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Primary Care Strategy Committee

Overview

The Oregon Health Policy Board (OHPB) is committed to a sustainable and fully supported primary care system where every person has access to whole person care that fosters well-being, strengthens communities, uplifts care teams, advances equity, and keeps health care affordable.

To achieve this vision, OHPB is launching a Primary Care Strategy Committee.
 
Primary care is the foundation of our health care system providing continuous, coordinated, proactive, and comprehensive care focused on prevention and management of chronic conditions. Throughout the state and nation, primary care is in crisis, as fewer primary care providers are entering the workforce and many are leaving; providers face burdensome administrative requirements; and investment in primary care has declined. The primary care crisis is limiting access to care for patients.

To make primary care work for those who provide, pay for, and access care, Oregon needs actionable strategies that ensure a coherent, equitable, and sustainable system that delivers responsive, community-centered care statewide. Oregon's Primary Care Strategy Committee will help us get there. 

The OHPB Primary Care Strategy Committee will lead a coordinated effort to stabilize, strengthen, and align Oregon's primary care system with the goal of strengthening access to equitable, affordable, high-quality patient care. The Committee will promote innovative solutions for a strong primary care system focusing on payment and affordability, workforce, and the delivery system.

The Primary Care Strategy Committee is a public committee with meetings open to the public and time for public comment. All meetings will be recorded, and recordings will be posted on this webpage.

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Join us in making primary care work for everyone

If you're passionate about primary care and bring one of perspectives below, we invite you to apply for membership on the Primary Care Strategy Committee.

  • Consumers/ Patients / Health Equity Advocates – Includes individuals who directly experience the health care system, including patients, caregivers, and family members accessing or seeking to access primary care who do not work within the health care system; individuals working independently or with advocacy organizations to improve health care and/or health equity policies and patient outcomes; and patient advocates who take part in policy making or decision making on behalf of health care consumers.
  • Health Care Payers – Commercial payers that provide coverage to people in Oregon.
  • Non-Health Care Employers that Purchase Health Insurance – Includes employers, business coalitions, labor organizations, consumer groups and government agencies that arrange or negotiate health coverage on behalf of a group of people.

For more details see the call for applications.

To apply: Complete the online Member Application. We encourage all applicants to use the online application. If you are unable to submit your application via the online survey, please email OHPB.CommitteeRecruitment@oha.oregon.gov.

Primary Care Strategy Committee resources

Meetings

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For more information, please contact: OHPB.PrimaryCare@oha.oregon.gov.