In this episode of Lifers, Christina Farr sits down with Dr. David Carmouche, chief medical and commercial officer at Lumeris and newly appointed advisor to HHS and CMS, to explore one of healthcare’s most urgent questions: can primary care be saved, and is AI the thing that finally does it?
They discuss how decades of administrative burden, misaligned payment models, and the erosion of the longitudinal doctor-patient relationship turned primary care into an impossible job, and why AI represents the first real opportunity to reimagine it. They also explore the audacious vision of a single PCP managing 5,000 to 10,000 patients through autonomous AI, why the office visit needs to become the exception rather than the starting point, and what it will take to rebuild a system that actually works for patients and clinicians alike.
References:
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1l9Ddx4uF6ScxbuNi0KDir?si=6c149a5f3f164d69
- Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-david-carmouche-lumeris-why-ai-is-primary-cares/id1759267211?i=1000771824313
- Youtube: https://youtu.be/CTDsiC7W50o
- X Twitter: https://x.com/chrissyfarr/status/2064350503576989968