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May 25, 2018 | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) appreciates this opportunity to provide input on new models with the potential to enhance the patient-clinician relationship and allow providers to innovate to enhance the quality of...
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May 24, 2018 | The Hill
Early last year, dozens of leading health organizations, including the National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC), called on the Trump administration to push forward on value-based reforms in the Medicare payment system. We believe that “...
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May 23, 2018 | The Milbank Memorial Fund
Providers, payers, and state policymakers are moving to implement behavioral health integration (BHI) models as evidence of their effectiveness builds. BHI models bring together behavioral health and medical health providers to improve...
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May 23, 2018 | AAFP News
The AAFP this week called on Congress to pass the recently introduced Primary Care Patient Protection Act, which would make it easier for patients with high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) to see their primary care physicians.
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May 23, 2018 | Mathematica Policy Research
Despite seminal research from Barbara Starfield highlighting its value, primary care remains underemphasized relative to other parts of the health care system in the United States. But payers increasingly agree on the need to strengthen...
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May 22, 2018 | AAFP News
“Americans will have access to essential primary care and preventive health services under the Primary Care Patient Protection Act of 2018, introduced this week by U.S. Representatives Brad Schneider (D-Illinois) and Elise Stefanik (R-New...
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May 22, 2018 | Kaiser Health News
If you have a genetic mutation that increases your risk for a treatable medical condition, would you want to know? For many people the answer is yes. But such information is not commonly part of routine primary care. For patients at...
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May 21, 2018 | The New York Times The Upshot
Heart disease is the most common killer of men in the United States, and high blood pressure is one of the greatest risk factors for heart disease. Despite knowing this for some time, we have had a hard time getting patients to comply with...
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May 21, 2018 | California Healthline
California’s children’s hospitals say they’re struggling to keep up with advances in medical care and a growing demand for their services, and they’re asking taxpayers to help — again. The California Children’s Hospital Association wants...
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May 21, 2018 | Boston Business Journal
Iora Health, a company that aims to reconfigure primary-care practices, has announced a $100 million fundraise to allow it to open more sites. Investors in theSeries E round include .406 Ventures, Devonshire Investors, F-Prime Capital,...
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May 19, 2018 | New York Times
Two years ago, I spent a week in Houston helping my stepbrother while he underwent treatment for Stage 4 lymphoma at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. I sat with him while a nurse cleaned his chemo port and made records of...
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May 18, 2018 | The Baltimore Sun
In medicine, most people would likely agree that the goal should be making sure the patient is healthy and well, not earning revenue. Yet, in many places that isn’t necessarily the case when it comes to hospital admissions. Since 2014...
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May 17, 2018 | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
Dear Chairman Shelby, Vice Chairman Leahy, Chairman Frelinghuysen and Ranking Member Lowey:    The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) writes to express its concern with proposed funding rescissions to the Centers for...
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May 17, 2018 | Modern Healthcare
The American Heart Association, UPMC and Philips are teaming up in a $30 million venture capital fund to invest in heart disease and stroke care products. Each organization is putting $10 million into the fund, called Cardeation Capital...
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May 16, 2018 | New York Times
In October 2014, my father was startled to receive a letter announcing the retirement, in a month’s time, of our family physician. Both he and his doctor were in their late 60s by then, and their relationship went back about 30 years, to...
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May 15, 2018 | NPR
Children and adolescents are getting fewer prescription drugs than they did in years past, according to a study that looks at a cross-section of the American population. "The decrease in antibiotic use is really what's driving this...
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May 14, 2018
It wasn’t medical knowledge or clinical acumen that ultimately helped Catherine M. White, M.D., FAAP, impact the life of a patient with special needs. It was her team’s commitment to building a relationship with the child’s mother, so they...
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May 14, 2018 | Washington Post
Maryland officials on Monday announced federal approval of a new contract for the state’s unique all-payer health care model. Maryland is the only state that can set its own rates for hospital services, and all payers must charge the same...
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May 11, 2018
May 9, 2018 Dear Member of Congress: On behalf of 511 national, state, and local organizations dedicated to promoting the health of our nation’s children and pregnant women, we write to voice our strong opposition to the White House’s...
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May 10, 2018 | NEJM Catalyst
In a world of MACRA alternative payment models, accountable care organizations, and Medicare Advantage plans, primary care physicians have the opportunity to embrace risk-based payment models and capitation. While capitation may rekindle...
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