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August 27, 2018 | Kaiser Health News
Drew Calver took out his trash cans and then waved goodbye to his wife, Erin, as she left for the grocery store the morning that upended his picture-perfect life.
Minutes later, the popular high school history teacher and swim coach in...
August 22, 2018 | Forbes
Primary care provider One Medical announced Wednesday that it had received an investment of up to $350 million from private equity firm The Carlyle Group.
With 72 offices around the country, One Medical, offers concierge-style primary...
August 20, 2018
Black men have the lowest life expectancy of any ethnic group in the United States. Much of the gap is explained by greater rates of chronic illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease, which afflict poor and poorly educated black men in...
August 20, 2018 | RevCycle Intelligence
August 20, 2018 - A collaborative culture, prior value-based reimbursement experience, and robust EHR use are among the top factors contributing to accountable care organization (ACO) success, according to a new report from the Patient-...
August 17, 2018 | Healthcare Dive
Geisinger and pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck debuted a pair of new software tools aimed at improving patient care and communications.
The Family Caregiver application aids in care coordination by enabling two-way communication...
August 15, 2018 | Health IT Analytics
Advanced primary care models such as the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) may contribute to improved population health outcomes and lower costs in accountable care organizations (ACOs), according to a recent report from the Patient-...
August 15, 2018 | Patient Engagement HIT
Could integrating the patient-centered medical home into accountable care organizations be the key to driving care quality and cost savings? According to one new report from the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), it could...
August 13, 2018 | Healthcare Dive
Narrow networks have become commonplace in both ACA plans and Medicaid, used by payers to control costs and ensure physicians provide quality care by meeting specific measures. Those networks remain rare in the employer-sponsored market,...
August 10, 2018 | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
CMS administrator, Seema Verma, recently announced proposed rule changes impacting Accountable Care Organizations (ACO). In her announcement, Ms. Verma recognizes that physician-led ACOs achieve greater savings than other types of ACOs. In...
August 9, 2018 | Health Affairs
For many years we have heard health care policymakers from both political parties opine about the need to move to a health care system that pays for the value of care delivered to patients, rather than the mere volume of services. While...
August 9, 2018 | FierceHealthcare
This article highlights the findings in PCPCC's 2018 Evidence Report.
"What do the most successful accountable care organizations (ACOs) have in common? A focus on primary care, according to a new study.
The report (PDF) released...
August 9, 2018 | Health Leaders Media
This article summarizes the findings in PCPCC's 2018 Evidence Report.
Advanced primary care boosts the savings rate and quality performance of accountable care organizations, researchreleased this week says.
Researchers found a...
August 8, 2018 | PCPCC Press Release
CONTACT: Allison Gross, (202) 417-2075, agross@pcpcc.org
Public and private policymakers have spent more than a decade transforming care delivery and exploring alternative payment models to improve the quality of care. Two of the most...
August 8, 2018 | Healthcare Dive
With 10% of the U.S. population in ACOs and almost 1,000 available around the country, these findings are widely applicable for healthcare players in both the public and private sectors as they work out new payment models amid the...
August 7, 2018 | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
Tune in Wednesday, August 8, from 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. EST, for a live webcast featuring experts as they debut new research on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Following this presentation, two panels of thought leaders...
July 30, 2018 | The New York Times The Upshot
Each year, for well over a decade, more people have faced higher health insurance deductibles. The theory goes like this: The more of your own money that you have to spend on health care, the more careful you will be — buying only...
July 30, 2018 | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
PCPCC received $250,000 from the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award in June 2018. The award will fund a 17-month project entitled, Promoting Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Dissemination. The project aims to build PCPCC’s...
July 30, 2018
The Honorable Alex Azar
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20201
Attention: Compliance With Statutory Program Integrity Requirements (Family...
July 26, 2018
PCPCC STATEMENT ON RISK ADJUSTMENT FUNDING
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) appreciates the announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that it will reissue, with additional explanation,...
July 24, 2018
PORTLAND, Me. — Brandy Staples, a 39-year-old breast cancer survivor, had expected to become eligible for Medicaid coverage this month after Maine voters approved an expansion of the program last fall. Instead, she found herself in a...
