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Lifestyle Medicine Practice: Exploring Workable Models
1Lifestyle Medicine Solutions, Riverside, California.
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
|September 12, 2018
Summary
Lifestyle medicine offers a new approach to primary care, distinct from traditional models. Innovative clinical and reimbursement strategies are key to expanding access and reducing chronic disease burden and healthcare costs.
Area of Science:
- Integrative Medicine
- Healthcare Management
- Preventive Medicine
Background:
- Traditional medical practices often fall short in addressing chronic diseases.
- Reimbursement systems significantly influence healthcare delivery models.
- Lifestyle medicine presents a promising alternative for managing chronic conditions and healthcare expenditures.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe a novel primary care lifestyle medicine practice model.
- To outline innovative reimbursement strategies supporting lifestyle medicine.
- To discuss the assumptions, care model, and financial partnerships of Lifestyle Medicine Solutions (LMS).
Main Methods:
- Development of a new clinical care model for lifestyle medicine.
- Implementation of innovative reimbursement strategies.
- Analysis of key assumptions, care model, and financial partnerships within the LMS practice.
Main Results:
- Lifestyle Medicine Solutions (LMS) has successfully developed and implemented a primary care lifestyle medicine practice.
- The practice integrates a novel clinical care approach with unique reimbursement strategies.
- Key assumptions and financial partnerships supporting the model have been identified.
Conclusions:
- New models for delivering lifestyle medicine are essential for reducing chronic disease prevalence and healthcare costs.
- The LMS model demonstrates a viable approach to integrating lifestyle medicine into primary care.
- Wider implementation of such models is crucial to ensure patient and provider access to lifestyle medicine.
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