Dr. Christine Meyer, a primary care doctor in Exton, is always looking or ways to provide better care for her patients, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Currently, she and her team have increased the time they spend with patients to around 20 minutes from the previous 15.

“It feels so good to be able to sit down, look your patient in the eye, not feel like you’ve got to get to the next person,” said Meyer.

Her office also expanded the evening and weekend clinician roster to perform more like an urgent care center, recruited four remote front office personnel to ensure prompt responses to patient calls, and hired a full-time “coach” to help patients effectively manage their diabetes.

All this was made possible through bonuses collected through initiatives rewarding practices and organizations for offering their patients high-quality care at lower costs, such as the Medicare Shared Savings Program, an Affordable Care Act initiative.

Meyer is part of an Aledade Accountable Care Organization ranked fourth-best nationwide based on how much under the benchmark its patients cost Medicare. The organization beat this by 14 percent in 2022, providing $30 million in bonuses.

Read more about Christine Meyer hoping to provide better care for her patients in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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