Since the introduction of Obamacare, a growing number of physicians are part of what are called Accountable Care Organizations, where physicians, nurses and other providers are responsible for the health of their patients and the costs of that care.
The shifting landscape is rearranging incentives, and leading doctors into corners of their work they've rarely visited.
On a late Friday afternoon last month, the Family Health Associates practice in Charleston, West Virginia is empty.
Empty except for Dr. Julie DeTemple and her staff.
“I should be home and I'm here typing away doing my notes, charting,” DeTemple said.
The primary care doctor has had to adjust from examining patients – why she got into the business – to examining data.
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