How payment reform could enable primary care to respond to COVID-19

How payment reform could enable primary care to respond to COVID-19

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Issue brief (Milbank Memorial Fund)
Author(s):
Gold, Stephanie B., author
Green, Larry A., author
Westfall, John M., author
Contributor(s):
Milbank Memorial Fund, issuing body.
Publication:
New York, NY : Milbank Memorial Fund, May 2020
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
COVID-19
Insurance, Health, Reimbursement
Primary Health Care -- economics
Pandemics -- economics
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Primary care practices across the country are transforming the way they provide care--in some cases literally overnight--in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Practices are devising new protocols to isolate patients with possible COVID-19, navigating shortages of personal protective equipment, providing behavioral health support to patients with emotional distress from social isolation, and managing as much care as possible through telehealth. To better equip practices for such changes, primary care payment reform is needed, both to provide sufficient funds for transformation and to uncouple payment from the delivery of specific services.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (7 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101775021 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101775021