Read PCC’s report that reviews the evidence to identify eight primary care payment and delivery reform strategies to improve access, outcomes, and equity for Medicaid recipients.
"Access & Equity in Medicaid: Robust Primary Care is a Must"
Read PCC’s report that reviews the evidence to identify eight primary care payment and delivery reform strategies to improve access, outcomes, and equity for Medicaid recipients.
A new issue brief from the Primary Care Collaborative outlines how strengthening primary care can help slow the rise of chronic conditions, restore trust in the health system and curb rising costs.
The California Health Care Foundation and Paschal Roth Public Affairs have created this communications resource. It provides valuable recommendations to state advocates and officials who are engaged in primary care measurement and investment activities.
Over the past two quarters of 2021, the PCC’s Behavioral Health Integration Workgroup has focused on developing payment recommendations that would support behavioral health integration in federal primary care payment. The product of this work, a six-page letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, was sent on January 26, 2022.
PCC recently issued a comment letter regarding the 2020 Physcian Fee Schdule. PCC urges Congress to protect the final fee schedule, as it includes changes that will strengthen primary care.
The Maine Quality Forum recently published its primary care spending report. This report details the current investment levels in primary care and how that money is spent within the state. In addition, it offers recommendations on how to cost effectively increase investment in primary care within the state of Maine.
Our experiences studying exemplary primary care practices, and our work assisting other practices to become more patient-centered, led to a formulation of the essential elements of primary care, which we call the 10 building blocks of high-performing primary care.
As the US health care delivery system undergoes rapid transformation, there is an urgent need to define a comprehensive, evidence-based role for the family physician. A Role Definition Group made up of members of seven family medicine organizations developed a statement defining the family physician’s role in meeting the needs of individuals, the health care system, and the country.
The Advanced Primary Care-Alternative Payment Model (APC-APM) embodies the principle that patient-centered primary care is comprehensive, continuous, coordinated, connected, and accessible from the patient’s first contact with the health system. The APC-APM aims to improve clinical quality through the delivery of coordinated, longitudinal care, and uses the approach to deliver care that improves patient outcomes and reduces health care spending.
