This bill strengthens primary care access by:
- establishing a Primary Care Board within the Health Policy Commission (HPC) to
develop recommendations for improving access, workforce recruitment and retention,
payment models, and integration with behavioral health; - introducing an all-payer primary care capitation model to be used by both public and
private payors; - setting expenditure targets for primary care as a share of total health spending—starting
at 10% in 2027 and increasing to 12% in 2028; - requiring public and private reimbursement rates for federally qualified health centers to
align with MassHealth reimbursement rates; and, - establishing graduate medical education payments for primary care specialties and other
physician residency training in fields experiencing physician shortages.