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Phase 1: Enactment & build · Step 1.7

Set the national fee schedule

Months 3–15; annual updates thereafter · Payment Rates Board; UHADiscuss this step
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Office of Primary Care (new)

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Today

No federal entity is responsible for primary-care capacity.

Under the plan

A UHA office that sets primary-care spending targets, runs the primary-care capitation option, and monitors primary-care access.

Trade-off

Protects the most under-invested part of the system; shifting money to primary care takes it from specialists and hospitals.