Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA)

Health Care Affordability Advisory Committee

The Health Care Affordability Advisory Committee provides input on a range of topics, including: a statewide health care spending target and specific targets by health care sector and geographic region; the methodology for setting spending targets and adjustment factors to modify targets when appropriate; definitions of health care sectors; benchmarks for primary care and behavioral health spending; statewide goals for the adoption of alternative payment models and standards; quality and equity metrics; standards to advance the stability of the health care workforce; and other areas requested by the board or the office.

Advisory Committee Members

Name	Title/Organization
Joan Allen	Government Relations Advocate, SEIU United Healthcare Workers West
Barry Arbuckle	President and CEO, MemorialCare
Kati Bassler	President, California Federation of Teachers, Salinas Valley
Stephanie Cline	Registered Respiratory Therapist, Kaiser Permanente
Carmen Comsti	Assistant Director of Government Relations, CA Nurses Association & National Nurses United
Adam Dougherty	Emergency Physician, Vituity
Hector Flores	Medical Director, Family Care Specialists Medical Group
Stacey Hrountas	CEO, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Centers
Iftikhar Hussain	Chief Financial Officer, San Francisco Health Service System
David Joyner	CEO, Hills Physicians Medical Group
Travis Lakey	Chief Financial Officer, Mayers Memorial Hospital District
Tam Ma	Associate Vice President of Health Policy & Regulatory Affairs, University of CA Health
Amanda McAllister-Wallner	Executive Director, Health Access
Carolyn Nava	Senior Systems Change Advocate, Disability Action Center
Mike Odeh	Senior Director of Health, Children Now
Janice O’Malley	Leg. Advocate, American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO
Marielle Reataza	Executive Director, National Asian Pacific American Families Allied for Substance Awareness & Harm Reduction
Sumana Reddy	President, Acacia Family Medical Group and Family Doctor, Aledade
Cristina Rodriguez	Physician Assistant, Altura Centers for Health
Kiran Savage-Sangwan	Executive Director, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
Andrew See	Senior Vice President, Chief Actuary, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
Manan Shah	Vice President & General Manager, Commercial Business, Elevance Health / Anthem Blue Cross of California
Stephen Shortell	Professor, UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Sarah Soroken	Mental Health Clinician, Licensed, Solano County Mental Health
Ken Stuart	Chairman, California Health Care Coalition
Suzanne Usaj	Principal, Health & Benefits, Mercer
Michael Weiss	Vice President, Population Health, Children’s Hospital of Orange County