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Texas Primary Care Consortium 2022 Annual Summit Plenary: Advanced Primary Care: Mapping Progress and the Path Forward Chris Skisak, PhD Executive Director Houston Business Coalition on Health Mark Chassay, MD, MEd, MBA Vice President & Chief Medical Officer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Regina Rogoff, JD, BA Chief Executive Officer People's Community Clinic Tom Banning CEO & EVP Texas Academy of Family Physicians

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