Dr. Eric Bricker on Primary Care

Very few people understand our healthcare system as well as Eric Bricker, MD. Fewer still can teach and explain the various moving parts as well as he can. Dr. Bricker trained as an internal medicine physician, attending medical school at University of Illinois College of Medicine, followed by residency at Johns Hopkins. In addition to his top-rate medical training, he also has a fascinating and unusual professional background which he narrates in his Healthcare Money Campfire Stories.

Dr. Bricker currently works as Medical Director of SimplePay Health and continues to publish daily videos through his popular blog and YouTube channel, AHealthCareZ.

Below are some of his videos about primary care:

• Direct Primary Care Overview

• Primary Care Innovation at Scale

• Virtual Primary Care: It’s Time

• Medicare Value Based Payments Explained

• Primary Care: US vs Other Countries

• Value Based Care: Business Case Against It

• Patient Must Come First in Value Based Care

• Value Based Care Happened 40 Years Ago

XPC Interview Topics with Dr. Bricker:

• Value Based Care and Claims-Free Care [01:30-06:54]

• Insurance Based VBC vs Direct Pay [06:55-09:20]

• Why VBC has not worked previously. [09:21-11:30]

• Virtual First Primary Care [11:32-16:03]

• Virtual Only Primary Care [16:04-19:57]

• Advice to Employers [19:58-24:48]

• Role of Primary Care Physicians in Employer Benefits [24:49-29:28]

• Changes to Medical Education [29:29-31:41]

• Thoughts on the Future of Primary Care [31:42-35:11]

• How Can Innovators Create New Opportunities [35:12-37:10]