Committees

The Primary Care Collaborative has convened a variety of committees and workgroups to help inform its efforts to improve the nation’s health by strengthening primary care.

Below are a list of current workgroups PCC convenes.

Active Committees/Workgroups

PCC Messaging Workgroup

Chairs

Primary Care Collaborative

The PCC Messaging Workgroup informs PCC messaging efforts, provides input on content and deliverables and shapes the Promise of Primary Care initiative. 

Policy and Advocacy Committee

Chairs

American College of Physicians

The National Partnership for Women and Families

PCC’s Policy and Advocacy Committee convenes monthly to discuss legislative and regulatory updates related to primary care; learn from—and provide feedback to—invited guests; and work together with peer organizations to advocate on a variety of federal issues related predominantly but not exclusively to primary care delivery and payment reform.

Better Health – NOW Committee

Chairs

American College of Physicians

The National Partnership for Women and Families

PCC launched the Better Health – NOW campaign in 2022 to advocate for increased investment in primary care and to promote primary care payment models that ensure all communities have access to care. The Better Health – NOW campaign partners meet monthly to discuss strategy and policy positions.

Behavioral Health Integration Workgroup

Chairs

Mental Health America

UPMC Health Plan

PCC convenes a behavioral health integration workgroup of diverse Members and key stakeholders to advance primary care models that are team-based and comprehensive — treating the mind as well as the body. The workgroup convenes quarterly to identify and inform emerging issues in behavioral health integration and to collectively pursue strategies that strengthen the ability of health care systems to deliver high-quality, whole-person care founded on primary care.

Primary Care Safety Net Workgroup

Chairs

Primary Care Collaborative

Milbank Memorial Fund

The Primary Care Collaborative and Milbank Memorial Fund convenes members and state leaders from across the country to discuss strategies and solutions for strengthening the primary care safety net. Participants share best practices, provide updates from states, serves as a forum for peer exchange and improve visibility to efforts to protect primary care safety net programs–including Medicaid and Community Health Centers.

Primary Care Innovators Workgroup

Chairs

Johns Hopkins Community Physicians

Primary Care Collaborative

This invitation-only group, comprised of leaders within member organizations who are driving primary care payment and delivery innovation, meets 3-4 times a year to share best practices and learnings with colleagues. he focus of these discussions will be decided upon by the group, co-chaired by Dr. Dominique Quincy, PCC physician policy advisor and Steven Kravet, President of Johns Hopkins Community Physicians.