Advocacy
January 28, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
A consortium of New England States, known as NESCSO, recently released a first-of-its-kind regional report on levels of primary care investment across six states. The analysis, based on administrative claims data for 7.2 million commercial...
January 28, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
In December 2020, Delaware’s Office of Value-Based Health Care Delivery issued a new report on healthcare affordability standards that includes plans to “more than double primary care spending in the commercial fully insured market by 2025...
January 26, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
In a letter sent Jan. 26, the Washington Health Alliance (Alliance) and the Purchaser Business Group on Health, formerly Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), a PCC Executive Member, join with purchasers in expressing support for the...
January 6, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
As president-elect Joe Biden and his administration prepare to take office on January 20, PCC has prepared a list of policy priorities in primary care that were submitted to Biden's transition team in late December. In sharing the...
October 16, 2020
The Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) welcomed the Taskforce for Telehealth Policy’s (TTP) charge in June to examine key considerations that are front-of-mind for primary care in the age of COVID: how does telehealth impact quality,...
October 5, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
The PCC sent a letter today to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma to voice its strong support of CMS’s proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for calendar year 2021. The letter stated...
September 14, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
The PCC is among many national organizations throwing their support behind the Broadband Reform and Investment to Drive Growth in the Economy (BRIDGE) Act of 2020, introduced this summer by U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), who said...
June 29, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
PCC is among the 340 organizations that sent a letter today urging congressional leaders to make telehealth flexibilities created during the COVID-19 pandemic permanent. Organizations signing this multi-stakeholder letter include national...
June 1, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
Today (June 1) begins a week of national advocacy for primary care. The PCC and many other organizations are part of this campaign, called #saveprimarycare. We are reaching out to Congress and the administration to call for dedicated...
March 26, 2020 | Families USA
The PCC recently signed on to Families USA's letter to Congress, urging them to pass legislation that provides aid allowing fiscal assistance for the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 9, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
PCC is excited to sign on to the American Academy of Pediatrics's letter of support for the Kid's Access to Primary Care Act of 2020. Ensuring that children have consistent access to quality care is essential. The Act would bring Medicaid...
March 5, 2020 | Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness
The PCC is excited to sign on to the a letter supporting Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) and their efforts to reintroduce the Protecting Jessica Grubb's Legacy Act. This bipartisan legislation will modernize...
August 8, 2019
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) is pleased to report that Governor John Carny (D) signed Delaware Senate Bill 116 on August 7, 2019.
This legislation expands the membership of the State’s Primary Care Reform...
June 25, 2019
June 25, 2019
The Honorable Suzan DelBene
2330 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Representative DelBene,
We the undersigned organizations are writing to offer our strong endorsement of your legislation to ensure...
June 25, 2019
Multi-Stakeholder Coalition Applauds Congress for Bill to Increase Access to Preventative Treatments
June 25, 2019
The Honorable John Thune
511 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Tom Carper
513 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
The Honorable Earl Blumenauer
1111 Longworth House Office...
June 20, 2019
June 20, 2019
The Honorable Judy Chu 2423 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Eliot Engel 2426 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Buddy Carter 2432 Rayburn House Office Bldg....
June 4, 2019
June 3, 2019
The Honorable Richard Shelby, Chairman
Senate Committee on Appropriations
Room S-128, The Capitol
Washington, D.C. 20510
The Honorable Roy Blunt, Chairman
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and...
June 3, 2019
June 3, 2019
Donald Rucker, MD
National Coordinator
Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Department of Health and Human Services
Mary E. Switzer Building
330 C Street SW
Washington, DC 20201
RE: RIN 0955-...
June 3, 2019
June 3, 2019
Submitted via www.regulations.gov
Ms. Seema Verma
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244
RE: CMS–9115–P; Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and...
May 30, 2019
May 30, 2019
Submitted via DPC@cms.hhs.gov Mr. Adam Boehler
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244
Re: Geographic Population-Based Payment (PBP) Model Option Request for Information (...
