The Honorable Seema Verma
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
US Department of Health & Human Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201
Adam Boehler
Deputy Administrator
Director of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
US Department of Health & Human Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20201
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) submitted comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation on Advanced Primary Care Model concepts on March 16. In the comments, the PCPCC advocates for the transition from volume-driven fee-for-service payment to more value-oriented payment models in primary care linked to quality and efficiency.
View the PCPCC's complete responses in the PDF attachment.
Based on first year results, the CMS says its two advanced primary care initiatives show promise for saving money and improving health-care quality.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in a Jan. 23 blog post said the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative reduced hospital admissions by 2 percent and emergency department visits by 3 percent and cut expenditures “nearly enough to offset care management fees paid by CMS.”
If former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was the poster child for the pitfalls of health care reform, then Patrick Conway might be the hidden face of the law's promises.
A pediatrician and top administrator at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center until 2011, Conway is now leading the federal government's efforts to change the health care system – from one that rewards quantity to one that rewards quality.
Effort will bring payers and providers together to advance patient-centered primary care
WASHINGTON, DC, April 11, 2012 –The Primary Care Collaborative commends the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the official launch of the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative, an effort to advance comprehensive, coordinated, patient-centered care.
