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Advocates and clinicians press committee to boost primary care spending, payments and training in H.2537
Summary
Healthcare advocates, medical societies and community health center leaders urged the Joint Committee on Public Health to advance H.2537, a bill that would raise primary care spending, create payment reforms and fund residency training to expand access to primary care.
Advocates, clinicians and residency directors urged the committee to favorably report H.2537, which they say would increase access to primary care by boosting investment, changing payment models and expanding training slots.
Suzanne Curry, director of policy initiatives at Health Care For All, summarized four main provisions: set a primary care spending target of at least 12% within four years; make the primary care task force a permanent board to advise regulations and establish a capitated payment model; establish a commercial payment floor so federally qualified health centers (FQHCs)…
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