CA AB2895

Requires health care service plans and health insurers that report rate information to annually report the percentage of expenses allocated to primary care and methods used to financially support primary care delivery, with reports due by October 1 each year beginning in 2019.

Requires the Department of Managed Health Care and Department of Insurance to compile reported data into aggregated public reports and publish them on their websites by January 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, including the reports as discussion items in public meetings.

Requires managed care plans to report the same primary care spending information to the State Department of Health Care Services, which must compile and post aggregated reports on its website by January 1, 2020, and annually thereafter.

Mandates the Department of Managed Health Care and Department of Insurance to convene a Primary Care Payment Reform Collaborative by January 1, 2020, with representatives from primary care clinicians, consumers, employers, hospitals, health plans, insurers, and other stakeholders to propose revisions to primary care data collection and develop best practices.

Defines primary care services as health care delivered by clinicians specializing in family medicine, general internal medicine, or general pediatrics.