Primary care teams bridge health care to other sectors, making effective connections
between health care and health. For health care systems to improve patient and population …

Those in practice find that the fee-for-service system does not adequately value the
contributions made by primary care. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation …

The Agency for Health care Research and Quality (AHRQ) believes that a robust primary
care system is the foundation of a health care system that delivers high quality, high touch …

Part 1 of this essay argued that the root causes of primary care's problems lie in (1) the low
percent of national health expenditures dedicated to primary care and (2) overly large …

Standardizing the Measurement of Commercial Health Plan Primary Care Spending Page 1
JULY 2017 REPORT Standardizing the Measurement of Commercial Health Plan Primary …

Skyrocketing health care costs are burdening our people and our economy, yet health care
indicators show how little we are achieving with the money we spend. Federal and state …

This 2-part essay offers a discussion of the health of primary care in the United States. Part 1
argues that the root causes of primary care's problems are (1) the low percent of national …

As we redefine the role of primary care in a health system rapidly reorienting to a market-
oriented managed care paradigm, we must understand and re-explore the current and future …

As the United States health care system struggles to recognize and improve the health of the
population through management and policy reforms, we look to primary care for guidance …

Although primary care is fundamental to health system performance, the United States has
undervalued and underinvested in primary care for decades. This brief describes how the …