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Impact of a Primary Care Value-Based Compensation Model

Lindsey Ulin, Lisa Rotenstein, Richard Gitomer, Lipika Samal, Salina Bakshi, Lance Rachelefsky, John Lewis and Erin E. Sullivan
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2026, 39 (1) 168431; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2025.250220R2
Lindsey Ulin
1 Division of Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital https://ror.org/002pd6e78
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Lisa Rotenstein
2 Physicians Foundation Center for Physician Experience and Practice Excellence Brigham and Women’s Hospital https://ror.org/04b6nzv94
3 University of California at San Francisco
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Richard Gitomer
4 MDLive by Evernorth
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Lipika Samal
5 Primary Care Center of Excellence Brigham and Women’s Hospital https://ror.org/04b6nzv94
6 Harvard Medical School
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Salina Bakshi
7 Walmart Health and Wellness
8 Department of Medicine University of Pennsylvania https://ror.org/00b30xv10
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Lance Rachelefsky
5 Primary Care Center of Excellence Brigham and Women’s Hospital https://ror.org/04b6nzv94
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John Lewis
5 Primary Care Center of Excellence Brigham and Women’s Hospital https://ror.org/04b6nzv94
6 Harvard Medical School
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Erin E. Sullivan
6 Harvard Medical School
9 Sawyer Business School Suffolk University https://ror.org/05y50nr98
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Lindsey Ulin, Lisa Rotenstein, Richard Gitomer, Lipika Samal, Salina Bakshi, Lance Rachelefsky, John Lewis, Erin E. Sullivan
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