WASHINGTON, D.C. Mar. 28, 2024 — Primary Care for America (PCFA) announced exclusive sponsorship of Faisel and Friends: A Primary Care Podcast. Hosted by ChenMed’s Drs. Faisel Syed and Dan McCarter, the podcast explores critical issues impacting primary care, including workforce shortages, physician payment models and clinician burnout. Listeners can download new episodes wherever they listen to podcasts.  

“We’ve known for a long time how investment in primary care will lead to better health outcomes and reduced costs,” said R. Shawn Martin, executive vice president and CEO, American Academy of Family Physicians. “This podcast is a vital platform for communicating the importance of primary care to policymakers and the larger health care community. We are excited to see the impact of this collaboration and how it will spark health care transformation that supports primary care and our country’s most vulnerable populations.”  

Faisel and Friends explores innovative approaches to primary care. Episodes feature insightful interviews with health care leaders to further elevate primary care as a foundation for individual and community health and to educate listeners on how primary care clinicians are uniquely positioned to serve as the keystone of a modernized, high-functioning health care system that can prioritizes patients and improves access to equitable, high-quality care. 

PCfA is a collaboration focused on demonstrating the value of primary care, the need for increased primary care investment and the importance of innovation in primary care delivery and payment models. PCfA is comprised of a diverse group of key partners in the American health care industry: agilon health, Aledade, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Physicians, Catalyst Health Network, ChenMed, Elation Health, Everside Health, MDVIP, One Medical and VillageMD. For more information about Primary Care for America, visit primarycareforamerica.org.  

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