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.

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Walmart Health's shutdown underscores major challenges for retail health 'disruptors'
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Primary care is in trouble. So doctors band together to boost their market power 

The U.S. is facing a rapidly aging population alongside a <a href="https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/primary-care-trouble-so-doctors-band-together-boost-their-market-power" data-start="136" data-end="259">dearth</a> 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:&nbsp;
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<li><a href="https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/walmart-shuttering-all-51-health-centers-virtual-care" aria-label="Link Walmart Health's shutdown underscores major challenges for retail health 'disruptors'">Walmart Health's shutdown underscores major challenges for retail health 'disruptors'</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/weekly-rundown-lumeris-adds-symptom-checking-tool-ai-platform-whoop-healthex-partner" aria-label="Link Weekly Rundown: Lumeris adds symptom-checking tool to AI platform; DeepIntent rolls out agentic AI t&hellip;">Weekly Rundown: Lumeris adds symptom-checking tool to AI platform; DeepIntent rolls out agentic AI t&hellip;</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/primary-care-trouble-so-doctors-band-together-boost-their-market-power" aria-label="Link Primary care is in trouble. So doctors band together to boost their market power">Primary care is in trouble. So doctors band together to boost their market power</a>&nbsp;</li>
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Podnosis: the pulse of the healthcare industry. Every week, journalists from Fierce Healthcare dive into some of the industry’s biggest trends. We talk to the experts about what’s important now so you can prep for the future. Hear about all things healthcare, from physician practices to hospital chains and insurance giants—and those that mix all three—plus the tech they use, disruptors looking to compete and people moving the sector forward. Follow Podnosis on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Podnosis: the pulse of the healthcare industry. Every week, journalists from Fierce Healthcare dive into some of the industry’s biggest trends. We talk to the experts about what’s important now so you can prep for the future. Hear about all things healthcare, from physician practices to hospital chains and insurance giants—and those that mix all three—plus the tech they use, disruptors looking to compete and people moving the sector forward. Follow Podnosis on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon or wherever you get your podcasts.