PCPCC Cross The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative is a coalition of major employers, consumer groups, and other stakeholders who have joined with organizations representing primary care physicians to develop and advance the patient centered medical home.

The Collaborative believes that, if implemented, the patient centered medical home will improve the health of patients and the viability of the health care delivery system. In order to accomplish our goal, employers, consumers, patients, physicians and payers have agreed that it is essential to support a better model of compensating physicians.

PCPCC releases health plan purchasing guide for employers - goal to advance medical home

PCMH Health Benefits Purchasers Guide

Guide provides supporting research, action steps, contracting language and sample RFI language for employers/purchasers

Washington, DC July 16, 2008 Today the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), a coalition representing the country's national business leaders, consumer groups, organizations representing primary care physicians and other health care stakeholders, released its Purchaser Guide to the patient-centered medical home (PCMH). The Purchaser Guide is a handbook for understanding the medical home model and taking action to advance its implementation.

The PCPCC is organized and financed to provide better outcomes for patients, more efficient payment to physicians and better value, accountability and transparency to purchasers and consumers. Studies of the PCMH model show that it improves patient satisfaction and clinical outcomes. It also lowers health care costs by improving care coordination and communication between primary care physicians and their patients.

NASHP/PCPCC July Medicaid Summit Announcement

Capital Building

Eight state Medicaid teams selected to meet in Washington, D.C.  for summit to advance Patient Centered Medical Home model
July 24-25 Medical Home Summit joint initiative of the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative and National Academy for State Health Policy