‘The Fiscal Cliff is Making Us Sick’: Louise Cohen in The Hill

| By PCDC Admin
Categories: PCDC News, Policy
| Tags: , , , ,
In a new op-ed for The Hill, PCDC CEO Louise Cohen describes how the “fiscal cliff” harms the 27 million Americans who rely on federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) for care. Consequences range from an economic backslide to increased illness among the most vulnerable populations, according to Cohen. She asserts that Congress can still avert …

Read More

Board Member Jorge Petit Named CEO of Coordinated Behavioral Care

| By PCDC Admin
Categories: PCDC News
| Tags: , , ,
PCDC Board member Jorge R. Petit, MD, has been appointed CEO of Coordinated Behavioral Care (CBC), a behavioral health care nonprofit comprised of 57 New York City-based organizations. In his new role, which begins in September, Dr. Petit will oversee integrated medical and behavioral health care that “achieves the triple aim of the federal Affordable …

Read More

Senate Repeal Bill Threatens Primary Care Infrastructure

| By Louise Cohen
Categories: PCDC News, Policy
| Tags: , , , ,
Surprises are few in the Senate GOP’s bill to end Obamacare, which was released last week after a clandestine drafting process that excluded Democrats and many Republicans. Echoing the House repeal bill — which President Trump recently described as “mean, mean, mean” — the new legislation would destabilize insurance markets, weaken the primary care system, …

Read More

AHCA Jeopardizes Primary Care

| By Louise Cohen
Categories: Policy
| Tags: ,

It’s a promise made and kept: the House of Representatives under pressure from President Trump voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with the American Health Care Act (AHCA). This piece of legislation is profoundly dangerous to 24 million people whose coverage is in jeopardy, more than 50 million people with preexisting …

Read More

Ask the Expert, Rick Zall: Q&A about the future of primary care

| By PCDC Admin
Categories: Events, Policy
| Tags: , ,

While the debate surrounding health care swirls in Washington, DC, primary care providers, administrators, and payers are struggling to prepare for potentially massive shifts in policy confronting primary care. To learn more about what primary care can expect over the coming months, we spoke to Proskauer Partner Rick Zall, a PCDC co-founder and one of …

Read More