2023 Top 10
2023 Top 10 Achievements
1
CMS Intends to Offer Hybrid Model
The PCC’s Better Health Now campaign launched an effort to bring hybrid primary care payment to Medicare’s largest ACO program. We met with federal officials and are pleased CMS leaders have signaled an intention to offer this option for Medicare ACOs to foster team-based care.
2
Highlighting Primary Care’s Role in ACOs and APMs
We conducted webinars featuring primary care and its role in ACOs and alternative payment models (APMs) like hybrid. The webinars highlighted primary care’s key role in high-performing Medicare ACOs, in safety net ACOs, and commercial APMs.
3
PCC Champions Behavioral Health Integration
We released Primary Care and Behavioral Health: Just the Facts to support the case for integrating primary care and behavioral health. Jointly with our members, we have served as a resource for Congress as it drafts related legislation.
4
PCC Grows as More Organizations Join the Primary Care Movement
The PCC welcomed 11 new influential organizations to our membership, continuing our commitment to multistakeholder convening and collaboration to share best practices and innovations.
5
Promoting Equity with Medicaid
The PCC convened a workgroup to identify high-impact Medicaid policies that drive health equity and trusting primary care relationships. Our report and accompanying webinar, Access & Equity in Medicaid, highlight eight key strategies and will inform PCC’s Medicaid policy priorities.
6
Evidence Report Provides Pathway to Expand Access to Primary Care
In partnership with AAFP’s Robert Graham Center, we released PCC’s 2023 Evidence Report, Health is Primary: Charting a Path to Equity and Sustainability. The report breaks down multiple supply and demand factors undermining access to primary care and highlights next steps for policymakers.
7
PCC Backs Successful Effort to Bolster Primary Care in Medicare
Medicare will make significant new primary care and behavioral health investments in 2024 that benefit patients and caregivers and enable teams to focus on patients with complex care needs. The PCC helped coalesce our diverse membership and broader stakeholders to support these important changes through our convenings and comment letter.
8
Hill Briefing Provides Capitol Hill Insight into Primary Care’s Importance
We hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill for PCC executive members in conjunction with our 2023 summit, Keeping People Primary: Building Trust and Better Health. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined PCC CEO Ann Greiner to discuss ways to strengthen primary care and ACOs.
9
Annual Summit Builds Community, Recognizes Leaders in Primary Care
The PCC’s 2023 annual summit and awards dinner were a success! We brought together new stakeholders and long-time partners to renew our commitment to strong, relationship-based primary care for all communities. We celebrated inspiring leaders. We are grateful to our sponsors for enabling us to bring our diverse community together.
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PCC Provides a National Voice for Primary Care Advocates
We placed multiple op-eds, co-authored with PCC members, to highlight the need for strengthening primary care. PCC President & CEO Ann Greiner was quoted in major stories in the New York Times, USA Today, and Boston Globe.
