Don’t miss the premier networking event of the year where we celebrate the accomplishments of primary care champions. At this year's Barbara Starfield Awards Dinner we will recognize two individuals and one organization for their distinguished accomplishments. The Barbara Starfield Award is sponsored by Anthem.
Immediately following the Annual Conference, PCPCC will host a workshop to raise the visibility and build the case for increasing the investment in primary care in states and nationally to improve health care quality and affordability. Primary care typically makes up a relatively low proportion – approximately 5-8 percent of total health care spending in the U.S. Outside of the primary care community, policy leaders are generally uninformed about the level of under-investment in primary care.
PCPCC will hold a Primary Care and Behavioral Health Integration workgroup meeting on September 12, from 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM. PCPCC will convene in-person and will also have a conference line available to participants in the workgroup meeting. Participants will identify key areas in which we believe our collaborative work can have the highest-value contribution.
One of the greatest barriers to improving healthcare in the United States is utilizing medications in a manner that does not allow them to reach their full potential. Clinical pharmacists are an integral member of the healthcare team and play an important role in optimizing medication use and improving patient care. The expert panelists on this upcoming webinar will discuss the importance of implementing Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) strategies to maximize patient outcomes.
The panelists on this upcoming webinar are thought leaders in work to advance the measurement of primary care spending – at the state, federal and international level.
Increasing our utilization of primary care will lead to lower costs, higher patient satisfaction, fewer hospitalizations and emergency department visits, and lower mortality. Unfortunately, it is difficult to measure actual primary care spend, which makes it difficult to quantify primary care investment and clearly demonstrate these positive associated outcomes.
Please join PCPCC for a webinar on overcoming financing barriers to behavioral health integration in primary care. Thought leaders from the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care will lay out a path forward for financing behavioral health integration, and experts from UPMC Health Plan will discuss how they are working to overcome a variety of real-world challenges to implement behavioral health integration.
