Read PCC’s report that reviews the evidence to identify eight primary care payment and delivery reform strategies to improve access, outcomes, and equity for Medicaid recipients.
"Access & Equity in Medicaid: Robust Primary Care is a Must"
Read PCC’s report that reviews the evidence to identify eight primary care payment and delivery reform strategies to improve access, outcomes, and equity for Medicaid recipients.
Meet one of the leading voices striving for stronger primary care
About the Champion
Tawandaa Austin, MHS, CCHW is the Lead Community Health Worker and Product Specialist at IMPaCT at the Penn Center for Community Health Workers. She is also the Founder and CEO of Moms Like Me, a nonprofit aimed at supporting and empowering working-class mothers and their families. You can view her full bio here.
Something’s percolating at CMS – the agency that operates Medicaid and CHIP – with potential to connect more people to primary care and advance health equity.
In our complex health system, primary care knits together fragmented and uncoordinated parts of health care. That’s important for all of us, but absolutely vital for the children, people with disabilities, rural residents, historically underrepresented communities and low-income adults who depend on Medicaid and CHIP.