Second Keynote: What Can and Should Purchasers Do to Promote Primary Care?

Second Keynote: What Can and Should Purchasers Do to Promote Primary Care?

Covered California has used its clout as a purchaser for 1.4 million covered lives to advance primary care through its contracted plans via benefit design, a primary care provider for every enrollee, payment reform, and a focus on an increasing the number of practices recognized as PCMHs. What is working, where are their challenges and what does the future hold?