On Thursday, September 5, the PCPCC submitted a letter of comments to CMS regarding support of some of the changes made in the proposed 2020 physician fee schedule such as the changes to E/M codes. More detailed, formal comments will be submitted to the Federal Register later in the month. Read the letter here.
On Friday, August 2, the PCPCC sumbitted a letter of comments and concerns to CMMI regarding some facets of the new Primary Care First Model. These included suggestions around the risk groups, performance incentives, and quality measures. Learn more and read the letter here.
The toolkit contains educational materials and training templates for effectively engaging patient advisors in research projects. Materials can be tailored for each research project.
This webinar highlighted the work of leading organizations and their efforts to engage patients and families in making smart decisions about their healthcare. The panelists organizations are partnering with PCPCC’s Support and Alignment Network (SAN) to integrate Choosing Wisely into quality improvement activities that support practices enrolled in Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative (TCPI).
PCPCC's Special Interest Group on Behavioral Health created two slide decks that can be customized for presentations on the value of behavioral health integration into primary care and the patient-centered medical home (PCMH). The slides also contain information on different models of behavioral health integration.
The slides are designed for several audiences including:
The Democratic and Republican leaders of two key congressional committees have agreed on a framework to scrap the problematic Medicare payment formula for physicians and replace it with one that would link physician reimbursement to the quality of care provided, a step that could put an end to the annual "doc fix" debate.