2026 Health of US Primary Care Webinar: Primary Care—The Missing Strategy in America’s Fight Against Chronic Disease

On February 12, the Milbank Memorial Fund and The Physicians Foundation released a Health of US Primary Care report on the role of primary care in the prevention and management of chronic disease, and an updated Primary Care Scorecard data dashboard showing national and state performance on measures of primary care access/workforce, financing, training, and research.  

The release webinar featured a discussion on the findings and policy implications with the following panelists:

• Vishal S. Arora, MD, Senior Advisor, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 
• Jennifer Bacani McKenney, MD, Owner, Fredonia Family Care, Kansas 
• Seiji Hayashi, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, CareFirst Community Health Plan Maryland 
• Yalda Jabbarpour, MD, lead author and Vice President and Director, Robert Graham Center 
• Jake Quinton, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Original Medicare, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Shira Schoenberg, The Boston Globe (moderator)