OHCA Investment and Payment Workgroup
The multi-stakeholder Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) Investment and Payment Workgroup provides input to OHCA on the development of primary care, alternative payment model (APM), and behavioral health definitions, data collection processes, and benchmarks. OHCA will gather information from this stakeholder engagement to develop recommendations for benchmarks. The Workgroup also provides input to OHCA on the relationships between the APM, primary care, and behavioral health components.
Investment and Payment Workgroup Meetings
Upcoming Meetings
October 21, 2026
9:00 am
October OHCA Investment and Payment Workgroup
Past Meetings
Investment and Payment Workgroup Charter
Investment and Payment Workgroup Members
| Name | Title/Organization |
|---|---|
| Cristina Almeida | Medical Director, Population Health, Clinical Policy & Programs Division, CalPERS |
| Ash Amarnath | Chief Health Officer, California Health Care Safety Net Institute |
| Sarah Arnquist | Principal Consultant, SJA Health Solutions |
| Bill Barcellona | Executive Vice President of Government Affairs, America’s Physician Groups |
| Mark Bontrager | Senior Director of Behavioral Health, Partnership Health Plan of California |
| Beth Capell | Contract Lobbyist, Health Access California |
| Kirsten Barlow | Vice President Policy, California Hospital Association (CHA) |
| Teresa Castillo | Chief, Program Policy Section, Medi-Cal Behavioral Health Policy Division, DHCS |
| Jessica Cruz | Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) California |
| Marie M. Eppler | Associate General Counsel, Anthem Blue Cross |
| Crystal Eubanks | Chief Executive Officer, California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP) |
| Lisa Folberg | Chief Financial Officer, Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) |
| Nina Graham | Transplant Recipient and Cancer Survivor, Patients for Primary Care |
| Kevin Grumbach | Professor of Family and Community Medicine, UC San Francisco |
| Reshma Gupta | Chief of Population Health and Accountable Care, UC Davis |
| Héctor Hernández-Delgado | Senior Attorney, National Health Law Program |
| Amy Nguyen Howell | Chief of the Office for Provider Advancement (OPA), Optum |
| Waynetta Kingsford | Sr. Director, Provider Delivery Systems, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan |
| Vickie Mays | Professor, UCLA, Dept of Psychology & Center for Health Policy Research |
| Jodi Nerell | Director of Local Mental Health Engagement, Sutter Health |
| Jeffrey Norris | Value-Based Care Payment Branch Chief, Quality and Pop. Health Management, DHCS |
| Catrina Reyes | Deputy General Counsel, California Primary Care Association (CPCA) |
| Janice Rocco | Chief of Staff, California Medical Association |
| Cary Sanders | Senior Policy Director, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN) |
| Parnika Saxena | Chair, Government Affairs Committee, California State Association of Psychiatrists |
| Afzal Shah | Chief Finance Officer, L.A. Care Health Plan |
| Monica Soni | Chief Medical Officer, Covered California |
| Dan Southard | Chief Deputy Director, Department of Managed Health Care (DHMC) |
| Nicole Stelter | Director of Behavioral Health, Commercial Lines of Business, Blue Shield of California |
| Catherine Teare | Associate Director, Advancing People-Centered Care, California Health Care Foundation |
Past Meetings Archive
Public Comment
To submit public comment for this workgroup, send an email to ohca@hcai.ca.gov and indicate “Investment and Payment Workgroup public comment” in the subject line.