The Primary Solution

As a second generation Family Physician with 30 plus years of experience, Philip Briggs has expanded from his solo practice in Santa Fe in 1980 to a network of 14 clinics across Arizona and New Mexico. The solution that The Primary Solution portends is radical; Philip Briggs provides an outline for a clinical and business model of care that has the capability to: • Extend patients’ lives and improve their quality of life • Solve the nation’s primary care physician shortage • Double the quality increase that NCQA PCMH recognition yields • Cut global health costs by half • Double the income of family physicians while enhancing their life style These goals are lofty, and seemingly unreachable, but study after study continues to confirm the impact of Patient-Centered Medical Home implementation and Dr. Briggs has built a clinical and business model to deliver better care to more patients while continuing to be profitable.