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October 14, 2020
WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 14, 2020--The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) expanded the list of telehealth services that Medicare Fee-For-Service will pay for during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency...
October 14, 2020
Throughout the pandemic, people who never had the coronavirus have been reporting a host of seemingly unrelated symptoms: excruciating headaches, episodes of hair loss, upset stomach for weeks on end, sudden outbreaks of shingles and flare...
October 13, 2020 | U.S. News and World Report
The Physicians Foundation survey of more than 3,000 U.S. physicians looks at the impact COVID-19 has had on medical practices and its emotional toll on doctors. Results from parts one and two of the three-part survey have been released so...
October 12, 2020
[Dr. Gaurab Basu is] part of a nascent effort to make sure climate change is part of the curriculum in hospital residency programs across the country. There's already a push, backed by the American Medical Association, to teach medical...
October 12, 2020 | Alliance of Community Health Plans
The Healthy Dialogue podcast features conversations with experts from inside the healthcare industry and across the health policy landscape about practical solutions to some of health care’s most vexing problems.
Episode six, released on...
October 5, 2020 | PCPCC Press Release
WASHINGTON, October 5, 2020 – Patients’ physical and mental health is declining as nearly seven months of the pandemic take their toll, according to a new survey of primary care clinicians released today by the Larry A. Green Center, a...
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...
October 1, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
Check back regularly for the latest survey results and updates.
For data from the previous survey, see Week 19 Results.
Who replied to the survey in Week 21?
The Primary Care Collaborative is partnering with the Larry A. Green Center to...
September 30, 2020 | American Cancer Society
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, elective medical procedures, including cancer screening, were largely put on hold to prioritize urgent needs and reduce the risk of the spread of COVID-19 in healthcare settings. One consequence of...
September 29, 2020 | National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
WASHINGTON – September 29, 2020 – Faced with record disruption in healthcare services and the economic downturn, employers are staying the course or accelerating (71% for 2021 and 63% for 2022) their health benefit strategies. These are...
September 22, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
Check back regularly for the latest survey results and updates.
For data from the previous survey, see Week 19 Results.
Who replied to the survey in Week 20?
The Primary Care Collaborative is partnering with the Larry A. Green Center to...
September 22, 2020 | PCPCC Press Release
WASHINGTON, September 22, 2020 – Primary care has not regained all of the strength it had before the pandemic, according to the results of a new survey of primary care clinicians released today by the Larry A. Green Center, a research...
September 21, 2020 | Milbank
It’s widely accepted that fee-for-service payment, the principal payment mechanism used for primary care in the U.S., is incompatible with achieving accessible, patient-centered, high-quality care. The COVID-19 crisis and resulting...
September 15, 2020
HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 15, 2020/PRNewswire/ -- Aetna®, a company owned by CVS Health®, a PCC Executive Member, announced it will ship boxes of specially curated, over-the-counter items to all its Medicare Advantage members across the...
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...
September 14, 2020 | New York Times
The disproportionate effect of school closures on low-income children, who are less likely to have access to computers, home internet connections and direct instruction from teachers, has been well documented. Less recognized are the...
September 8, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
Editor’s note: The COVID-19 pandemic and this summer’s protests against police brutality have elevated the national conversation on racial injustice and how it manifests in economic and health inequities in communities of color. The Black...
September 3, 2020 | Primary Care Collaborative
It’s back-to-school time, but this year, the exuberance of children returning to learning has been dampened by the concerns and questions the coronavirus pandemic raises.
The U.S. has already seen school-age children and college-age...
September 1, 2020 | PCPCC Press Release
WASHINGTON, September 1, 2020 – The Larry A. Green Center, in collaboration with the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC), today released new data that shows that primary care is shrinking at precisely the time it is needed to help the...
September 1, 2020 | American Academy of Pediatrics
Calvin C.J. Sia, M.D., FAAP, father of the medical home concept of care and Emergency Medical Services for Children Program, died Aug. 19 in Honolulu at age 93.
