In the latest How Health Happens Webinar, Jonathan Leizman, MD, spoke with Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH, and Ann Greiner, MCP, to discuss how high-quality, #advancedprimarycare can unlock better health for employee populations. Read more for a few key takeaways: bit.ly/44UdiEo

Thank you Premise Health for inviting PCC's Ann Greiner to discuss the virtues of advanced #primarycare . You can watch a recording of the webinar here:
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Patients want healthcare that puts them first. Primary care is the answer.

That's why in 2022 we launched our Better Health - NOW campaign. Read more: thepcc.pub/Better-Health-…

Congratulations to the Alzheimer's Association, a PCC member, on being named the world's first ECHO superhub for Alzheimer's and dementia care. This new Superhub will provide training and support to health organizations hoping to start ECHO-based programs.

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More than 46 million Americans live in rural areas. These residents are dying at higher rates than those urban areas, and this gap is only widening.

Learn how a shortage of primary care clinicians is a key factor: thepcc.pub/Health-is-Prim…

Thanks for the shout-out, HCTTF! This webinar will be a fantastic opportunity for productive conversation on the future of primary care. We're also looking forward to the great speakers lined up, too!

Register here: thepcc.pub/FFS-and-Primar…

📣Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) is hosting a webinar on 5/28 at 1pm ET bringing together leading primary care practitioners, practice enabler organizations, and policy experts to discuss if the fee-for-service landscape is compatible with primary care. Speakers will include Melanie Matthews of Physicians of Southwest Washington and

We're thrilled to welcome AARP Public Policy Institute's new VP of Health Security Cristina Boccuti for a vital conversation about how we need to reshape how Medicare pays for primary care.

We hope you'll join us for this essential conversation!
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The PCC thanks Sens. Ron Wyden and Senator Mike Crapo for recently releasing a white paper that highlights options to strengthen primary care for seniors and people with disabilities.

Learn more about the paper and read our full statement:
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“We are asking primary care to do more, and yet we are investing less.”

PCC’s Ann Greiner sums up the challenges facing primary care in Rhode Island – and across the nation – in Ellen Liberman’s latest for Rhode Island Monthly.

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We're encouraged to see Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. recently introduce the bipartisan 'Pay PCPs Act of 2024.'

Read our statement on this important bill below:
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In a recent Senate hearing, Amol Navathe said “the status quo fee-for-service system is a key factor in producing [care] fragmentation.”

Join him and other policy experts 5/28 as we ask: Is Fee-for-Service Compatible with Primary Care?

Register here: thepcc.pub/FFS-and-Primar…

#ICYMI CMS Center for Medicare Director Meena Seshamani & Innovation Center Director Liz Fowler were recognized as Primary Care Collaborative (PCC)’s Primary Care Champions. Through efforts like the ACO Primary Care Flex Model we can increase access to high-quality #primarycare : go.cms.gov/acopcflex

Prospective payment can provide primary care practices with a stable revenue flow that allows them to provide comprehensive services while protecting them from financial shocks, like the COVID-19 pandemic. buff.ly/4amVK50

In a huge step toward strengthening primary care, the ACO PC Flex Hybrid payment model was recently launched.

The PCC spoke with Meena Seshamani and Liz Fowler, leaders at CMS who have worked together to strengthen payment policies for primary care.

Watch:
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Exciting news! Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. have introduced the Pay PCPs Act, legislation to better support and improve pay for high-quality #primarycare providers. Families USA has long been at the forefront of this work alongside Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) and other primary care

We're heartened by Sheldon Whitehouse's & Sen Bill Cassidy, M.D.'s commitment to improving seniors’ access to primary care. Their leadership is spurring an essential conversation on primary care funding.

Learn more in Heather Landi latest for FierceHealthcare.

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Always a pleasure to gather our #BetterHealthNOW partners as we plot a course for strengthening primary care.

Thanks to all who attended!