Improving Primary Care Use by Seniors Through Value-Based Care

By: Kaylyn Swankoski, PhD, Amanda Sutherland, PhD, Emily Boudreau, PhD, Suhas Gondi, MD, MBA, Vivek Kumar Garg, MD, MBA, Shannon Burdette, and Gosia Sylwestrzak, MA

Doctor and senior patient using digital tablet

Primary care is the backbone of a high-performing health care system. Primary care providers are best positioned to manage patients’ overall health through first-contact access, comprehensive management of chronic conditions, longitudinal relationships, and care coordination. As policy makers and payers continue to test value-based programs to improve outcomes and contain costs, understanding the role of value-based care enablement in primary care is important.