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October 5, 2020 | PCPCC Press Release
WASHINGTON, October 5, 2020 – Patients’ physical and mental health is declining as nearly seven months of the pandemic take their toll, according to a new survey of primary care clinicians released today by the Larry A. Green Center, a...
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...
October 1, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
Check back regularly for the latest survey results and updates.
For data from the previous survey, see Week 19 Results.
Who replied to the survey in Week 21?
The Primary Care Collaborative is partnering with the Larry A. Green Center to...
September 30, 2020 | American Cancer Society
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, elective medical procedures, including cancer screening, were largely put on hold to prioritize urgent needs and reduce the risk of the spread of COVID-19 in healthcare settings. One consequence of...
September 29, 2020 | National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
WASHINGTON – September 29, 2020 – Faced with record disruption in healthcare services and the economic downturn, employers are staying the course or accelerating (71% for 2021 and 63% for 2022) their health benefit strategies. These are...
September 22, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
Check back regularly for the latest survey results and updates.
For data from the previous survey, see Week 19 Results.
Who replied to the survey in Week 20?
The Primary Care Collaborative is partnering with the Larry A. Green Center to...
September 22, 2020 | PCPCC Press Release
WASHINGTON, September 22, 2020 – Primary care has not regained all of the strength it had before the pandemic, according to the results of a new survey of primary care clinicians released today by the Larry A. Green Center, a research...
September 21, 2020 | Milbank
It’s widely accepted that fee-for-service payment, the principal payment mechanism used for primary care in the U.S., is incompatible with achieving accessible, patient-centered, high-quality care. The COVID-19 crisis and resulting...
September 15, 2020 | CVS Health
HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 15, 2020/PRNewswire/ -- Aetna®, a company owned by CVS Health®, a PCC Executive Member, announced it will ship boxes of specially curated, over-the-counter items to all its Medicare Advantage members across the...
September 14, 2020 | New York Times
The disproportionate effect of school closures on low-income children, who are less likely to have access to computers, home internet connections and direct instruction from teachers, has been well documented. Less recognized are the...
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...
September 8, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
Editor’s note: The COVID-19 pandemic and this summer’s protests against police brutality have elevated the national conversation on racial injustice and how it manifests in economic and health inequities in communities of color. The Black...
September 3, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
It’s back-to-school time, but this year, the exuberance of children returning to learning has been dampened by the concerns and questions the coronavirus pandemic raises.
The U.S. has already seen school-age children and college-age...
September 1, 2020 | PCPCC Press Release
WASHINGTON, September 1, 2020 – The Larry A. Green Center, in collaboration with the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC), today released new data that shows that primary care is shrinking at precisely the time it is needed to help the...
September 1, 2020 | American Academy of Pediatrics
Calvin C.J. Sia, M.D., FAAP, father of the medical home concept of care and Emergency Medical Services for Children Program, died Aug. 19 in Honolulu at age 93.
September 1, 2020 | Oak Street Health
CHICAGO, September 1, 2020 — Oak Street Health, a network of primary care centers that delivers value-based care to adults on Medicare, today announced a collaboration with Walmart to bring Oak Street Health clinics to three Walmart...
August 31, 2020 | Modern Healthcare
Walgreens has added the former leader of a rival it once tried to buy, as the drugstore chain works through a COVID sales slump, a major push into primary care and a looming CEO departure.
August 30, 2020
Telehealth is a bit of American ingenuity that seems to have paid off in the coronavirus pandemic. Medicare temporarily waived restrictions predating the smartphone era and now there’s a push to make telemedicine widely available in the...
August 27, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
Check back weekly for the latest survey results and updates.
For data from the previous survey, see Week 18 Results.
Who replied to the survey in Week 19?
The Primary Care Collaborative is partnering with the Larry A. Green Center to...
August 26, 2020 | Healthcare Dive
Aetna is partnering with WellBe Senior Medical, a relative newcomer, to deliver primary care services to about 10,000 high-risk seniors in their homes, according to WellBe CEO Jeff Kang, who is also a physician.
