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July 14, 2023
“Twenty-seven diverse organizations have urged CMS to leverage the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) to transform how and how much the United States invests in primary care. Yesterday’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)...
July 11, 2023
Primary care advocates in Pennsylvania are taking the first steps down the road to measuring and enhancing investment in primary care with a new state bill, Senate Bill 809, introduced on June 23, 2023.
Sponsored by Senator Judith Schwank...
July 10, 2023
The Primary Care Collaborative’s Better Health – NOW Campaign members offered strong support for S. 1378 the Connecting Our Medical Providers with Links to Expand Tailored and Effective (COMPLETE) Care Act in a July 10th letter addressed...
July 5, 2023
The new CMS Innovation Center primary care strategy envisions multiple pathways to strengthen primary care financing, including a potential hybrid primary care payment option – championed by Better Health - NOW.
CMS’ strategy clearly...
July 3, 2023
The new Medicaid and CHIP access standards earned a note of appreciation from the Primary Care Collaborative and its Better Health – NOW Campaign partners in a July 3rd letter to Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS) Director Dan...
July 3, 2023
About the Champion
Kevin Grumbach, MD is Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He also practices family medicine at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and the Lakeshore...
June 27, 2023
Something’s percolating at CMS – the agency that operates Medicaid and CHIP – with potential to connect more people to primary care and advance health equity.
In our complex health system, primary care knits together fragmented and...
June 13, 2023
On Friday evening, June 9th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center released a new primary care strategy envisioning multiple pathways to strengthen primary care financing, including a hybrid primary care payment...
June 8, 2023
Statement by Primary Care Collaborative's Ann Greiner, President/CEO, Regarding the Making Care Primary Model Announcement by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center (CMMI)
“Today’s new CMS announcement is a...
June 7, 2023
This June 7th and 8th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is convening the inaugural CMS Health Equity Conference with an outstanding agenda, and PCC is pleased to be attending.
While in-person registration is closed, CMS will...
May 25, 2023
On the final day of its 2023 Legislative Session, the Minnesota Legislature passed omnibus health legislation that would require a report on the proportion of total health care dollars invested in primary care. The bill also launches new...
May 18, 2023
On Thursday, May 4, PCC Director of Policy Larry McNeely joined U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) leaders and mental health stakeholders for a summit on solutions to the nation’s mental health and substance use challenges...
May 1, 2023
About the champion:
Shreya is the Founding Executive Director of the Penn Center for Community Health Workers, and an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. Her full bio can be found here.
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April 22, 2023
The Primary Care Collaborative joined 230 national and state organizations to oppose Medicaid cuts in an April 19th letter to Congressional leadership.
Led by Families USA and backed by leading consumer, clinician and mental health ...
April 13, 2023
On April 23, 2023, PCC and the National Association of ACOs jointly published this blog, calling on CMS to rapidly implement a hybrid primary care payment option in the Medicare Shared Savings Program and detailing key principles and...
March 31, 2023
In a new Braidwood v. Becerra ruling with implications for patient health and primary care practices nationwide, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor’s March 30 order blocked federal requirements that certain health plans cover the U.S....
March 23, 2023
For Media Inquiries: Tod Didier, Senior Communications Manager, PCC, tdidier@thepcc.org
In a March 22nd letter, 27 diverse organizations that support primary care including the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) and the National...
March 17, 2023
As key US Senators work toward a bipartisan solutions for Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in dual coverage, PCC called for urgently needed reforms to improve health through whole-person primary care. Key recommendations included in the...
March 17, 2023
PCC President and CEO Ann Greiner Praises MedPAC Recommendation to Invest in Primary Care Safety Net
Statement by Primary Care Collaborative President and CEO Ann Greiner regarding the March 2023 MedPAC Report to Congress. The report recommends that Congress establish a 15% add-on payment for safety-net primary care clinicians in...
