Primary Care Transformation

A new versatile, three-step approach to identifying primary care services in claims data incorporates information about clinician, organization, and facility types and better reflects real-world practice.  More

A new U.S. Department of Human Services (HHS) issue brief on primary care is a helpful step towards a comprehensive commitment to addressing these problems that catalogs the Biden Administration’s efforts to strengthen primary care. More

In a series of five case studies (Grant County, New Mexico; Baltimore City, Maryland; Columbia County, Arkansas; Detroit, Michigan; and Kanawha County, West Virginia), we investigated the impact of policy initiatives that target primary care access at a local level. More

The authors of a Milbank Quarterly article on the role of primary care in population health define primary care, explore how it works to advance the health of people and populations, and offer policy solutions to increase research and investment in primary care.   More

Policy Points  Managed care may represent a promising pathway for increasing the number of people with a usual source of care and helping to… More

A discuss of MassHealth’s value-based payment model for primary care providers participating in its accountable care organization (ACO) program. More

Policy Points In its new proposed Medicaid rules, the Biden-Harris administration focuses on primary care and equity for beneficiaries, setting a… More