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Primary Care Strategy Committee Member Application

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and the Oregon Health Policy Board (OHPB) are seeking members for a new 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 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.

Committee members are expected to be active, empowered participants who bring expertise, leadership, and lived experience to advance Oregon’s primary care system. Each member holds a vital form of authority—whether representing lived experience and community voice, serving as a practicing provider directly impacted by system pressures, or representing an organization with decision-making responsibility —and all perspectives are equally essential to shaping meaningful, durable strategy. Members should bring forward their expertise, share insights grounded in real-world experience, engage constructively across diverse viewpoints, and remain action-focused even in the face of disagreement. See the Call for Applications for additional details.

To Apply: complete this application by Friday, February 6, 2026.

This application will be shared with the Oregon Health Policy Board and is subject to public records requests under Oregon law. OHA will protect and keep confidential information that you submit that should reasonably be considered confidential, to the greatest extent permitted by law. Because of the potential that your information could be disclosed under a public records request, please do not submit information that is particularly sensitive.
1.First and Last Name(Required.)
2.Pronouns(Required.)
3.Email Address(Required.)
4.Phone Number(Required.)
5.Street Address(Required.)
6.City, State, Zip code(Required.)
The Oregon Health Policy Board is seeking members for the Primary Care Strategy Committee to advise the Oregon Health Policy Board (OHPB) on strategies to stabilize, strengthen, and align Oregon’s primary care system. Members should have a demonstrated commitment to primary care.
7.Why are you interested in serving on the Primary Care Strategy Committee?(Required.)
8.What do you think are the top three important thing Oregon could do to address the primary care crisis in the next two years?(Required.)
9.Please include anything else you would like us to know about your commitment to primary care particularly as it pertains to workforce, payment and affordability, and delivery system that may be relevant to serving on the Primary Care Strategy Committee.
The Primary Care Strategy Committee is seeking applicants with the following perspectives:
  • Primary Care Providers – Includes family medicine, pediatrics or internal medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, or physician associates practicing or who have practiced comprehensive patient-centered primary care. This includes providers within large medical groups, small medical groups, independent providers, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), FQHC “lookalikes,” and rural health centers.
  • 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 – Includes commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage payers that provide coverage to people in Oregon.
  • Health Care Purchasers / Employers – Includes employers, business coalitions, labor organizations, consumer groups and government agencies that arrange or negotiate health coverage on behalf of a group of people.
  • Primary Care Workforce Experts – Includes professionals with deep knowledge of the health care system and experience in research, academia, consulting, policy groups, or community organizations focused on health care workforce and/or administration.
  • Specialty Care Providers – Includes physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants practicing or who have practiced specialty care
  • Health System / Hospital Representatives – Includes leaders from a health system or hospital that manages multiple care facilities, including primary care practices
  • Health Center Administrators – Includes individuals working in an administrative role in a primary care clinic, including a primary care practice manager, administrator, quality improvement director, billing manager or administrative support.
  • Professional Associations Representing Primary Care Providers – Includes individuals within organizations representing primary care providers, including family medicine, pediatrics or internal medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.
  • Legislators/ Legislative Aides or Experts in Policy Making – Includes professionals with deep knowledge of the health care system and experience in research, academia, consulting, policy groups, or community organizations focused on health care and government.
  • Tribal Health Providers – Includes individuals currently or previously working in the tribal health care system, including as a provider of comprehensive patient-centered primary care or in an administrative role, including a practice manager, administrator, quality improvement director, billing manager and administrative support.
  • Primary Care Team Members – Includes individuals other than physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who work on a primary care team to provide care for patients. This includes, but is not limited to, behavioral health providers, traditional health workers, medical assistants, registered nurses, and care managers.
10.Please indicate which perspective(s) you will bring (check all that apply)(Required.)
Employment and Affiliations
If you would be representing an organization on this committee, please fill in the information below.
11.Organization you work for
12.Your role / title
Please list any groups, companies, or organizations relevant to the work of the committee you are affiliated with and your role.
13.Contractor
14.Lobbyist
15.Member
16.Volunteer
Committees and Workgroups
17.Do you currently serve on any other State of Oregon Committees, Boards, Taskforces, or Workgroups?(Required.)
18.Have you previously served on any other State of Oregon Committees, Boards, Taskforces, or Workgroups in the last 3 years?(Required.)
19.If you are not selected for the Primary Care Strategy Committee, are you interested in applying to serve on any other Oregon Health Policy Board Committees? (check all that apply). OHA staff will share your application.
20.How did you learn about the Primary Care Strategy Committee?(Required.)
By submitting this application, if selected to serve on the Primary Care Strategy Committee, I commit to:
21.Attending regular monthly meetings(Required.)
22.Reviewing materials prior to meetings(Required.)
23.Participating to the best of my ability(Required.)
Thank you for your interest in the Primary Care Strategy Committee.