“For many patients today trying to find and maintain a primary care clinician, the struggle is real.
Ann Greiner, President and CEO of the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) said their struggles can be attributed to several factors, including shortages of primary care clinicians, historically in rural or underserved areas but increasingly now in major metropolitan and higher income areas, patient financial barriers including high deductible health plans and the rising complexity of insurance networks that make it difficult to identify in-network primary care providers.
The PCC, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing an effective and efficient health system built on a strong foundation of primary care, has several initiatives underway to better connect patients with clinicians.”