CMS has issued its first evaluation report for Primary Care First . The report offers a window into: key attributes of advanced primary care practices; strategies for lowering costs and reducing hospitalizations; and new strategies that signal practice transformation. Future PCF program evaluations will include which practice implementations worked and how they improved quality. In the meantime, even if your medical group is not a PCF participant, you can glean insight into what CMS is looking for as it evolves its Alternative Payment Models and how practices committed to value-based care are prioritizing and evolving their practice transformation strategies. First, some background on PCF. PCF: Focus areas, risk models and payments PCF is designed to improve care quality and patient experience, increase access to advanced primary care services and reduce expenditures. PCF builds upon CMS’s Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPC Classic) and Comprehensive Primary Care Plus by adding...