Commission backs OIC study to design primary-care financing; one member objects

Sep 3, 2026

The commission voted to support the Office of the Insurance Commissioner’s planning study to design a primary-care financing and payment model (PMPM/common fund), with updates to the commission; Rep. Joe Schmick recorded the lone opposition.

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The Universal Healthcare Commission voted Sept. 3 to support the Office of the Insurance Commissioner’s (OIC) proposed design and study of a primary-care financing and payment model that would create a multi-payer common fund and prospective per-member-per-month payments for primary-care practices.

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