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.
In a letter sent Jan. 26, the Washington Health Alliance (Alliance) and the Purchaser Business Group on Health, formerly Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), a PCC Executive Member, join with purchasers in expressing support for the state’s efforts to transform the delivery of primary care.
In December 2020, Delaware’s Office of Value-Based Health Care Delivery issued a new report on healthcare affordability standards that includes plans to “more than double primary care spending in the commercial fully insured market by 2025.” The office set a provisional target to increase investments in primary care by 1% to 1.5%
The final rule for the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule has been released! With some telehealth expansions and an increase to E/M codes that will help to support primary care practices, CMS has shown a strong commitment to prioritizing primary care investment!
