Primary care’s AI opportunity depends on new payment models

The U.S. is facing a rapidly aging population alongside a dearth of primary care physicians, who play a crucial role in catching health issues early and keeping costs low. Everyone agrees technology should play a role in filling care gaps, but where its value truly lies is up for debate. Senior Writer Anastassia Gliadkovskaya talks to David Carmouche, M.D., chief medical and commercial officer of Lumeris, a health tech company that supports providers. Carmouche shares creative ways providers can use technology more effectively and the payment models needed to support those efforts long term. He also discusses lessons learned from leading Walmart Health centers, which shuttered in 2024, and his current work on a federal healthcare advisory committee to the Department of Health and Human Services. To learn more about the topics in this episode:  Walmart Health's shutdown underscores major challenges for retail health 'disruptors' Weekly Rundown: Lumeris adds symptom-checking tool to AI platform; DeepIntent rolls out agentic AI t…  Primary care is in trouble. So doctors band together to boost their market power  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.