Primary Care For All (PCFA) Task Force

Goals and Objectives

This new PCFA task force was established by the CAFP Board of Directors in April 2024 to recommend an organizational position on payment and system models to expand and simplify access to primary care and increase investment in primary care in California. The PCFA Task Force is charged with reviewing current CAFP policy and developing new policy related to health system and health insurance reform, including but not limited to unified health system financing models. The PCFA will develop policy recommendations which include policy, financing and political considerations, as well as CAFP member perspectives. The PCFA recommendation will be considered by the Board and reported at the All Member Advocacy Meeting.

Taskforce Membership

The CAFP Board appointed Drs. Kevin Grumbach and Anthony Chong to co-chair this important effort. The PCFA will consist of 9 to 11 members and will be a committee that is diverse in gender, ethnicity, geography, practice type, and opinion. The Taskforce should include members with expertise in health system financing, practice management, physician group financing and health policy.

Specifically, we are looking for CAFP members who represent the following:

• Diverse Practice Types
• Geographic Diversity
• Various Career Stages
• Knowledge of System and/or Organizational Financing

The Chairpeople of the CAFP Medical Practice Affairs Committee, Legislative Affairs Committee and Committee on Public Health and Equity will be offered a PCFA task force position.

Responsibilities and Commitment

Task force members should be able to commit to the following:

• Participate with an open mind to a multitude of policy options (this is not an advocacy opportunity but is knowledge-based decision making on issues key to the future of family medicine).
• Attend quarterly 90 minute virtual meetings
• Attend one or two in-person meetings (travel may be required and will be reimbursed)
• Respond to email requests for input and feedback
• Review materials in advance of calls and meetings

Approximate Timeline

• Deadline for Submitting Nominations: May 17, 2024
• Committee Members Notified: Week of June 3, 2024
• Committee Orientation Call: July 2024
• First In-Person meeting: Fall 2024
• Draft Recommendation to CAFP BOD: Spring/Summer 2025

Steps to Apply

Interested members should apply no later than May 17 at 5pm.

1. complete the on-line CAFP Member Engagement Form (about 10 minutes to complete)
2. send an email to PCFA@familydocs.org letting us know you have completed the Engagement Form and are interested in serving on the PCFA Task Force. Please include your

• name
• cell phone number
• best email address
• where you practice
• a short (no more than one paragraph) description of why you are interested in serving on the CAFP Primary Care for All Task Force

Please send any questions to PCFA@familydocs.org.