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Blog Post
August 2024 Christopher F. Koller,
“Chris, if you have a hammer, everything looks like nail.” So said the general surgeon in the HMO where I was working 30 years ago, as… More
News Article
July 2024 Christine Haran, Mary Louise Gilburg,
In July 2024, eight Washington health plans signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), committing to multipayer primary care transformation. The MOU… More
Publication
May 2024 Lauryn Walker, Lisa Dulsky Watkins, Christopher F. Koller,
States should consider six key activities to prioritize resources and use their authority most effectively. More
May 2024 Lauryn Walker, Shannon Dowler, Barbra Rabson, Bob Rauner,
This brief provides seven recommendations for how the federal government can support states in their primary care reform efforts. More
March 2024 Howard Haft, Craig Jones,
In this report, we share insights gained from our experience working with CMMI on innovative state-led primary care programs in Vermont and Maryland, presenting key elements of approaches to invest new primary care dollars. More
February 2024 Yalda Jabbarpour, Anuradha Jetty, Hoon Byun, Anam Siddiqi, Stephen Petterson, Jeongyoung Park,
This year’s Scorecard report assesses the health of primary care at the federal level using measures of access, financing, workforce/training, and research More
Event
February 2024
Primary care is the foundation of the US health care system. Yet more and more people report not having a regular place for care. In the second… More
December 2023 Jonathan Staloff, Max Birger, Lingmei Zhou, Ashok Reddy, Christopher Chen, Judy Zerzan-Thul, Joshua M. Liao,
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
November 2023 Christopher F. Koller,
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
October 2023 Christopher F. Koller,
“I got bad news. My doctor and I broke up.” “Oh, man. What happened? I thought you guys really dug each other.” “Yeah me,… More
