Virginia Task Force on Primary Care

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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.
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TASK FORCE MEMBERS

Sandy Chung, MD, Co-Chair

CEO, Trusted Doctors, Immediate Past President- AAP, Virginia Chapter; President, American Academy of Pediatrics

Jeff Ricketts, Co-Chair

Former President, Anthem Virginia

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

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

Neeta Goel, MD

CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, AMBULATORY SERVICES, Inova Health System

Linda Hines, RN, MSN, MBA

Virginia Medicaid Regional President, Humana

Delegate Keith Hodges

Republican, 68th District

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

ELIZABETH MALLEY-LOWE

VP, CONTRACTING AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT, CIGNA Healthcare

Gordon Moore, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Goodside Health

Deborah D. Oswalt

Executive Director, Virginia Health Care Foundation

Senator Todd Pillion

Republican, 6th District

Zachary Rabovsky

Director, Population Health Strategy, CareFirst BCBS

Jenna Rolfs, PA

Dean, University of Lynchburg School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Virginia Academy of PAs

Monica Schmude

President, Virginia, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield

Karen Shelton, MD

Commissioner of Health

Delegate Mark Sickles

Democrat, 43rd District

Natasha Sriraman, MD

President, Virginia Chapter-American Academy of Pediatrics

Marcus Stone

Chief Executive Officer, Connect Health + Wellness

Meredith Touchstone

Director, Benefits, Carmax, Richmond

Kevin Van Dyke, MPP

Executive Director, Virginia, Aledade

JP Verderese, MD

Health and Public Policy Chair, American College of Physicians, Virginia Chapter, Division Chief, Community Health, Inova, Falls Church

Valerie Wrobel, NP

Government Relations Chair, Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners

LEANNE M. YANNI, MD, MHCM, FACP

VICE PRESIDENT MEDICAL AFFAIRS; CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, AMBULATORY, St. Mary’s & Richmond Community Hospital; Bon Secours Richmond

COMMITTEES

Integrated Behavioral Health

Laura Brooks, MD | Co-Chair

Heidi Dix | Co-Chair

Alexis Aplasca

Suzanne Brixey, MD

Sandy Chung, MD*

David Coe

Senator Barbara Favola

Catherine Ford

Delegate Keith Hodges

Nadia Islam, LPC

Robert Krebbs

Alex Krist, MD

Aaron Lambert

Robyn Mehlenbeck

Debbie Oswalt

Lisa Price Stevens, MD

Jason Richmond

Jeff Ricketts*

Ally Singer Wright

Betsy Watts

*De facto members

Primary Care Spend Target

Andrew Bazemore, MD

Sandy Chung, MD*

Gerard Filicko

Vaishali Geib, MD

Doug Gray

Aaron Lambert

Jesus Lizarzaburu, MD

Jeff Lunardi

Dan McCarter, MD

Corey Perdue

Senator Todd Pillion

Jeff Ricketts*

Zachary Rabovsky

Delegate Mark Sickles

Shelly Smith, DNP

Kevin Van Dyke

*De facto members

Technology, AI, and Primary Care

Renee Carter, MD, MPH, FACP

Sandy Chung, MD*

Charlie Frazier, MD

Joel Gray

Haroon Hyder, MD

Laura Kahoe

Mike Martin, MD

Shannon Price, MD

Kenneth Qiu, MD

Jeff Ricketts*

Clinton Sutherland, MD

Meredith Touchstone

Lindsay Vaughn, MD

Kathy Wibberly

*De facto members