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March 30, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
On March 15, CMS announced that it was increasing the Medicare payment for administering COVID-19 vaccines to an average of $40 per dose, up from the previous averages of $28.39 for single-dose vaccines; and $16.94 (1st dose), then $28.39...
March 30, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
The Department for Health and Human Services recently released a new issue brief describing health disparities by race and ethnicity during the COVID-19 pandemic, with findings showing disparities in testing, infections and...
March 30, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
Congress has introduced several bills impacting primary care since the start of the year. These include:
the Veterans Access to Direct Primary Care (H.R. 1520), introduced by Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas-21), Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.-11),...
March 30, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
The latest COVID-relief bill passed by Congress, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, includes a range of economic and public health support measures, many of which have implications for patients and primary care practices. The package...
March 30, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
The most recent COVID-19-related stimulus package included substantial subsidies for healthcare coverage (see above). It builds on the several healthcare-related executive orders Pres. Biden signed within his first weeks office, including...
March 23, 2021
The PCC sent a letter to the chairs and ranking members of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce subcommittee to express its strong support for H.R. 1025, the “Kids’ Access to Primary Care Act of 2021.” The letter was sent...
March 17, 2021
PCC was one of 26 organizations that signed a letter in support of H.R. 1025, the Kids' Access to Primary Care Act of 2021, and sent to the bill's cosponsors, Reps. Kim Schrier, MD (D-Wash.-08); Kathy Castor (D-Fla.-14); and Brian K....
March 9, 2021 | Milbank Memorial Fund
The Milbank Memorial Fund announced March 9, 2021, that Connecticut, Oregon, Nevada, New Jersey, and Washington have been selected to participate in the Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs. With Peterson Center on...
March 8, 2021
On March 5, PCC sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in support of Dr. Vivek Murthy, who has been nominated by President Joe Biden to be U.S. Surgeon General.
The letter said PCC "...
January 28, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
A consortium of New England States, known as NESCSO, recently released a first-of-its-kind regional report on levels of primary care investment across six states. The analysis, based on administrative claims data for 7.2 million commercial...
January 28, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
In December 2020, Delaware’s Office of Value-Based Health Care Delivery issued a new report on healthcare affordability standards that includes plans to “more than double primary care spending in the commercial fully insured market by 2025...
January 26, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
In a letter sent Jan. 26, the Washington Health Alliance (Alliance) and the Purchaser Business Group on Health, formerly Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), a PCC Executive Member, join with purchasers in expressing support for the...
January 6, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
As president-elect Joe Biden and his administration prepare to take office on January 20, PCC has prepared a list of policy priorities in primary care that were submitted to Biden's transition team in late December. In sharing the...
October 16, 2020
The Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) welcomed the Taskforce for Telehealth Policy’s (TTP) charge in June to examine key considerations that are front-of-mind for primary care in the age of COVID: how does telehealth impact quality,...
October 5, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
The PCC sent a letter today to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma to voice its strong support of CMS’s proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for calendar year 2021. The letter stated...
September 14, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
The PCC is among many national organizations throwing their support behind the Broadband Reform and Investment to Drive Growth in the Economy (BRIDGE) Act of 2020, introduced this summer by U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), who said...
June 29, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
PCC is among the 340 organizations that sent a letter today urging congressional leaders to make telehealth flexibilities created during the COVID-19 pandemic permanent. Organizations signing this multi-stakeholder letter include national...
June 1, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
Today (June 1) begins a week of national advocacy for primary care. The PCC and many other organizations are part of this campaign, called #saveprimarycare. We are reaching out to Congress and the administration to call for dedicated...
March 26, 2020 | Families USA
The PCC recently signed on to Families USA's letter to Congress, urging them to pass legislation that provides aid allowing fiscal assistance for the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 9, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
PCC is excited to sign on to the American Academy of Pediatrics's letter of support for the Kid's Access to Primary Care Act of 2020. Ensuring that children have consistent access to quality care is essential. The Act would bring Medicaid...
