Primary Care for All with Dr. Kevin Grumbach and Dr. Anthony Chong
In this episode, Dr. Rob Assibey and Dr. Cynthia Chen-Joea speak with Dr. Kevin Grumbach and Dr. Anthony "Fatch" Chong, co-chairs of CAFP's Primary Care for All Task Force on the origins of the task force, unified financing model for primary care, and how CAFP is driving this work.
**CAFP is hosting a Town Hall for Primary Care for All for CAFP members on June 17th. If you are interested in attending, let us know at cafp@familydocs.org.**
Guests:
Kevin Grumbach, MD is Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He served as Chair of the UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine from 2003 to 2022. He is a Founding Director of the UCSF Center for Excellence in Primary Care and former Director of the Community Engagement Program for the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute. He served as Vice President for Population Health for the UCSF Health system from 2015-2018. His research and scholarship on the primary care workforce, innovations in the delivery of primary care, racial and ethnic diversity in the health professions, and community health improvement have widely influenced policy and practice. With Tom Bodenheimer, he co-authored the best-selling textbook on health policy, Understanding Health Policy - A Clinical Approach, now in its 9th edition, and the book, Improving Primary Care – Strategies and Tools for a Better Practice, published by McGraw Hill. He received a Generalist Physician Faculty Scholar award from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Health Resources and Services Administration Award for Health Workforce Research on Diversity, the Richard E. Cone Award for Excellence and Leadership in Cultivating Community Partnerships in Higher Education, and the UCSF Chancellor's Public Service Award, and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Dr. Grumbach has been an advisor to Congressional Committees and government agencies on primary care and health reform and a member of the National Advisory Council for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He currently serves on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Standing Committee on Primary Care and the California Health Workforce Education and Training Council. He practices family medicine at San Francisco General Hospital.
Anthony Chong, MD, FAAFP
Immediate Past President, California Academy of Family Physicians
Chief Medical Officer, Scripps Coastal Medical Center
Dr. Anthony Chong is a board-certified family medicine physician and a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. He is the Chief Medical Officer for Scripps Coastal Medical Center (SCMC), a large primary care medical group in San Diego, CA. Dr. Chong is passionate about advancing quality patient care, improving patient care delivery, and fostering physician engagement and well-being.
Before becoming President of the California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP), Dr. Chong served on the CAFP Foundation Board, including two terms as President, and represented the San Diego-Imperial Valley District on the CAFP Board of Directors. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
Outside of work, Dr. Chong enjoys spending quality time with his wonderful wife and two children. Whether exploring San Diego, relaxing at home, or attending school or extracurricular events, he values every moment with his family.
Resources:
* familydocs.org/pcfa [http://familydocs.org/pcfa]
* National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine 2021 Report on Primary Care: Implementing High-Quality Primary Care [https://www.nationalacademies.org/projects/HMD-HCS-18-15/about]
* Final Report of the CAFP Primary Care for All Task Force [https://www.familydocs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/25.PCFA_.Final-Report-of-the-CAFP-Primary-Care-for-All-Task-Force.pdf]
* Fact Sheets:
* Primary Care Investment Benchmark [https://www.familydocs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/25.Fact-Sheet-Primary-Care-Investment-Benchmark.pdf]
* Unified Financing for Primary Care [https://www.familydocs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/25.Fact-Sheet-Unified-Financing-for-Primary-Care.pdf]
* Common Fund for the Commonwealth, Renee Crichlow, MD - https://medium.com/@reneecrichlow/common-fund-for-the-commonwealth-726c4d06de6b [https://medium.com/@reneecrichlow/common-fund-for-the-commonwealth-726c4d06de6b]
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