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Blog Post
February 2026 Yalda Jabbarpour,
The 2026 Primary Care Scorecard data show incremental, but fragile, gains in the primary care workforce and training pipeline. Financing for primary care continues to stagnate, with national spending levels largely unchanged and far below what is needed. There was considerable state variability for primary care spending and for primary care workforce density. More
News Article
December 2025
In a December 15, 2025, letter to Congressional leaders, The Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) and 49 national and state organizations, including the Milbank Memorial Fund, expressed support for the efficiency adjustment included in the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. More
Publication
October 2025 Emily Levi, Mary Jo Condon, Janice Bourgault,
This policy brief provides an overview of opportunities to improve state health care workforce data collection and analysis. More
October 2025 Anushree Vichare, Qian (Eric) Luo, Mandar Bodas, Clese Erikson, Yoon Hong Park, Patricia (Polly) Pittman,
The newly launched Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) invests $50 billion dollars towards strengthening health care across rural America, including by creating sustainable access to rural health care providers and improving workforce development. As states prepare proposals for the RHTP, they need a clear understanding of the workforce available to serve these populations, especially the primary care workforce available to rural Medicaid beneficiaries. More
October 2025 Jessica McCann, Margaret Flinter,
Decades of research confirms the safety, quality, and effectiveness of care provided by NPs, including care for complex patients, and their acceptance and approval by patients. Yet challenges remain in recruiting and retaining NPs in primary care. More
