Primary Care Collaborative

05/29/2026

On May 20, the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled, “Examining the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, MACRA, and Opportunities for Payment Reforms.”

Primary care took center stage at the hearing; read five major themes we caught ⬇️
https://thepcc.pub/MACRAHearingTakeaways

05/27/2026

The PCC is accepting applications for its one-year Richard Baron fellowship.

Learn more about this opportunity to obtain exposure to federal regulatory and legislative primary care policy, and to an array of senior leaders. 🔽

The Rich Baron Fellowship – would enable an interested individual to obtain exposure to federal regulatory and legislative primary care policy.

05/26/2026

A new opinion piece from health leaders, including Community Care of North Carolina's Tom Wroth, outlines how mental health integration into primary care can improve outcomes and lower cost in North Carolina ⬇️

When mental health care is disconnected from primary care, those at highest risk often have the least coordinated support.

05/26/2026

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 Public Policy Institute's Cristina Boccuti in a recent PCC webinar:
https://thepcc.pub/ACPMAdopters

05/25/2026

"Somewhere in New Jersey tonight, a primary care doctor is sitting at her kitchen table, still in her work clothes, clicking through an electronic records system to document patient visits she never had time to finish at the office."

An NJ.com op-ed:

Electronic health records and payment models create administrative burdens that push documentation work into evening hours, contributing to one of the nation's worst primary care shortages.

05/25/2026

Two days of testimony saw Wyoming residents talk to state lawmakers about maternity care deserts, behavioral health shortages, clinician shortages and accessibility struggles.

Get the rundown from the Buffalo Bulletin:

CHEYENNE — Over two days of testimony, lawmakers heard about how Wyoming is losing its ability to provide care close to home.

05/24/2026

"Primary care visits with a mental health diagnosis increased from approximately 6 visits per 100 children in 2014 to nearly 10 visits per 100 children in 2023. Anxiety-related visits had the largest relative increase, rising by 300%."

More from Patient Care:

A Massachusetts claims study found rising pediatric primary care visits with mental health diagnoses, led by anxiety-related care.

05/23/2026

As the United States faces a projected shortage of 90,000 primary care physicians by 2040, a new Healthgrades article outlines some strategies to reverse this harmful trend in a new Annals of Internal Medicine paper.

An interesting read ⬇️

A new paper highlights key factors contributing to the decline in the number of primary care physicians in the U.S. and suggests strategies to address it.

05/22/2026

In a recent video from PCC and American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Sheri Conner and Rebecca Heath, PharmD, explore how a team-based approach to care has empowered Sheri as she provides care to her mother, who has dementia.

Give it a watch ⬇️

In this video from the Primary Care Collaborative and American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Sheri Conner and Rebecca Heath, PharmD, explore how a team-based approach to care has empowered Sheri as she provides care to her mother, who has dementia.

05/22/2026

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: https://thepcc.pub/AltmanChampion

05/21/2026

In a recent statement for the record, the PCC urged Congress to forward and strengthen hybrid payment models that value primary care, among other important measures.

Learn more in a new Physicians Practice piece ⬇️

As the House Committee on Energy & Commerce takes up MACRA on Wednesday, the practice group lobby is backing three bills to tie payments to inflation, raise the budget neutrality threshold and replace the current MIPS scoring approach.