Increasing Investment in Primary Care, Including Utilization of the Making Care Primary Model

The WSMA advocates expediently for measures intended to increase investment in primary care towards 12% of total medical expenditures in Washington. (Res C-16, A-23)

The WSMA advocates for legislative measures to finance and align the Washington State Health Care Authority’s Primary Care Transformation Model with the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Service’s Making Care Primary Model to ensure that the health and social needs of all patients covered by Medicaid and commercial payers in Washington are met via delivery of advanced primary care services. (Res C-16, A-23)

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Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:

EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health Services