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October 29, 2021
Congress has turned its attention to a budget reconciliation package (H.R. 5376, Build Back Better Act). After tough intra-party negotiations, Democrats are now contemplating legislation with between $1.5 and $2.0 trillion. The pressure...
October 29, 2021
Last week, the CMS Innovation Center released a refreshed strategic vision for the agency that hopes to achieve equitable outcomes through high-quality, affordable and person-centered care. In the document, the Innovation Center identifies...
October 29, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
Sens. Todd Young (R-Indiana) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) introduced the bipartisan Social Determinants Accelerator Act, a PCC-supported Senate companion bill to the Social Determinants Accelerator Act of 2021 (H.R.2503) initially...
October 29, 2021
American Academy of Pediatrics released a new study that found that over 140,000 children experienced the death of a parent or grandparent caregiver during the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk of losing a caregiver was much higher for...
October 29, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
The following is republished from the October issue of the enewsletter to PCC Executive Members. Each issue of the newsletter features a short profile of an individual who works in primary care. It is a way of recognizing the dedication...
October 29, 2021
At the time of this writing, the processes of approving COVID-19 booster shots for eligible populations and initial doses for children between the ages of 5 and 11 have moved forward.
In anticipation of the authorization of the COVID-19...
October 21, 2021 | AAFP News
The findings of a web-based survey conducted in March 2021 by the 2020-2021 American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Vaccine Science Fellows suggest that vaccine confidence since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic either increased or...
October 20, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20, 2021—Following is a statement by Ann Greiner, president and CEO of the PCC, on the release today of The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation...
October 18, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
Download the Round 32 Clinician Survey Executive Summary (includes select open-ended answers to survey questions)
October 18, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2021—A new report, Primary Care and COVID-19: It’s Complicated—Leveraging Primary Care, Public Health, and Social Assets, shows that primary care and other factors in the health system were effective in mitigating the...
October 18, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
The PCC and some of its Executive Members joined many other healthcare-related organizations in a Sept. 30 letter as part of the Coalition to Improve Diagnosis, an initiative of the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine, to leaders of...
October 15, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
Check back regularly for the latest survey results and updates.
For data from the previous clinician survey, see Round 30 Results.
The Primary Care Collaborative is partnering with the Larry A. Green Center to regularly survey primary...
October 11, 2021 | PCPCC Press Release
WASHINGTON, October 11, 2021—Recently released data from a survey of primary care clinicians in mid-August by the Larry A. Green Center, in collaboration with the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC), shows that primary care remains resilient...
October 4, 2021 | The Morning Consult
18% of health care workers have quit their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, while another 12% have been laid off.
Among health care workers who have kept their jobs during the pandemic, 31% have considered leaving.
79% of...
September 30, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
Check back regularly for the latest survey results and updates.
For data from the previous clinician survey, see Round 29 Results.
The Primary Care Collaborative is partnering with the Larry A. Green Center to regularly survey primary...
September 30, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
At the time of writing, the fate of the U.S. House of Representatives’ reconciliation package is uncertain. The timing and outcome of a promised House vote on the Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure bill, the Infrastructure Investment...
September 30, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
On Sept. 24, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) authorized COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for recipients of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines at least six months following their shot. The CDC recommendations open a third...
September 22, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Innovaccer Inc., the Health Cloud company, announced that it is profiled on LinkedIn's 5th annual "Top Startups 2021" list, published today. The list reveals 50 young, emerging...
September 15, 2021 | CVS Health
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) of CVS Health, a PCC Executive Member, announced on Sept. 15 an expansion of its efforts to decrease health disparities among patients with certain conditions including...
September 14, 2021 | Primary Care Collaborative
On the latest episode of the 3M Health Information Systems' Inside Angle podcast, host L. Gordon Moore, MD, Senior Medical Director, Clinical Strategy and Value-based Care, interviews Ann Greiner, PCC's president and CEO. The title of the...
