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Owen Tripp

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Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

Even in this time of hyperinflation, they're inflating faster than anything else.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

And this is one of most companies' number one pain points for how they are going to control their overall budget.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

So this is a solution that both gives them visibility to controlling costs and can deliver them an excellent patient experience that is not an offer that they've been able to get from the traditional managed care operators.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

They are, and we feel very strongly about that.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

We think that in our model, we want to train people, hire people in a specific way, prepare them for the kind of work that we do.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

And there's a lot we could spend time talking about there, but one of the key features of that is teamwork.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

We want people to work in a collaborative model where they understand that

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

While they may be expert in one specific thing that is connected to a service line, they're working in a much broader team in support of the member, in support of that patient.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

And we talk about the patients being very first here.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

And you and I had a laugh on this in the past.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

So many hospitals will say we're patient first.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

So many management companies will say they're patient first.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

But it is actually hard the way that the system is designed to truly be patient first.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

And at Included Health, we measure whether patients will come back to us, whether they tell their friends about us, whether they have high quality member satisfaction, and are they living more healthy days?

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

So everybody gets surveyed for patient reported outcomes, which is highly unusual, as you know, to have both the clinical outcomes and the patient reported outcomes.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

Today, that is all through virtual visits.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

So we provide 24 by 7, 365 access to urgent care, primary care, behavioral health, the start of the specialty clinic, which we launched last year.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

And then we provide support for patients who have questions about how these things are going to be billed, what other benefits they have access to and where appropriate.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

we send them out to care.

Ground Truths
Owen Tripp: Why Can't I Find and Get to the Right Doctor?

So obviously, we can't provide all the exams virtually.