The Primary Care Payment Reform Collaborative (PCPRC) has released its Second Annual Recommendations Report. The PCPRC’s annual reports offer findings and recommendations on how to strengthen Colorado’s primary care system, through increased investments in advanced primary care delivery and the use of alternative payment models (APMs), which offer financial incentives to promote greater value – including higher quality care at lower costs – for patients, purchasers, and providers.
Second Annual Recommendations Report - December 2020
This year’s report focuses on guidance around APM structures that will best support and sustain primary care providers and practices, during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic; the types of measures that should be monitored and evaluated to ensure actions to strengthen primary care are having the desired outcomes; and actions to ensure equity is embedded in all aspects of this work.
The PCPRC developed these recommendations over the past year, through a series of fifteen meetings that were open to the public. In that time, the health care landscape in Colorado and the nation was radically altered by the COVID-19 public health emergency. The pandemic has exposed and exacerbated existing fractures within the U.S. health care infrastructure, including primary care, and heightened the importance of the PCPRC’s ongoing work.
The Second Annual Report is available on the Primary Care Payment Reform website, and is intended to serve as a resource for all interested stakeholders. The recommendations will inform and guide the Colorado Insurance Commissioner in the development and implementation of affordability standards for health insurance carriers in Colorado.
The Collaborative focuses on developing strategies for increased investments in primary care that deliver the right care in the right place at the right time, and advise in the development of affordability standards and targets for carrier investments in primary care. The Collaborative, created through HB19-1233 and convened by the Division of Insurance (DOI), part of the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), has been meeting since July of 2019 to develop recommendations aimed at increasing investments in high-quality primary care. Increased investment can lead to better access, and access to primary care is a key part of our health care system. Find more information about the Collaborative at the Primary Care Payment Reform Collaborative website.
For questions about the PCPRC, please contact Tara Smith at tara.smith@state.co.us.