Advocacy
June 25, 2018
June 25, 2018
Submitted via www.regulations.gov
Ms. Seema Verma
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
7500 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, MD 21244
Re: CMS-1694-P; Request for Information on Promoting Interoperability...
June 8, 2018 | Modern Healthcare
Earlier this year, Cleveland Cavaliers player Kevin Love wrote a powerful piece for the Players' Tribune in which he detailed having his first panic attack, followed by a struggle to seek help. Love was inspired to come forward after...
May 25, 2018 | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) appreciates this opportunity to provide input on new models with the potential to enhance the patient-clinician relationship and allow providers to innovate to enhance the quality of...
May 17, 2018 | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
Dear Chairman Shelby, Vice Chairman Leahy, Chairman Frelinghuysen and Ranking Member Lowey:
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) writes to express its concern with proposed funding rescissions to the Centers for...
May 11, 2018
May 9, 2018
Dear Member of Congress:
On behalf of 511 national, state, and local organizations dedicated to promoting the health of our nation’s
children and pregnant women, we write to voice our strong opposition to the White House’s...
March 12, 2018
Dear Speaker Ryan, Leader McCarthy, Leader Pelosi, Senator McConnell and Senator Schumer:
We write to urge rapid, bipartisan action to stabilize the nation’s health insurance markets and prevent cost increases for American families. The...
November 22, 2017
WASHINGTON – The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) this week called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to maintain progress on its efforts to drive the shift to value, while empowering beneficiaries...
September 22, 2017 | PCPCC Press Release
WASHINGTON — The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) advocates for high quality, affordable, and patient-centered primary care for all. We have evaluated the proposed changes to the health care legislation against these...
June 27, 2017 | PCPCC Press Release
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) advocates for high quality, affordable and patient-centered primary care for all. We evaluate proposed changes to healthcare legislation against these goals.
Several provisions...
March 30, 2017
WASHINGTON — As Congress explores changes to the health care system, the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (The Collaborative) emphasizes the need to continue to advance coverage of primary care and to align payment reform for...
January 13, 2017 | PCPCC Press Release
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) looks forward to working with the new Administration to enhance access to and the quality of primary care, to continue the expansion of the patient-centered medical home, and to...
September 6, 2016 | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
On September 6, 2016, the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed rule for the 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
In the letter, the...
August 1, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 1, 2016
Statement Attributable to:
Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH
President & CEO
Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
PCPCC Pleased by Federal Announcement of 14 Regions Selected to Participate in...
June 27, 2016
On June 27, 2016 the PCPCC responded to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) with its official comments on the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization (MACRA) proposed rule.
As a key supporter of payment reform embodied...
April 11, 2016 | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 11, 2016
Statement Attributable to:
Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH
President & CEO
Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
PCPCC Applauds Federal Government’s New & Largest-Ever Multipayer Initiative to...
March 2, 2016 | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
On March 1, 2016 the PCPCC responded to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) request for stakeholder input on the Quality Measure Development Plan.
Overall, PCPCC supports the general framework for the Quality Measurement...
January 26, 2016 | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
On January 26th, 2016, the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative responded to the Senate Finance Committee's Bipartisan Chronic Care Working Group Policy Options Document, which requested stakeholder input on various policy proposals...
November 30, 2015
The ideal attributes of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) need a timely update. The concept appears to have different meaning to patients and consumers, health care providers, and payers/health plans. Likewise, the meaning (and...
November 20, 2015 | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
On November 20th, 2015, the PCPCC submitted comments to the Alternative Payment Model (APM) Framework and Progress Tracking Work Group on their recently released Alternative Payment Model (APM) Framework Draft White Paper. Our complete...
November 17, 2015 | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
On November 17th, the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) responded to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Request for Information (RFI) regarding "Implementation of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System,...
