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Home Research Research Library The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care The Path to Coordinated Federal Leadership to Strengthen Primary Health Care 2022 Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Koller, Christopher F, and Chen, Alice Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Mental Health Care Volume Millbank Memorial Fund Source Millbank Memorial Fund In response to pressing health care challenges in the US, including health inequities, pandemic response and resilience, the opioid epidemic, and a mental health crisis, the 2021 National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report proposed significant reforms. They suggested establishing a Secretary’s Council on Primary Care, advised by a Primary Care Advisory Committee, to help coordinate and guide federal primary care efforts, as current efforts lack centralized leadership. This initiative, bolstered by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Initiative to Strengthen Primary Health Care, requires considerable resource commitment and a multiagency effort for its successful execution. However, it would also require congressional backing to establish a more permanent Office of Primary Care for long-term success. The proposed council would engage with significant health stakeholders and guide six core interagency activities including assessing federal primary care payment and workforce sufficiency, coordinating research investment, addressing technology and data needs, promoting alignment of payer policies, and establishing meaningful metrics for assessing primary care quality. ABFM Research Read all 2014 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module 2018 Advancing Primary Care Through Alternative Payment Models: Lessons from the United States & Canada Go to Advancing Primary Care Through Alternative Payment Models: Lessons from the United States & Canada 2015 Graduates of Teaching Health Centers Are More Likely to Enter Practice in the Primary Care Safety Net Go to Graduates of Teaching Health Centers Are More Likely to Enter Practice in the Primary Care Safety Net 1990 Expanding the family practice model Go to Expanding the family practice model
Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Koller, Christopher F, and Chen, Alice Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Mental Health Care Volume Millbank Memorial Fund Source Millbank Memorial Fund
ABFM Research Read all 2014 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module 2018 Advancing Primary Care Through Alternative Payment Models: Lessons from the United States & Canada Go to Advancing Primary Care Through Alternative Payment Models: Lessons from the United States & Canada 2015 Graduates of Teaching Health Centers Are More Likely to Enter Practice in the Primary Care Safety Net Go to Graduates of Teaching Health Centers Are More Likely to Enter Practice in the Primary Care Safety Net 1990 Expanding the family practice model Go to Expanding the family practice model
2014 Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module Go to Family Physicians’ Quality Interventions and Performance Improvement Through the ABFM Diabetes Performance in Practice Module
2018 Advancing Primary Care Through Alternative Payment Models: Lessons from the United States & Canada Go to Advancing Primary Care Through Alternative Payment Models: Lessons from the United States & Canada
2015 Graduates of Teaching Health Centers Are More Likely to Enter Practice in the Primary Care Safety Net Go to Graduates of Teaching Health Centers Are More Likely to Enter Practice in the Primary Care Safety Net
