A call for help from some of the frontline #COVID clinicians caring for communities across the nation
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👉Requesting specific allocation of funds from the Provider Relief Fund toward primary care practices
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👉Primary Care clinicians = General Internists, Family Medicine, Pediatricians
👉@PCPCC reports 83% of patients surveyed, reported that they would “feel distress at the loss of a relationship with their doctor”
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👉40% have laid-offs/furloughed employees
👉28% deferred or skipped salary payments to clinicians
👉77% reported net negative revenue-expense for April 2020 vs. 18% in Jan 2020
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👉adults w. primary care provider have 19% ⬇️odds of premature death
👉adults w. primary care provider save 33% more on healthcare
👉55% of all medical office visits = in primary care offices
#SavePrimaryCare
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#SavePrimaryCare
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👉 @commonwealthfnd reports overall 60% ⬇️in ambulatory practice volume in April 2020
#SavePrimaryCare
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#PolicyCapsule .@sagar_ankita
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👉allocation of 80% total lost revenue for primary care practices
👉enable transition to per-patient per-month prospective payments
👉prioritize funds to practices: subsp, smaller, & those in urban/rural underserved areas
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@ACPInternists: acponline.org/acp_policy/let…
@PCPCC :
pcpcc.org/results-eviden…
pcpcc.org/sites/default/…
pcpcc.org/sites/default/…
Becker’s Hospital Review: beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-physi…
@commonwealthfnd: commonwealthfund.org/sites/default/…
@Commonwealthfund: commonwealthfund.org/publications/2…
@KFF: kff.org/coronavirus-co…