Eleven Health Care Organizations Form Primary Care for America
June 24, 2021 at 04:28 pm EDT
Share
11 organizations announced the formation of Primary Care for America, a collaboration focused on demonstrating the value of primary care, the need for increased primary care investment, and the importance of innovation in primary care delivery and payment models. Primary Care for America is comprised of a diverse group of key partners including: agilon health, Aledade, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Physicians, Catalyst Health Network, ChenMed, Elation Health, Everside Health, MDVIP, One Medical and VillageMD. The announcement comes on the heels of the May 2021National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) report which outlines primary care as the only discipline of medicine where a greater supply results in better health outcomes, longer life expectancy and lower costs. Building on NASEM's report recommendations, Primary Care for America has outlined the following guiding principles to transform primary care in America: health system must prioritize the role of primary care physicians in promoting patient health and wellness instead of the current fee-for-service framework that narrowly incentivizes "sick" care. The company must improve access to comprehensive and continuous primary care for patients in underserved communities by removing barriers to care including workforce shortages and health insurance status. The company must restore growth in the primary care workforce to ensure effective and accessible care for future generations. The primary care infrastructure must allow for flexibility and innovation to meet individual community needs. More resources must be allocated to primary care with an increased focus on comprehensiveness of care. Primary Care for America (PCfA) is a collaboration focused on demonstrating the value of primary care, the need for increased primary care investment and the importance of innovation in primary care delivery and payment models. PCfA is comprised of a diverse group of key partners in the American health care industry: agilon health, Aledade, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Physicians, Catalyst Health Network, ChenMed, Elation Health, Everside Health, MDVIP, One Medical and VillageMD.
agilon health, inc. is a healthcare company. It enables primary care physicians (PCP) to be the agents for change in the communities they serve. Through its combination of the agilon platform, a long-term partnership model with existing physician groups and a growing network of like-minded physicians, it offers healthcare for seniors across communities throughout the United States. Its model operates by primarily forming risk-bearing entities (RBEs) within local geographies, that enter into arrangements with payors providing for monthly payments to manage the total healthcare needs of its physician partnersâ attributed patients (or global capitation arrangements). It focuses on community-based physician groups and is built around three key elements: agilonâs platform, agilonâs long-term physician partnership approach, and agilonâs network. The agilon platform is holistic in supporting the rapid transition to a Total Care Model with technology, people, process and capital.
AGILON HEALTH, INC. 
