Advocacy
April 30, 2024
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This month, the Primary Care Collaborative is thrilled to honor two leaders from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as its Primary Care Champions:
Dr. Meena Seshamani, Deputy Administrator and Director of...
April 30, 2024
In a win for tens of millions of children, adults and communities that rely on Medicaid and CHIP, CMS has finalized new primary care access standards long sought by PCC and our Better Health – NOW Campaign.
Under new federal transparency...
April 29, 2024
On April 24th, the Primary Care Collaborative and its Better Health – NOW Campaign urged the U.S. Senate Finance Committee to put primary care at the center of planned Medicare payment legislation.
“To address the rising tide of chronic...
April 22, 2024
Primary care played a starring role in a bipartisan April 11th Senate Finance Committee hearing, Bolstering Chronic Care through Medicare Physician Payment, led by Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking Member MIke Crapo (R-ID).
With PCC...
March 19, 2024
Washington, D.C. (March 19, 2024) – The Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) applauds the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the CMS Innovation Center for taking substantive steps to strengthen primary care to deliver better...
December 14, 2023
With a December 14 letter, the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) is applauding House Ways and Means Committee leaders for their efforts to date to develop solutions for healthcare access in rural and underserved locales and offering its own...
September 26, 2023
On July 26th, with the full support of PCC and its Better Health – NOW Campaign, U.S. Representatives Michelle Steel (R-CA), Dan Kildee (D-MI), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), August Pfluger (R-TX), and Susie Lee (D-NV)...
September 11, 2023
In comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on September 11th, the Primary Care Collaborative’s Better Health – NOW Campaign backed several provisions of Medicare’s proposed 2024 Part B Physician Fee...
August 9, 2023
If you or someone you love depends on Medicare, you know managing that person’s health isn’t easy. Even on a good day, you may find yourself navigating multiple chronic health needs while simultaneously addressing the mental, behavioral...
July 14, 2023
“Twenty-seven diverse organizations have urged CMS to leverage the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) to transform how and how much the United States invests in primary care. Yesterday’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)...
June 13, 2023
On Friday evening, June 9th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center released a new primary care strategy envisioning multiple pathways to strengthen primary care financing, including a hybrid primary care payment...
April 13, 2023
On April 23, 2023, PCC and the National Association of ACOs jointly published this blog, calling on CMS to rapidly implement a hybrid primary care payment option in the Medicare Shared Savings Program and detailing key principles and...
March 23, 2023
For Media Inquiries: Tod Didier, Senior Communications Manager, PCC, tdidier@thepcc.org
In a March 22nd letter, 27 diverse organizations that support primary care including the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) and the National...
March 8, 2023
On March 6, 2023, the Smarter HealthCare Coalition, of which PCC is a member, sent a letter to Senate leadership expressing support for the reintroduction of the Chronic Disease Management Act (S. 655). The Coalition represents a broad-...
February 1, 2023
This winter has been hard for primary care practices - and for the health of their patients.
A confluence of flu, RSV, and resurgent COVID challenged a...
February 1, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in numerous federal policies and temporary flexibilities, some of which directly impacted Medicaid eligibility and enrollment. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicaid and CHIP program enrollment...
February 1, 2023
Next month, with support from the California Health Care Foundation, PCC is convening a small group of external experts and advocates drawn from PCC Executive Membership – charged with identifying effective Medicaid strategies that...
January 17, 2023
For Media Inquiries: Edward Walrod, Senior Communications Manager, PCC, ewalrod@thepcc.org
As State Legislators Gather, PCC Launches New Primary Care Investment Information Hub
January 17, 2023 (Washington, D.C.)- With state...
December 19, 2022
Statement by Ann Greiner, President and CEO of the Primary Care Collaborative, Regarding Congress’ Failure to Prevent Medicare Primary Care Pay Cuts in the Omnibus (pdf)
“Despite purporting to ‘fund the government,’ Congress now seems...
December 8, 2022
On December 8th, the Primary Care Collaborative and its Better Health - NOW Campaign backed key elements of draft Senate Finance mental health integration and workforce proposals.
In the U.S. today, the specialty behavioral health...
