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.
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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With more physician Medicare pay cuts proposed for 2027, a new comprehensive, bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would finally make structural changes that are needed to prevent those cuts and create a payment system that helps ensure that America’s seniors have access to quality, value-based healthcare.
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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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Over the course of my career, I have witnessed an inexorable decline in the quality of medical care that we, as physicians, render to our patients. There is a myriad of reasons for this sad development, some the fault of physicians, but the majority caused by a health care system that is almost hopelessly broken.
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Accountable care organizations (ACOs) have become an effective tool for Medicare to generate savings and catch health care fraud, said two advocates who described their firsthand experience with the model.
Aisha Pittman, M.P.H., senior vice president of government affairs at the National Association of Accountable Care Organizations (NAACOS), and Katie Boyer, M.P.P.A., director of policy and government affairs at Agilon Health, spoke during a conversation moderated by Mara McDermott, J.D., CEO of Accountable for Health, during the PrimaryCare26: See the Possibilities conference held by Primary Care for America earlier this month.
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A group of physician lawmakers has introduced the Patients First Act, which revamps the Medicare physician fee schedule, expands access to care and improves incentives for independent practices.
Here are eight notes on the new legislation, according to a July 15 news release from Rep. John Joyce, MD, one of the lawmakers who introduced the act.
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Eastern North Carolina Congressman Greg Murphy has co-introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting patient access to local doctors.
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A bipartisan group of physician members of Congress has introduced comprehensive legislation aimed at reforming the Medicare physician payment system, strengthening independent medical practices, and improving patients’ access to affordable healthcare.
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The American College of Physicians (ACP) applauds the release of the Patients First Act of 2026. The bill, if enacted, includes a number of patient-centered policies, including increasing the investment in primary care without patient cost sharing through a hybrid payment demonstration project, which will aid independent physician-owned practices.
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