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Advanced primary care built around what matters: affordability, quality, results
Better care and better economics don't have to compete. Our value-based approach supports your people with highly-personal care—and drives real outcomes for your organization.
Traditional primary care wasn't built for today's workforce
of Americans live with a chronic condition
CDC
people live in primary care shortage areas
HRSA
of Americans worry about affording healthcare
KFF
average wait time for a physician appointment
AMN Healthcare
Advanced primary care transforms a scarce resource into a universal benefit
Responsible for population health
We're accountable for impact, not encounters. Our clinicians monitor population risk, care gaps, and engagement and reach people proactively, before problems surface. Health outcomes and total cost of care are the measures of success.
Proactive, continuous, tech-enabled care
Continuity makes a world of difference. With same- and next-day access—in-person and virtual—your people never have to wait to be heard. They work with stable care teams who truly know them, so every visit feels like a connection, not a transaction.
A home for all health concerns
Primary care is the front door and coordinating hub for whole-person care. Our clinicians address 90% of care needs, reducing unnecessary specialty referrals and ensuring that when people need more, they're guided to the right high-value care.
Advanced primary care is radical return to what we know works
Traditional primary care
Fee-for-service care reimburses individual visits and services, rewarding volume regardless of outcomes. Data is used primarily for billing and revenue capture, providing no insight into population health.
Long waits, 13-16 minute visits, and limited hours push employees toward urgent care or the emergency room. Care is visit-driven, with minimal contact before, between, or after appointments, leaving gaps that compound over time.
Primary care is a fragmented series of stops rather than the coordinating center of the healthcare journey. Patients are left to navigate their own next steps, with referrals often happening without guidance or follow-up.
Advanced primary care
Value-based care removes time constraints, aligning incentives around prevention, outcomes, and long-term cost control. Analytics support risk stratification, proactive outreach, and outcome tracking, so care teams can focus their attention where it matters most.
Same- or next-day appointments, 30-plus-minute visits, and flexible hours—both in-person and virtual—fit people’s real-life needs. Care continues between visits, thanks to ongoing engagement through technology and AI-enabled support.
Multidisciplinary teams address the whole person, with warm handoffs that keep care connected. When members need specialty care, they get value-driven referrals and dedicated support throughout the care ecosystem.
Comprehensive primary care for whole-person health
Core advanced primary care:
Annual wellness visits, cancer screenings, reproductive health, and more
Education, symptom monitoring, and medication management for chronic conditions
Care for acute needs like colds, flu, allergies, UTIs, and wounds
Comprehensive lab panels, rapid testing for illness, and various immunizations
Onsite dispensing and home delivery for common medications; primary care-led counseling
Lifestyle management and behavior change; well-being and health promotion programs
Expert program design, accessibility via patient portal, and deep analytics to monitor trend
Anxiety and depression screenings; medication management
Specialty eConsults to avoid referrals; navigation to value-driven referrals, when needed
Always-on, 24/7 access to nurse support and triage
Integrated services:
Mental health clinicians for full-spectrum care; workplace support programming
Physical therapy, chiropractic care, athletic training, and massage therapy
Health coaching, nutrition therapy, targeted condition support, and GLP-1 programs
Injury prevention, triage, care, and case management; screenings, exams, and more
Onsite pharmacists for medication dispensing and counseling
Advanced primary care actually moves the needle
higher primary care use, due to greater access and trust
lower claims costs—control over trend, regained
fewer inpatient admissions—because care shifts out of crisis mode
fewer emergency room visits, thanks to better access to care
COLLECTIVE IMPACT
What advanced primary care looks like in practice
When you offer free primary healthcare with no copay or deductible, people are going to try it. I'm overwhelmed with joy at what we accomplished here.
Business Manager
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With Marathon Health, employees can be seen the same day or the next day, even on weekends, thus saving both the employee and the County money.
Senior Benefits Consultant
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Look at the number of folks who go to the doctor thanks to this access. We want to keep costs down, but at the end of the day, what matters is taking care of our people.
Benefits Specialist
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Onsite and nearsite
health centers
Dedicated health centers for co-located workforces. Configure services to meet your population's unique needs.
Network
health centers
A national open-access network with 100+ locations. Turnkey implementation with low upfront friction and high value.
Virtual
care
The same high-quality, comprehensive, continuous care for your employees, available across all 50 states.
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