Press Releases

All press releases are in order by date.

NASHP/PCPCC July Medicaid Summit Announcement

Capital Building

Eight state Medicaid teams selected to meet in Washington, D.C.  for summit to advance Patient Centered Medical Home model
July 24-25 Medical Home Summit joint initiative of the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative and National Academy for State Health Policy

PCPCC Names Wal-Mart's Agwunobi and McKesson's Nace Co-Chairs of Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange

Agwunobi
WASHINGTON, May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC) has named John Agwunobi, MD, senior vice president and president of health and wellness for Wal- Mart, and David Nace, MD, vice president and chief medical officer at McKesson Health Solutions as co-chairman of its Center for eHealth Information Adoption and Exchange.

Specialist Health Endorsements

Endorsing the PCMH

13 specialty health care organizations endorse joint principles of PCMH

Announcement made at meeting of Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative

More than a dozen specialty health care organizations today joined the four major primary care physicians’ professional groups to endorse the seven-point Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH).

Purchasers Guide - Primary Care Press Release

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Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative releases new guidelines for health care purchasers
Framework includes sample RFI language, advantages of buying care that reflects patient centered medical home concept

Health Affairs - Primary Care Press Release

Although Under Threat, Primary Care is a Promising Health Solution for America’s Employers According to article in Health Affairs

North Carolina Community Care Press Release

GOV. EASLEY ANNOUNCES COMMUNITY CARE SAVES TAXPAYERS $231 MILLION
Program Wins Top Harvard Government Innovations Award

RALEIGH – Gov. Mike Easley announced today that Community Care of North Carolina saved North
Carolina taxpayers more than $231 million dollars in state fiscal years 2005 and 2006. That news
comes as Harvard University announced the program is one of seven winners of this year’s Innovations

BCBSA Demonstration Project Press Release

Blue Cross And Blue Shield Companies Join
Primary Care Physician Groups, National Employers And Consumer Groups
To Explore New Approach To Patient Care

PCPCC Call-To-Action Summit Press Release

Health Care Leaders to Use New National Criteria for Patient-Centered Medical Home
Employers, physicians, policymakers adopt NCQA attributes for
primary care medical practices to improve health care

September 12th PCPCC Roundtable Press Release

Top U.S. Health Benefits Companies Join Physicians, Employers, Consumer Groups to
Support Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative

Health Benefits Companies will help PCPCC build trial series of medical home model pilot demonstrations