Primary Care Collaborative

PCC's Ann Greiner is speaking at Innovaccer's Context: The Healthcare Autonomy Conference on June 23 at 1:15 PM CST. Register for the event below and catch her upcoming session, "The Ambient Physician: How AI Is Eliminating Documentation Burden at the Point of Care." innovaccer.com/context-2026

In a recent PCC webinar, surprise guest Dr. Jake Quinton outlined CMS's belief that primary care payment should go beyond just doctor’s visits, with APCM allowing for payment flexibility. More in a discussion with him and other health leaders ⬇️ thepcc.pub/apcmadopters

Historic low trust in health care, paired with rapidly spreading misinformation, has contributed to worsening health outcomes and a deemphasis on preventative care. Hear from Katherine Gergen Barnett and other health leaders on how primary care can help rebuild trust ⬇️ thepcc.pub/trustedpartn...

APCM services help older adults partner with their primary care clinicians, particularly outside the office. However, this can only happen when given the proper infrastructure to monitor and coordinate care. More from @aarp.org's Cristina Boccuti in a recent PCC webinar: thepcc.pub/apcmadopters

When discussing state-level advocacy, like what he’s done with MAPCAP in Massachusetts, Dr. Wayne Altman highlighted that building strong relationships is a key “superpower” for creating change. Our full interview with this primary care champion: thepcc.pub/altmanchampion

In a recent PCC webinar, CCNC's Dr. Sam Hiatt touched upon how time interacting directly with one’s clinician is one of the most valued resources in the country’s current health care system. Learn more and check out the full conversation ⬇️ thepcc.pub/apcmadopters

Come hear PCC's Ann Greiner and other fantastic health leaders discuss the importance of investing in comprehensive primary care at Primary Care for All Americans' upcoming Health Care Renaissance Summit! ⬇️ pc4aasummit.netlify.app

Dr. Wayne Altman hopes for a health care system driven both by health and equity rather than just profit. If our country makes this critical change, he argued, then many of our health care system’s ills will be remedied. Our latest primary care champion ⬇️ thepcc.pub/altmanchampion

What happens when primary care moves beyond the traditional office visit, but patient billing expectations don’t? Ann Greiner and other health leaders discuss this and more in PCC’s webinar on APCM adoption. Check it out ⬇️ thepcc.pub/apcmadopters

In a recent PCC webinar, surprise guest Jake Quinton outlined CMS's view on APCM as an important step ahead toward valuing and investing in comprehensive primary care. More in a recap/recording of our discussion with him and other health leaders ⬇️ thepcc.pub/apcmadopters

In a recent PCC interview, Intermountain Health's Dr. Brenda Reiss-Brennan told the story of "Sarah,” a 72 y/o patient who, for the first time, felt treated as a whole person as mental health care was incorporated into routine primary care visits. Learn more ⬇️ thepcc.pub/reissbrennan...

As H.R. 1 puts into place some major Medicaid policy changes, Maryland Medicaid Director Perrie Briskin dicussed how the state is focused on keeping eligible individuals covered through better data use and more streamlined processes. Learn more ⬇️ thepcc.pub/medicaidchan...

As H.R. 1 puts in place major Medicaid policy changes, Nevada Medicaid Director Ann Jensen highlighted the state’s work to simplify how individuals access coverage and connect with assistance in their communities. More in a PCC webinar recap ⬇️ thepcc.pub/medicaidchan...

At Intermountain Health, clinicians pushed to integrate behavioral health into primary care. This led to a model where patients receive physical and mental health care in one visit, within one trusted relationship. Our interview with Brenda Reiss-Brennan: thepcc.pub/reissbrennan...

Dr. Autumn Orser sees APCM as a step toward more flexible, whole-person care. However, affordability remains a barrier for many FQHC patients, and waiving cost-sharing for low-income patients could help. More in a PCC webinar recap ⬇️ thepcc.org/webinar/stre...

Amid HR 1's Medicaid policy changes, many patients expressed concern and confusion over coverage loss before its implementation. Many even chose to delay or avoid care. More from @ameracadpeds.bsky.social Past President Dr. Sandy Chung in the PCC's latest webinar ⬇️ thepcc.pub/medicaidchan...

Intermountain Health's Dr. Brenda Reiss-Brennan sees preserving trust as a major challenge for primary care, especially as public confidence in health care institutions erode. Hear her solutions and more in an in-depth conversation with this primary care champion: thepcc.pub/reissbrennan...

CMS Innovation Center's Meredith Yinger highlighted how CMS’s new LEAD model could strengthen primary care with flexible, prospective payment that supports care coordination and whole-person care. Learn more in a recent PCC webinar ⬇️ thepcc.org/webinar/stre...

Intermountain Health's Dr. Brenda Reiss-Brennan believes that primary care is uniquely positioned as a “holding environment” for family health. Trust, she argues, is health care’s most precious resource. Our full interview with this primary care champion: thepcc.pub/reissbrennan...

The underfunding of primary care has led to workforce shortages, clinician burnout and access issues. At the release of @harvardmed.bsky.social’s Primary Care Investment Guide, Dr. Amie Pollack highlights key solutions and high-value investments. Learn more: thepcc.pub/investmentgu...

At a recent PCC webinar, NAACOS's Aisha Pittman shared how PC Flex helps policymakers see the impact of investing in primary care. Stable payments support real-time care improvements, while hybrid payment creates a path to capitation. Learn more ⬇️ thepcc.org/webinar/stre...

Intermountain Health’s team-based primary care model integrating mental health, from clinicians to receptionists, has reduced hospitalizations, lowered costs, and improved chronic disease and depression care. Learn more from primary care champ Dr. Brenda Reiss-Brennan ⬇️ thepcc.pub/reissbrennan...

Intermountain Health's Dr. Brenda Reiss-Brennan envisions a health care system where whole-person, team-based primary care is recognized and governed as a common good and a fundamental human right. Check out our full interview with this primary care champion: thepcc.pub/reissbrennan...

At PCC’s 2025 Evidence Report webinar, @dukemargolis.bsky.social's Frank McStay discussed how CMS’s HCPLAN can help better understand how rural patients engage with in-person care and telehealth. Learn more ⬇️ thepcc.pub/closingthedi...

At Harvard Medical School's Primary Care Investment Guide release, Health Net's Dr. Todd May outlined challenges to adopting hybrid payment models, including payer resistance to collaboration and lack of transparency on how funds flow to the front lines. Learn more ⬇️ thepcc.pub/bolsteringpr...

Through her early work in rural North Carolina, Susan Edgman-Levitan learned that delivering whole-person care requires understanding patients’ lived realities, including their environmental circumstances. Watch our interview with this primary care champion: thepcc.pub/edgmanlevita...

At @harvardmed.bsky.social's Primary Care Investment Guide release, the CMS's Ipek Demirsoy recognized the key role that individual states play in multi-payer alignment and advancing comprehensive primary care. Learn more in a recording of the webinar ⬇️ thepcc.pub/bolsteringpr...

In a recent Elation Health webinar on primary care revenue opportunities based on the 2026 MPFS, PCC's Ann Greiner emphasized how primary care drives value by reducing avoidable specialty care, ED visits and hospitalizations. Watch the full webinar ⬇️ www.elationhealth.com/resources/we...

Susan Edgman-Levitan argues that comprehensive primary care is foundational to a high-performing health system. Carrying no tradeoffs, consistent evidence highlights its key role in improving health outcomes. Our interview with this primary care champ: thepcc.pub/edgmanlevita...

At the PCC’s 2025 Evidence Report release, ABFM President and CEO Warren Newton noted that rural communities have long been a warning sign for America's overall health, underscoring the importance of examining the state of rural primary care. Watch the webinar: thepcc.pub/closingthedi...

At @harvardmed.bsky.social's Primary Care Investment Guide release, Dr. Zirui Song explained how federal efforts often rely on new billing codes, which are frequently underused due to limited practice capacity and patient cost-sharing concerns. Check out the full webinar⬇️ thepcc.pub/bolsteringpr...

At PCC's 2025 Evidence Report, Waco Guide's Dr. Ryan Laschober detailed his own personal experience practicing in a community health center, and how they function not only as places of care but also as essential community hubs. Check out the full webinar: thepcc.pub/closingthedi...

At PCC and @harvardmed.bsky.social's Primary Care Investment Guide release webinar, @nashphealth.bsky.social's Dr. Hemi Tewarson noted strong alignment between the report’s findings and state leaders experiences, particularly around affordability pressures and workforce challenges.

At the release of the PCC's 2025 Evidence Report, Farley Health Policy Center's Dr. Lauren Hughes outlined how rural communities have key strengths that can support primary care innovation, but only when policy enables it. Read a summary and view the full webinar ⬇️ thepcc.pub/evidencerepo...

At a PCC and @harvardmed.bsky.social Primary Care Investment Guide release webinar, Dr. Russ Phillips outlined the importance of strategic spending ontop of greater investment in primary care. Check out more highlights and a full recording of the webinar ⬇️ thepcc.pub/bolsteringpr...

At a PCC and Harvard Medical School Primary Care Investment Guide release webinar, Jefferson Health's Anna Flattau emphasized that primary care cannot be made into a “charity case,” and that adequate funding is required regarding transformation efforts. A recording ⬇️ thepcc.pub/bolsteringpr...

In a recent interview, ACP's Shari Erickson noted that tackling the challenges facing primary care requires coordinated advocacy across all parts of the health system, a goal the PCC has worked toward. Our conversation with this primary care champion ⬇️ thepcc.pub/sharierickso...

At PCC's 2025 Evidence Report release, Dr. Monica O’Reilly-Jacob echoed the importance of partnering with universities to ensure that nurse practitioner students are placed with rural preceptors and trained directly in rural communities. Learn more: thepcc.pub/closingthedi...

The data doesn't lie. Patients with regular access to comprehensive primary care experience better health outcomes, greater patient satisfaction and lower overall costs. Hear more from ACP's @sericksonacp.bsky.social, PCC's latest primary care champion: thepcc.pub/sharierickso...

At our 2025 Evidence Report release, former South Dakota Medicaid Director and Leavitt Partners Principal Bill Snyder argued that for value-based care to succeed in rural areas, programs must be designed with rural needs and realities in mind. Watch the webinar: thepcc.pub/closingthedi...

When asked what single change she would make to the U.S. health care system, @acpimphysicians.bsky.social's @sericksonacp.bsky.social named universal access to health insurance coverage. Hear more from this primary care champion in a recent PCC interview ⬇️ thepcc.pub/sharierickso...

At the release of our 2025 Evidence Report, rural community advocate Maret Felzien emphasized that the patient–provider relationship remains the core of rural care and telehealth is effective only when it supports that relationship. Watch more ⬇️ thepcc.pub/closingthedi...

In a convo with the PCC, ACP's Shari Erickson warned that recent Medicaid reductions and the expiration of ACA tax credits could limit patients’ ability to maintain consistent access to care, particularly for vulnerable populations. Our convo w/ this primary care champion ⬇️ thepcc.pub/2025fallforum

In a PCC October webinar, Innovaccer Head of Policy and External Affairs Lisa Bari emphasized the org's role as a cross-system “data janitorial” layer that standardizes information across different records to build a cohesive patient view. Learn more: thepcc.pub/techsolutionswebinar

At the release of our 2025 Evidence Report, CMS's Alina Czekai argued that rural communities have long been excluded from major technology conversations and investments, even as they stand to benefit the most from advances in health technology. Watch more: thepcc.pub/closingthedi...

To @acpimphysicians.bsky.social's @sericksonacp.bsky.social, primary care is personal. When selecting #PrimaryCare clinicians for her family, Erickson sought ones who embraced the patient-centered medical home model, used EHRs and maintained strong communication with their patients.

In a recent PCC webinar, Atlantic Health VP and PCC fellow Dr. Drew Albano outlined the importance of technology (and proper utilization of it) for primary care clinicians to develop stronger relationships with patients. Our full webinar here: thepcc.pub/techsolution...

In a new interview, @acpimphysicians.bsky.social's @sericksonacp.bsky.social called on state leaders to address issues like automatic downcoding and burdensome prior auth. practices that undermine primary care's value. Our full convo with this primary care champion ⬇️ thepcc.pub/sharierickso...

In a recent PCC webinar, Elation Health's Sara Pastoor outlined AI's opportunity to ease administrative burden. This is especially true in updating an Electronic Health Record (EHR), what she calls a primary care clinician’s “living room." Learn more: thepcc.pub/techsolution...

Navina CMO Yair Lewis predicts that agentic AI may soon operate as a routine first point of contact for simple primary care interactions. Learn more in a recent PCC webinar on solutions for administrative burdens in #PrimaryCare: thepcc.pub/techsolution...

As @usofcare.bsky.social CEO Natalie Davis notes, patient experiences in primary care offer critical insights toward improving the field. With support from @commonwealthfund.org, check out a recent webinar on key findings from new research exploring these experiences ⬇️ thepcc.pub/betterprimar...