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This article argues that the resulting capacity\u2014the attention dividend\u2014should be governed as a health policy resource. Without deliberate allocation, it defaults to throughput, administrative absorption, and already-advantaged patients. The article specifies the payment and care model conditions that make deliberate reallocation more feasible, including hybrid and value-based payment, continuity add-on payments, monthly per-patient care-management payments, and primary care spending floors; proposes 3 priority uses\u2014recognition of overlooked patients, continuity, and safety-netting and reassurance; and pairs 8 allocation questions with measurable indicators, concrete policy and operational mechanisms, and accountable actors across health system leaders, payers, purchasers, primary care practices, AI vendors, regulators, and accreditors. Seven named capture mechanisms describe how the dividend fails to reach patients, each with a corrective governance response. 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