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Stellar Health & PCDC Partnership: Q&A on Supporting Providers in Their Shift Towards Value

| By Jonathan Yan
Categories: PCDC News, Press Release, Technical Assistance
Stellar Health (“Stellar”) and the Primary Care Development Corporation (“PCDC”) today announced a partnership designed to help primary care providers thrive in the current value-based care world. Stellar, a value-based healthcare technology company, empowers practicing physicians and their care teams through a point-of-care platform that provides real-time actionable insights and meaningful financial incentives to drive …

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PCDC’s Newly Released Report Identifies Disparities in Primary Care Access in Los Angeles County

| By Jonathan Yan
Categories: Analytics
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PCDC has released a new report: Primary Care Access in Los Angeles County Supervisorial Districts. This report provides new information on primary care access and health status for residents of Los Angeles County’s (LAC)s five Supervisorial Districts. The five Districts contain 88 cities and communities, and are home to a population of over 10 million …

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Hard to Catch Up: Don’t Forget Quality Improvement and Reporting Requirements throughout COVID-19

| By Patrick Kwan
Categories: Technical Assistance
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With the COVID-19 pandemic in its ninth month in New York City, primary care practices have needed to become masters of everything. They are concurrently responsible for regulatory reporting to Medicare, Medicaid, and health plans, developing COVID-19 testing protocols, planning for potential vaccination distribution, delivering telehealth services, restarting in-person services, and managing new remote workforces. The challenges continue to grow, …

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PCDC Comments on New York’s 1115 Waiver Extension Request

| By Jonathan Yan
Categories: Policy
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PCDC recently submitted comments in response to New York State’s Medicaid 1115 waiver extension request, urging the state to remove the proposal to transition the Medicaid pharmacy benefit from Managed Care to Fee-for-Service (FFS) from the request in its entirety. The pharmacy transition, also referred to as the “carve-out”, would eliminate critical savings safety net …

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PCDC’s Top 10: Most-Read News of 2020

| By Jonathan Yan
Categories: PCDC News
Last year, PCDC published dozens of news stories and hundreds of social media posts about our community investment, training and technical assistance, and advocacy work. Following are the most-read news items of 2020 — with the need for policymakers to address COVID-19 disparities taking the top spot:   10. HRSA Loan Guarantee Program: Unlocking Financing …

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The American Rescue Plan Act and FQHCs: An Opportunity to Bolster Much Needed Primary Care Access
PCDC Mourns the Passing of Donald Ashkenase
Behavioral Health Integration: Q&A with PCDC’s Andrew Philip
Stellar Health & PCDC Partnership: Q&A on Supporting Providers in Their Shift Towards Value
PCDC’s Top 10: Most-Read News of 2020
PCDC Receives $10 Million Impact Investment to Help Close Primary Health Care Deficit in Underserved Communities