Some hospital providers already use holistic health care, including chiropractic, Chinese acupuncture, Functional medicine, diet and nutrition counseling, and holistic healing.

Consumers have a keen interest in wellness and natural targeted healing. There are more choices than ever for consumers to engage in “biohacking” to take charge of their own health for greater wellness.

Millions of Americans use daily meditation or mindfulness to reduce stress and enhance cognitive function. They also use wearables like smartwatches to monitor biological activity.

Intermittent fasting every 3 or 4 days is a proven way to lose weight and get more energy. Golfer Phil Mickelson uses the intermittent 16-hour fast to do both.

Extreme cold plunges and ice baths use changes in the environment to attain greater wellness. Some consumers self-diagnose symptoms by taking a targeted supplement to get better or achieve a health goal.

Others believe food is medicine.They follow an anti-inflammatory diet or use the elimination diet to determine the cause of their chronic inflammation. They believe whole food phytochemicals are healing.

Will Primary Care have an expanded role in a new wellness paradigm? Would each Primary Care practice have a certified wellness coach? Would they have a holistic healer, too? Could peers help with this as they are with Behavioral Health?

Would each Primary Care practice have a dedicated diet and nutritional coach, or would they be a separate profit center to support a community wellness initiative?

Could a hospital-based Concierge Medicine model work for hospital providers who practice holistic medicine? Would insurers power partner with hospital providers and patients who want to learn more about healthy living habits and prevent disease?

If the ACA added free market patient choices, patients with a Health Savings Account could use that to pay for healthy living habits and wellness coaching. Hospital providers must get paid for wellness preventative medicine.

Should the addition of free market options also include more consumer responsibility for their health, including self-care? Could holistic healing meet consumer demand and be a separate profit center?

Could holistic or integrative medicine be implemented in Rural America where 20% of our population live?

Medicare is approaching insolvency, and the federal government says Medicare fraud is rampant. Indeed, there could be as much as $500 billion a year in Medicare fraud.

A new wellness paradigm would improve the health of seniors and super-seniors, thus reducing Medicare costs.

Preventative medicine fits all demographics. We’ll take a closer look at this in our next blog about wellness.

It is a great time to be in health care with so much innovation and interest in wellness.

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