• Amy C Denham.
• Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina amy_denham@med.unc.edu.
• Ann Fam Med. 2024 Mar 1; 22 (2): 167169167-169.

AbstractFor many years I cared for Joe, following him through diagnoses of strokes, end-stage renal disease, and metastatic prostate cancer. Gaining his trust, coordinating his care across specialist visits and hospitalizations, and helping him and his family clarify goals of care took an investment of time and relationship-building. I was able to spend this time with Joe, and all of my medically complex patients, because I had taken a job in a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), a fully capitated model of care. With care organized around the patient instead of the visit, this payment model transformed my work life. As I reflect on the care that I provided for Joe over the years, I consider how health care organization and finance can either help or hinder our ability to provide patient-centered, coordinated, continuous care for our patients. Evolving payment models can help make space for family physicians to provide the robust primary care we are trained to deliver.© 2024 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.

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