S.197
An act relating to establishing a primary care payment reform program
Sponsors:
Sen. Virginia Lyons
,
Sen. Seth Bongartz, Sen. Ann Cummings, Sen. Martine Gulick, Sen. Wendy Harrison, Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Sen. Anne Watson, Sen. Rebecca White
Location: House Committee on Health Care
Last Recorded Action: 3/27/2026 - Read first time and referred to the Committee on Health Care
Committee Activity - Witnesses Who Testified
Regular Session 2025-2026
House Committee on Health Care
- Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Chris Chadwick, Chief Operating Officer, Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region
- Rick Dooley, Physician Assistant, Thomas Chittenden Health Center
- Sarah Dudley, Family Nurse Practitioner, True Path Wellness
- Elliott Fisher, Professor of Medicine and Health Policy, The Dartmouth Institute
- Courtney Harrness, Director of Legislative and Government Relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont
- Craig Jones, Consultant, Agency of Human Services
- Sen. Virginia "Ginny" Lyons, Sponsor, Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- Ashley Miller, Board Member, American Academy of Pediatrics, Vermont Chapter
- Ethan Parke, Board Member, Vermont Health Care For All
- Gordon Powers, Program Director, UVM Family Medicine Residency Program
- Hannah Rabin, Primary Care Provider, Richmond Family Medicine
- Margaret Reynolds, Government Affairs Director, Cigna Health Care
- Susan Ridzon, Executive Director, Healthfirst, Inc.
- John M. Saroyan, Executive Director, Blueprint for Health, Agency of Human Services
- Zirui Song, Associate Professor of Health Care Policy and Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Chris Towne, CEO, Northern County Community Health
- Tracy Tyson, President-Elect, American Academy of Pediatrics, Vermont Chapter
- Thomas Weigel, Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont
Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Senate Committee on Health and Welfare
- Wayne Altman, Professor and Chair of Family Medicine, Tufts University
- Jessa Barnard, Executive Director, Vermont Medical Society
- Bob Bordone, Senior Fellow, Harvard Law School
- Tom Borys, CEO, OneCare Vermont
- Emily Brown, Executive Director, Green Mountain Care Board
- Jennifer Carbee, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
- Alicia Cooper, Director of Managed Care Operations, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)
- Michael Costa, President and CEO, Gifford Health Care
- Johanna de Graffenreid, Public Policy Manager, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility
- Mara Donohue, Assistant Director, Blueprint for Health, Agency of Human Services
- Jordan Estey, V.P. Government Affairs, MVP Health Care
- Wyll Everett, Family Physician, Vice President, Vermont Academy of Family Physicians
- Elliott Fisher, Professor of Medicine and Health Policy, The Dartmouth Institute
- Mike Fisher, Chief Health Care Advocate, Vermont Legal Aid
- Courtney Harrness, Director of Legislative and Government Relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont
- Elizabeth Hawgood, Medicaid Operations Administrator, Agency of Human Services
- Fay Homan, Primary Care Advisory Group Member, Little River Health Care
- Nolan Langweil, Principal Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office
- Anne Morris, Associate Dean of Primary Care, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
- Peter Pronovost, Chief Quality and Clinical Transformation Officer, University Hospitals
- Margaret Reynolds, Government Affairs Director, Cigna Health Care
- Deb Richter, Chair
- Susan Ridzon, Executive Director, Healthfirst, Inc.
- Sarah Rosenblum, Deputy Director for the Health Care Reform, Agency of Human Services
- Toby Sadkin, Executive Chair, Primary Care Health Partners
- John M. Saroyan, Executive Director, Blueprint for Health, Agency of Human Services
- David Scherr, Deputy Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer
- Zirui Song, Harvard Medical School
- Chris Towne, CEO, Northern County Community Health