Kevin Grumbach

Sep 5, 2024 | healthaffairs.org | Kevin Grumbach |Deborah Cohen |Yalda Jabbarpour

If you thought for-profit conglomerates were going to save primary care, maybe it is time to think again. National primary care scorecards document the increasingly imperiled state of primary care in the US, the result of decades of underinvestment. Calls for bold policy reforms to increase primary care payment and investment in practice infrastructure have failed to reverse the decline.

Aug 14, 2024 | jabfm.org | Andrew Bazemore |Zachary Morgan |Kevin Grumbach

Self-Reported Panel Size Among Family Physicians Declined by Over 25% Over a Decade (2013-2022) Andrew Bazemore, Zachary J. Morgan, Kevin Grumbach The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2024, 37 (3) 504-505; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2023.230421R1

Mar 27, 2023 | annfammed.org | Kevin Grumbach

AbstractThe state of family medicine and primary care in the United States is precarious, afflicted by chronic underinvestment. Family physicians and their allies should not expect different policy outcomes without adopting a different theory of change and tactical approach to reform.

Feb 24, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Deborah Cohen |Kevin Grumbach |Robert Phillips

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report, Implementing High-Quality Primary Care,1 correctly identified that the Biden Administration’s priority goals for heath equity and a more effective and affordable health system require a sustained initiative to strengthen the nation’s fragile primary care infrastructure. In this Viewpoint, we reconsider the promise of the Primary Care Extension Program to strengthen and ensure access to high-quality primary care.