ABOUT
DEFINITION OF SUCCESS:
- Clinicians and payers establish a better relationship in order to partner in seeking better health and lower costs for Virginians
- Primary care services are accessible, integrated, equitable, convenient, and affordable for patients in all Virginia communities
- Virginia promotes a positive primary care practice experience for clinicians, leading to retention and growth in the number of primary care providers
- The viability of primary care practices is safeguarded, primary care payment is predictable and tied to meaningful performance measurement in order to advance better health care value, and primary care is less susceptible to changes in the economy
- Positive primary care innovations, such as telehealth, adopted during the pandemic are maintained and advanced where needed
IN AUGUST 2020, VCHI LAUNCHED THE VIRGINIA TASK FORCE ON PRIMARY CARE TO:
- Build a stakeholder coalition to direct primary care support and advance the use of data/communication systems for action;
- Define payment models to better support primary care and support practice viability through systems that allow for predictability in financial support;
- Describe the infrastructure needed to support primary care;
- Identify markers of high value care in the COVID and post COVID era to function as quality metrics; and
- Promote innovations in telehealth, population health management, and outreach to adapt to the changing COVID environment.
TASK FORCE MEMBERS
Sandy Chung, MD, Co-Chair
CEO, Trusted Doctors, Immediate Past President- AAP, Virginia Chapter; President, American Academy of Pediatrics
Monica Schmude, Co-Chair
President, Virginia, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
Chris Barker
Senior Director, Payer Relations & Value Based Care at Patient First
John Brady, MD
Newport News, Past Chair – American Board of Family Medicine
Suzanne Brixey, MD
Executive Director, Fortify Children’s Health
Laura Brooks, MD
General Pediatrician, F. Read Hopkins Pediatric Associates
Craig Cheifetz, MD
President Inova Primary Care
Karen Elmore, MD
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program Johnston Memorial Hospital | Ballad Health
Senator Barbara Favola
Democrat, 40th District
Charles Frazier, MD
Senior Vice President & CMIIO, Riverside Health System
Joel Gray
Chief Executive Officer, Aetna Better Health of Virginia
Linda Hines, RN, MSN, MBA
Virginia Medicaid Regional President, Humana
Delegate Keith Hodges
Republican, 68th District
Haroon Hyder, MD, MHCM
Medical Director for Primary Care Service Line and Population Health, Bon Secours Richmond
Gary Johnston
Director, Health Benefit Services, Virginia Department of Human Resource Management, Richmond
Janet Kelly
VA SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN RESOURCES
Robert Krebbs
Vice President, Network Management & Value Based Care at Sentara Health Plan
Jeff Lunardi
Chief Deputy Director, DMAS
Gordon Moore, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Goodside Health
Tayloe Negus, MBA
Managing Director, AON Richmond
Senator Todd Pillion
Republican, 6th District
Kenneth Qiu, MD
Founder, EuDoc Direct Primary Care
Zachary Rabovsky
Director, Population Health Strategy, CareFirst BCBS
Rachel Rees, MPA
Chief Executive Officer, Virginia Health Care Foundation
Taylor Rhodes
Regional Vice President – Market Development, Equality Health
Jenna Rolfs, PA
Dean, University of Lynchburg School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Virginia Academy of PAs
Karen Shelton, MD
Virginia State Health Commissioner
Delegate Mark Sickles
Democrat, 43rd District
Shelly Smith, DNP
Co-Director, UVA Synergy Center
Marcus Stone
Chief Executive Officer, Connect Health + Wellness
Meredith Touchstone
Director, Benefits, Carmax, Richmond
Kevin Van Dyke, MPP
Executive Director, Virginia, Aledade
COMMITTEES
Primary Care Spend Target Committee
- Andrew Bazemore, MD
- Gerard Filicko
- Vashaili Geib, MD
- Doug Gray
- Aaron Lambert
- Jesus Lizarzaburu, MD
- Jeff Lunardi
- Dan McCarter, MD
- Corey Perdue
- Senator Todd Pillion
- Zachary Rabovsky
- Delegate Mark Sickles
- Shelly Smith, DNP
- Kevin Van Dyke
Behavioral Health Workgroup
- Laura Brooks, MD – Co-Chair
- Heidi Dix – Co-Chair
- Alexis Aplasco
- Suzanne Brixey, MD
- David Coe
- Senator Barbara Favola
- Catherine Ford
- Delegate Keith Hodges
- Nadia Islam, LCP
- Robert Krebbs
- Alex Krist, MD
- Aaron Lambert
- Debbie Oswalt
- Lisa Price Stevens
- Jason Richmond
- Ally Singer Wright
- Betsy Watts
Technology and Primary Care Committee
- Renee Carter, MD, MPH, FACP
- Charlie Frazier, MD
- Joel Gray
- Haroon Hyder, MD
- Laura Kahoe
- Mike Martin, MD
- Shannon Price, MD
- Kenneth Qiu, MD
- Clinton Sutherland, MD
- Meredith Touchstone
- Lindsey Vaughn, MD
- Kathy Wibberly