Hello, everyone! Primary Care Leads here. Looking forward to the conversation!

A1. Nwando Olayiwola Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith are leading the charge across payers and the federal government to advance #healthequity. #PrimaryCareLeads #PrimaryCareCovidChat

A1. Also appreciate all those working to address #primarycare access challenges #rural people & places face. Our definition of #healthequity needs to be inclusive of #rural. National Rural Health Association Natl Organization of State Offices of Rural Health Jen Bacani McKenney, MD Jen Brull

A2. A shout out to our great colleagues @GreenCenterOrg Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) X4 Health for surveying our #primarycare workforce since March 2020 to understand the impacts of #COVID19 on their practices. Such a wealth of information to inform our response! HHS.gov Veterans Health The White House

A2. Tremendously appreciate #primarycare leaders like Jen Bacani McKenney, MD who cross-over & help lead local #publichealth efforts. Not easy but such important work! Priscila ASTHO NACCHO nytimes.com/2021/10/18/us/…

A3. Too many too count! From #telehealth to phone triage to car + home visits to fabricating #PPE to partnering w/ #publichealth, #behavioralhealth, & other #CBOs, #primarycare has risen to the challenge over & over again. #PrimaryCareLeads #PrimaryCareCovidChat

A3. Kudos to Tend Health for innovating its services to be there FOR #primarycare clinicians & to help reduce #mentalhealth stigma along the way. #PrimaryCareCovidChat #innovation #compassion

A4. A big thank you to #patient & #family advocate @MT_Thomason for all her incredible service to American Board of Family Medicine board of directors during the #pandemic! She has an incredible voice & uses it well to remind us in #primarycare who it is we serve. #PrimaryCareCovidChat

A4. Mathematica Farley Health Policy Center It IS a great resource! AAFP Robert Graham Center American Board of Family Medicine The Center for Professionalism and Value UCSF CEPC STFM NAPCRG #PrimaryCareCovidChat #PrimaryCareLeads

A4. A shout out to #patients in their communities who have been vaccinated against #COVID19 & were willing to have conversations w/ their friends & neighbors, encouraging them to do the same. We are all in this together! #PrimaryCareLeads #PrimaryCareCovidChat

A4. Mathematica HHS.gov Assistant Secretary for Health It's time we pay attention to the findings of the @GreenCenterOrg surveys on #primarycare. Many #healthpolicy & #healthequity problems to solve. Let's pick one & get started. #PrimaryCareLeads #PrimaryCareCovidChat

A5. The state of Colorado has some ideas! The 3rd annual report of the #primarycare Payment Reform Collaborative was released yesterday! CU Anschutz Farley Health Policy Center Governor Jared Polis doi.colorado.gov/insurance-prod…

A6. The list is so long! Here is who we celebrate: Carlos Roberto Jaén MANISHA SHARMA, MD, FAAFP Ali Khan, MD, MPP Deb Cohen @FMresearchplcy Kavita Patel M.D. Alex McDonald, MD FAAFP CAQSM Jay W Lee MD MPH Dr. Jay Bhatt Tracey L. Henry, MD, MPH, MS @HealthEquityMD Charlene Wong, MD Natasha Bhuyan, MD, FAAFP Viviana Martinez Bianchi Kim Yu, MD, FAAFP #PrimaryCareCovidChat

A6. Absolutely! Thank you for your leadership Judith Steinberg, MD! #PrimaryCareLeads #PrimaryCareCovidChat

A6. Leadership for #primarycare is needed at the federal level. TY to Assistant Secretary for Health & Secretary Xavier Becerra for stepping forward & taking up the charge! #primarycare #clinicians, #patients, & #advocates are ready to help. #PrimaryCareLeads #PrimaryCareCovidChat HHS.gov The White House

TY Mathematica! We look forward to joining you in 2022! Honored to advance #primarycare w/ you & @GreenCenterOrg Robert Graham Center The Center for Professionalism and Value Primary Care Collaborative (PCC) PCDC @PCareProgress Farley Health Policy Center UCSF CEPC X4 Health NAPCRG American Board of Family Medicine AAFP STFM. #PrimaryCareCovidChat

With the holidays right around the corner, it is important to talk to your #PrimaryCare clinician about safe traveling, getting your #COVIDVaccine or #COVIDBooster, and how to #StopTheSpread by practicing healthy habits. #PrimaryCareLeads

Learning the truths and myths about the #COVID-19 vaccine is important now more than ever because of the new #OmicronVariant. By talking with your #PrimaryCare clinician, you can educate yourself and help protect your friends and family! #PrimaryCareLeads #ThursdayThoughts

Happy holidays from #PrimaryCareLeads! We hope you stay safe and healthy when gathering with friends and family!

Happy first Friday of the new year! Keeping New Year’s resolutions related to health can be hard, but the help and support of your #PrimaryCare clinician make it easy! They can provide you with ideas for success! #PrimaryCareLeads