The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) submitted comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation on Advanced Primary Care Model concepts on March 16. In the comments, the PCPCC advocates for the transition from volume-driven fee-for-service payment to more value-oriented payment models in primary care linked to quality and efficiency.
View the PCPCC's complete responses in the PDF attachment.
Based on first year results, the CMS says its two advanced primary care initiatives show promise for saving money and improving health-care quality.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in a Jan. 23 blog post said the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative reduced hospital admissions by 2 percent and emergency department visits by 3 percent and cut expenditures “nearly enough to offset care management fees paid by CMS.”
