Poplar.care is a better way to engage patients in their own health
Traditional Healthcare
Passive disease management using traditional medical approaches (drugs and procedures)
Value Based Care
Passive disease management using traditional medical approaches (drugs and procedures), with proactive attention to annual wellness visits and post-hospital visits
Lifestyle Medicine
Active disease prevention and reversal. Goal is to help patients be the best version of themselves, and to optimize wellbeing.
Poplar.care Network Has a Lot to Offer
Our comparison matrix below helps you see how our Lifestyle Medicine Network compares to Traditional Healthcare and Value Based Care. From high engagement to deeper connections, cost reduction to prevention and reversal of disease, LM Network delivers.
Traditional Health Care ?
Mainstream Value Based Care?
Poplar.care Network
Practices, clinics, hospitals who are fee-for-service meaning they are paid to see sick patients
Practices, clinics, hospitals who are members of ACO or other value based contracting arrangement, practicing mainstream medicine
Practices, clinics, hospitals who are members of poplar and focus on addressing the root causes of disease to keep patients healthy through a lifestyle based approach
Engagement with patient
Low engagement
Wait till patient comes to the practice with a problem
Medium engagement
Try to be proactive about annual wellness visits and post-hospital visits
High engagement
See every patient at optimal interval
Patient satisfaction
High volume of brief encounters, poor customer service
High volume of brief encounters, poor customer service
Higher value visits, proactive customer service
Provider satisfaction
High volume of superficial patient visits leads to burnout
High volume of superficial patient visits leads to burnout
Lower volume, deeper connection, team of assistants, attention to provider wellness
Optimal outcomes for chronic diseases like diabetes, obesity, hypertension.
Passive disease management using traditional medical approaches (drugs and procedures)
Passive disease management using traditional medical approaches (drugs and procedures), with proactive attention to annual wellness visits and post-hospital visits
Active disease prevention and reversal
Payment for keeping people healthy?
No. Payment is for seeing sick patients. No financial incentive to keep people healthy
Not really. Payment is mostly for seeing sick patients, with a small bonus for cost of care and/or vanity quality measures ?
[Vanity quality measures are intended to measure quality of health care but they really measure adherence to traditional medical protocols like adherence to blood pressure medication]
Yes, through our total risk and value based contracts
A vision for wellness
Goal is treatment of diseases
Goal is treatment of diseases with incremental attempts at prevention
Goal is to help patients be the best version of themselves, and to optimize wellbeing
Total cost of care
If costs go up, then revenue goes up. Therefore no alignment with saving cost of care
Incremental improvements in overall cost
Dramatic cost improvements are possible when diseases are prevented or reversed
Approach to cost saving
None
Risk coding ?
[making sure to code every disease the patient has ever had]
Prevent and reverse diseases
Revenue potential for the independent practice
Fee-for-service
Fee-for-service with some value-based payments
Large shared savings payments when successful at reducing total cost of care
Financial risk
Low risk
Low risk
Medium risk, mitigated with stop loss insurance
Sustainability
None
None
Sustainability, local community, pedestrianism, and plant based diets are part of our core principles
Traditional Health Care ?
Practices, clinics, hospitals who are fee-for-service meaning they are paid to see sick patients
Mainstream Value Based Care?
Practices, clinics, hospitals who are members of ACO or other value based contracting arrangement, practicing mainstream medicine
Poplar.care Network
Practices, clinics, hospitals who are members of LMN and focus on addressing the root causes of disease to keep patients healthy through a lifestyle based approach
Engagement with patient
Traditional Health Care ?
Low engagement
Wait till patient comes to the practice with a problem
Mainstream Value Based Care?
Medium engagement
Try to be proactive about annual wellness visits and post-hospital visits
Poplar.care Network
High engagement
See every patient at optimal interval
Patient satisfaction
Traditional Health Care ?
High volume of brief encounters, poor customer service
Mainstream Value Based Care?
High volume of brief encounters, poor customer service
Poplar.care Network
Higher value visits, proactive customer service
Provider satisfaction
Traditional Health Care ?
High volume of superficial patient visits leads to burnout
Mainstream Value Based Care?
High volume of superficial patient visits leads to burnout
Poplar.care Network
Lower volume, deeper connection, team of assistants, attention to provider wellness
Optimal outcomes for chronic diseases like diabetes, obesity, hypertension.
Traditional Health Care ?
Passive disease management using traditional medical approaches (drugs and procedures)
Mainstream Value Based Care?
Passive disease management using traditional medical approaches (drugs and procedures), with proactive attention to annual wellness visits and post-hospital visits
Poplar.care Network
Active disease prevention and reversal
Payment for keeping people healthy?
Traditional Health Care ?
No. Payment is for seeing sick patients. No financial incentive to keep people healthy
Mainstream Value Based Care?
Not really. Payment is mostly for seeing sick patients, with a small bonus for cost of care and/or vanity quality measures ?[Vanity quality measures are intended to measure quality of health care but they really measure adherence to traditional medical protocols like adherence to blood pressure medication]
Poplar.care Network
Yes, through our total risk and value based contracts
A vision for wellness
Traditional Health Care ?
Goal is treatment of diseases
Mainstream Value Based Care?
Goal is treatment of diseases with incremental attempts at prevention
Poplar.care Network
Goal is to help patients be the best version of themselves, and to optimize wellbeing
Total cost of care
Traditional Health Care ?
If costs go up, then revenue goes up. Therefore no alignment with saving cost of care
Mainstream Value Based Care?
Incremental improvements in overall cost
Poplar.care Network
Dramatic cost improvements are possible when diseases are prevented or reversed
Approach to cost saving
Traditional Health Care ?
None
Mainstream Value Based Care?
Risk coding ? [making sure to code every disease the patient has ever had]
Poplar.care Network
Prevent and reverse diseases
Revenue potential for the independent practice
Traditional Health Care ?
Fee-for-service
Mainstream Value Based Care?
Fee-for-service with some value-based payments
Poplar.care Network
Large shared savings payments when successful at reducing total cost of care
Financial risk
Traditional Health Care ?
Low risk
Mainstream Value Based Care?
Low risk
Poplar.care Network
Medium risk, mitigated with stop loss insurance
Sustainability
Traditional Health Care ?
None
Mainstream Value Based Care?
None
Poplar.care Network
Sustainability, local community, pedestrianism, and plant based diets are part of our core principles
Even a quick review of the Comparison Matrix is enough to confirm that nothing compares to the Poplar. Authentic to its members, authentic to its patients. We are here for each other.