Washington State Purchasers Align To Support State’s Participation In CMS Making Care Primary Model

On October 2, 2023, a group of health care purchasers in Washington State, including the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA) issued a statement of support for developing a multi-payer collaborative to reform primary care away from fee-for-service (FFS). The group represents more than 700,000 commercially insured lives. This statement of support furthers the state’s efforts to participate in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Making Care Primary (MCP) model. Washington is one of eight states that CMS selected to participate in MCP.

The MCP model will provide primary care provider organizations with additional . . .