Ohio Department of Higher Education Chancellor Randy Gardner has appointed Ohio Academy of Family Physicians President Anna McMaster, MD, to the Ohio Physician and Allied Health Care Workforce Preparation Task Force. OAFP Lobbyist David Paragas was also named to the 31 member group. OAFP members Andy Filak, MD (representing medical school deans) and Ted Wymyslo, MD (representing the Ohio Association of Community Health Centers) are also members of the task force.
The task force, created in the state’s last biennial budget bill, will take a broad look at healthcare workforce shortages and maldistribution. The task force will advise the Ohio Department of Higher Education as they work to study, evaluate, and make recommendations with respect to health care workforce needs in Ohio.
The first meeting of the task force is scheduled for Thursday, February 20.