Past Issues of Primary Care Review

Michigan Multistakeholder Primary Care Review

• February/March 2026 Primary Care Review
• brief guide to new CMMI demonstrations, we offer debriefs on each new care delivery models along with observations on impacts for primary care.
• national movement to better resource primary care by increasing primary care investment. 
• Journal Club
• The Training Corner, a listing of upcoming programs from MiCMT, Mi-CCSI, MICHWA, IHP, PTI, and HealthNet West.
  

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• December 2025 Primary Care Review
  • A glimpse at the content of Michigan’s Rural Health Transformation Fund application. 
  • A look at how other states are taking steps to increase investment in primary care. 
  • Medicaid Managed Care Comparative Payer Policy table.
  • Access to the recently updated MedPac Payment Basics reports that offer short, user-friendly explanations of how Medicare pays for physician, ACO, FQHC/RHC, and Medicare Advantage, among other providers and plan designs.
  • Journal Club
  • The Training Corner
    

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• August/September Edition of the Primary Care Review
  • A Good Look at CMS’ Proposed 2026 Physician Fee Schedule and What’s in It for Primary Care 
  • Understanding Medicaid Work Requirements
    • The Changing Landscape of Primary Care  
  • Milbank Fund’s 2025 Scorecard on the Health of Primary Care ,
  • Dr. Lucien Leape’s Legacy
  • Remembering Hae Mi Cho, A True Leader in Community Pharmacy 
  • Journal Club 
  • The Training Corner
    

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• Special Summer Edition June 30 2025
  • A Deep Dive into HHS and CMS New Strategies 
  • The State of Play in DC and Next Steps .
  • Health Policy Explainer on Site Neutral Payment 
  • CMS Adjusts ACO REACH for 2026 
  • The Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program Evaluation:
  • CMS Obesity Measurement Webinar 
  • New Comparative Payer Policy Tables on Telehealth and Collaborative Care .
  • Journal Club:  Good Reads 
  • Training Corner

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• Primary Care Review November/December Edition 2024
  • The 2025 Physician Fee Schedule has been released for 1/1/25 implementation. 
  • The Third National Primary Care Transformation Summit
  • What’s Ahead for Healthcare in the Next Four Years? 
  • Deadlines Looming for Transition to MiHIN’s SDoH Use Case V.4: Is Your Organization In Good Stead?
  • Highly-Integrated Dual Eligible Special Needs Program (HIDE-SNP) i
  • Optimizing Healthcare Delivery to Improve Patient Lives Conference — CMS December 12, 2024 Free Conference
  •  National Institute on Aging’s “Resources for Aging in Place: Growing Older at Home”  
  • Michigan Poll for Healthy Aging.
  • A Call for Accountability: Organizational Primary Care Metrics
  • Journal Club 
  • Training Corner

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• • Primary Care Review May-June 2024
  • The Latest Update of the 2024 Multipayer SDoH Incentives Table
    • Social Care Incentive Payer Policy Table Update – May 2024
  • Michigan Multipayer Initiatives Presents at the National Academy of Medicine
  • Are Your Ready for MiHIN’s SDoH Use Case V.4 Rollout?
  • New Hybrid Primary Care Payment Legislation Introduced
  • Training Corner

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• Primary Care Review – April 2024
  • Three New SDOH Hub Regions Announced by MDHHS
  • Who and What is a Covered Entity?  A New Tool Makes it Easy
  • Medicaid Rebid Decisions Announced
  • MDHHS Behavioral Health Loan Repayment Program
  • MDHHS Sponsored Doula Training in Southeast Michigan
    

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• Primary Care Review – February 2024 
  • Reimbursing Community Health Worker (CHW) Services
  • Our Newest Payer Policy Comparative Table:  A Focus on Health Information Exchange (HIE) Incentives
    • HIE Incentives Table – February 2024
  • Launch of Phase III of the MDHHS SDoH Strategy and the First Four SDoH Hubs
  • CHW Community Feedback Forum 
  • Using the G2211 Add-on Complexity Code Correctly: Guidance from the Medicare Learning Network
  • CMS Releases Final Evaluation Report on Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) Model
  • Call for Practice Enrollment in Free AHRQ Improving Antibiotic Prescribing Program

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• Primary Care Review December 2023
  • Highlights of the 2024 Physician Fee Schedule for Primary Care and Population Health
  • The Launch of SDoH Hub Pilots in Michigan Medicine
  • A Great Video Resource for Spreading Awareness of Community Health Workers from The Practice Transformation Institute (PTI)
  • How Your Practice Can Partner to Provide Better Care for People with Disabilities
  • Operationalizing Contracts: Improving Contracting Implementation and Collaboration
  • Medicaid Redeterminations: How to Help Your Medicaid Patients
  • Medicare and You Handbook
  • The Training Corner

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• Primary Care Review September-October 2023
  • Community Information Exchange (CIE) Task Force Final Report Issued
  • Michigan Comments on the 2024 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule
  • Michigan Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment (MI POST)
  • Making Choices Michigan Update and Advanced Care Planning Training for Michigan Practices
  • Help Your Patients Prepare for Medicare Open Enrollment with A Michigan-Based Resource

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• Primary Care Review August 2023
  • Highlights of the Proposed 2024 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)
  • The National Movement Toward SDoH Nationally Accepted Screening Tools
  • Optimizing the Value of Medicare Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs)
  • AAFP Tools for Decreasing Documentation Burden
  • The MiHIN Minute:  Information Blocking, Behavioral Health Information Exchange and Cross-Sector Data Sharing

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• Primary Care Review June – July 2023
  • Telehealth Comparative Payer Policy Grid (updated July 2023)
  • August 2023 Advance Care Planning Community Facilitator Training Flyer