Policy Points:

• Health Plan of San Mateo’s five-year, $60 million Primary Care Investment Strategy addresses the primary care crisis by allocating resources to tackle the challenges identified by our primary care network
• The strategy’s initiatives include raising primary care payments, offering grants to primary care providers, and providing professional coaching and technical assistance for our primary care network
• Public policies — such as primary care spending mandates, payer alignment guidance, and Medicare rate restructuring — are also needed to sustain primary care