Advanced Primary Care Management services—launched by Medicare in 2024—show enormous promise in supporting primary care to deliver whole-person primary care. By creating a single, bundled payment that eliminates the need for time-tracking, the new program aims to make it easier for primary care to focus on helping patients manage their care more effectively.

While the program has enormous potential, some primary care practices have experienced challenges implementing the program—especially mandatory cost-sharing. In a new fact sheet, the Primary Care Collaborative and West Health provide insights into how policymakers can help remove one of the biggest hurdles to widespread adoption of APCM.

On behalf of the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) and the PCC’s Better Health NOW campaign (BHN), we are pleased to support H.R. 9693, the Patients First Act of 2026. This legislation would strengthen patient access while offering much needed stability and flexibility with respect to primary care payment and clinician payment more broadly.

Read our full letter of support below.

On July 14, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its Calendar Year (CY) 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule. The rule advances multiple policies that would help improve the nation’s health by strengthening primary care in Medicare. It also provides the primary care community an opportunity to weigh in on future policies through a request for information.

In a new Issue Brief, the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) identifies five key areas for comment, followed by a more detailed breakdown of CMS proposals, issues raised by the RFI and what’s needed next from Medicare policymakers. It is intended to inform PCC members and the broader primary care community as they craft their responses to the draft rule.

The Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) and American College of Clinicial Pharmacy (ACCP) developed a resource guide to support the integration of Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) into advanced primary care models, including the Patient-Centered Medical Home.

CMM is a patient-centered, team-based approach that ensures medications are used appropriately, effectively and safely to optimize health outcomes and reduce costs.

Check out our full fact sheet below.

The Pathways to Health Careers Act would provide job training and support services as 32 of New Mexico’s 33 counties face shortages in primary, behavioral or dental care

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On July 30, something happened in the Massachusetts House that primary care doctors like me have been waiting years to see: the House passed H.5618, the PC4YOU bill, with a unanimous vote. The Senate passed its own version back in June. For the first time in a long time, it feels like Beacon Hill is taking the primary care crisis seriously.

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Gov. JB Pritzker has signed two measures aimed at protecting the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program and strengthening access to affordable medications and health care for patients served by community health centers across Illinois.

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On July 31, the PCC and its Better Health NOW Campaign submitted formal comments on the Interim Final Rule implementing Medicaid Community Engagement requirements, calling on CMS to “withdraw and reissue the IFR in a manner that is more consistent with Medicaid’s statutory aim and requirements.” 

Read our letter below.

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The Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) hosted “Primary Care Wins in the 2027 MPFS,” an online webinar devoted to the proposed 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). PCC President and CEO Ann Greiner, M.C.P., talked through the rule’s primary care provisions with Jake Quinton, M.D., chief medical officer for Medicare Parts A and B at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). A second panel, also moderated by Greiner, brought in Aisha Pittman, M.P.H., senior vice president of government affairs at the National Association of ACOs (NAACOS); Stephanie Quinn, senior vice president of external affairs and practice experience at the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP); and Nima Sheth, M.D., M.P.H., vice president of health justice at the National Partnership for Women & Families.

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Childhood obesity affects one in five children in the U.S., yet most families have limited access to specialized weight-management programs for children. Now, a large clinical trial led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the University of Rochester Medical Center, the LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has shown that an effective, family-based treatment model can be delivered in primary care settings to treat children and adolescents with obesity.

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