Tools & Resources

Providing the tools and resources to educate and advocate.

Below are a list of PCDC-produced policy tools and resources.

PCDC Logo PCDC Testifies to the Medicaid Redesign Team Health Systems Redesign: Brooklyn Work Group Author(s): Daniel Lowenstein PCDC, 2011 Dan Lowenstein, Director of External Affairs, PCDC testifies before the Medicaid Redesign Team Health Systems Redesign: Brooklyn Work Group.
How NYS Can Save Billions by Investing in Primary Care Report Cover Primary Challenge: How New York Can Save Billions By Investing in Primary Care Author(s): Daniel Lowenstein, Ronda Kotelchuck ; Swain, E.; Grasso, V.; Lambert, L.; Peach, B. New York State Primary Care Coalition, 2010 The report finds that New York's families, businesses, and government could save $10 billion annually by reducing hospitalization rates to the national average, and by reducing non-emergency ER usage.
PCDC Logo Federal Healthcare Reform and the Impact on Primary Care PCDC, 2010 This fact sheet lists key reforms from the White House/Congressional Leadership Reconciliation Bill affecting the primary care sector.
PCDC Logo PCDC Testifies to the NYC Council Community Development Committee Author(s): Nancy Lager PCDC, 2009 Nancy Lager, Director of Project Planning, PCDC, testifies before the New York City Council Committee on Community Development on the impact of Community Development Financial Institutions.
PCDC Logo PCDC Testifies to the NYS Assembly Regarding Flu Preparedness Author(s): Ronda Kotelchuck PCDC, 2009 Ronda Kotelchuck, Executive Director, PCDC, testifies before the Joint Assembly Health, Labor, Education, Higher Education, and Workplace Safety hearing on H1N1 flu activity activity.
PCDC Logo Policy Recommendations for the Secretary-Designate of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services PCDC, 2009 PCDC submits the following situation analysis and policy recommendations regarding primary care investment to Tom Daschle, incoming Secretary-designate of the Department of Health and Human Services.
PCDC Logo Comments on NYSDOH Draft Primary Care Medicaid Standards PCDC, 2008 In this paper, PCDC reviews the New York State Department of Health's preliminary draft for Medicaid standards and provides its recommendations.
Good Policies for a Great America: Healthcare Centers Author(s): Ronda Kotelchuck Opportunity Finance Network, 2008 Includes an excerpt from the Opportunity Finance Network's NEXT Great America, written by Ronda Kotelchuck, highlighting the value of health centers and their role in creating healthy communities.
roadmap to better outcomes report cover New York's Primary Care Reimbursement System: A Roadmap to Better Outcomes Author(s): Ronda Kotelchuck, Nancy Lager ; Peter Epp, CPA, RSM; Deborah Zahn, MPH PCDC; RSM McGladrey, Inc., 2006 This report analyzes New York's current reimbursement system, particularly those delivering primary care in low-income communities and offers recommendations for reimbursement reform.
Laying the Foundation Cover Laying the Foundation: Health System Reform in NYS & the Primary Care Imperative Sara Rosenbaum, JD; Peter Shin, PhD; Ramona Perez Whittington CHCANYS; PCDC; and NYS Area Health Education Center System, 2006 In this report, the authors urge New York State leaders to strengthen the State's primary care foundation in order to restructure its healthcare system.


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