater access to primary care, earlier intervention, and ultimately cost reductions. Like any system; this has some flaws that need to be ironed out. For example, a July 2014 study in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine described an unintentional racial disparity in insurance reimbursement for emergency room physician services at a single tertiary center (Link:
Remodeling Healthcare
Remodeling Healthcare
Remodeling Healthcare
This is a guest post from Uchenna Onyekwere, a healthcare professional who aims improve the performance of large healthcare organizations through strategy and operations consulting. It is no secret that the United States is one of the top health spenders in the world. Annual spending has climbed to $3.8 trillion representing 17.9% of GDP. With up to 75% of our cost burden coming from the management of chronic disease, cheaper, more effective primary care models that address chronic disease management are critical to cost reduction. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) addresses this by expanding coverage to millions of previously uninsured patients. In an ideal world, this would lead to greater access to primary care, earlier intervention, and ultimately cost reductions. Like any system; this has some flaws that need to be ironed out. For example, a July 2014 study in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine described an unintentional racial disparity in insurance reimbursement for emergency room physician services at a single tertiary center (Link: