The LAN Welcomes United States of Care to the Accountable Care Action Collaborative
Washington, D.C., February 13, 2024
The Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN) welcomes Natalie Davis, CEO of United States of Care (USofCare), to the Accountable Care Action Collaborative (ACAC). As an ACAC member representative, Davis will join other industry leaders to advance the ACAC’s goal of transforming the accountable care landscape beyond payment reform and increase collaboration and alignment across key stakeholder groups.
USofCare joins a group of participating ACAC organizations representing patients, providers, specialty care providers, payers, and local communities whose organizational goals support the LAN. ACAC members are industry leaders who work with the LAN to advance accountable care. The LAN defines “accountable care” as care that centers on the patient and aligns their care team to support shared decision-making.
Davis’ extensive health care leadership experience and commitment to bringing stakeholders together to catalyze change make her well suited to contribute to the ACAC. Davis has worked for nearly two decades shaping and implementing American health care policies to improve the lives of all people. As CEO of United States of Care, she has shaped a people-centered approach to drive policy change.
“I am pleased to welcome United States of Care and Natalie Davis to the Accountable Care Action Collaborative. Natalie’s person-centered approach to healthcare and track record of building strong partnerships will advance the ACAC’s work,” said ACAC co-chair Leah Binder, president and CEO of the LeapFrog Group.
“United States of Care is incredibly proud to join the ACAC and help support efforts to advance payment reform that puts people first and centers their needs,” said Natalie Davis, CEO and co-founder of United States of Care. “United States of Care prides itself on our ability to bring together voices and build a forum for collaboration. As a member of the ACAC, I’m looking forward to partnering with leaders across the health care ecosystem.”
The ACAC helps create a movement that promotes efforts to advance accountable care by coordinating with other LAN initiatives and activities and fostering partnerships to facilitate large-scale application of findings and best practices.
About the LAN
The LAN started in 2015 and is an active group of public and private health care leaders dedicated to providing thought leadership, strategic direction, and ongoing support to accelerate our care system’s adoption of alternative payment models (APMs). The LAN mobilizes payers, providers, purchasers, patients, product manufacturers, policymakers, and others in a shared mission to lower care costs, improve patient experiences and outcomes, reduce the barriers to APM participation, and promote shared accountability. Find more information here.
About USofCare
United States of Care’s mission is to ensure that everyone has access to quality, affordable health care regardless of health status, social need, or income. USofCare takes a people-focused, cross-sector approach to improving the health care system by listening to people’s needs, developing policy solutions, and partnering with others to drive change.
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Dr. Brandon G. Wilson, DrPH, MHA (he, him, his) joined Community Catalyst as the Director of the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation, where he leads the Center in bringing the community’s experience to the forefront of health systems transformation and health reform efforts, in order to deliver better care, better value and better health for every community, particularly vulnerable and historically underserved populations. The Center works directly with community advocates around the country to increase the skills and power they have to establish an effective voice at all levels of the health care system. The Center collaborates with innovative health plans, hospitals and providers to incorporate communities and their lived experience into the design of systems of care. The Center also works with state and federal policymakers to spur change that makes the health system more responsive to communities. And it provides consulting services to health plans, provider groups and other health care organizations to help them create meaningful structures for engagement with their communities.
Tamara Ward is the SVP of Insurance Business Operations at Oscar Health, where she leads the National Network Contracting Strategy and Market Expansion & Readiness. Prior to Oscar she served as VP of Managed Care & Network Operations at TriHealth in Southwest Ohio. With over 15 years of progressive health care experience, she has been instrumental driving collaborative payer provider strategies, improving insurance operations, and building high value networks through her various roles with UHC and other large provider health systems. Her breadth and depth of experience and interest-based approach has allowed her to have success solving some of the most complex issues our industry faces today. Tam is passionate about driving change for marginalized communities, developing Oscar’s Culturally Competent Care Program- reducing healthcare disparities and improving access for the underserved population. Tamara holds a B.A. from the University of Cincinnati’s and M.B.A from Miami University.
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