What is the Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network?
The Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (HCPLAN) is an active group of public and private health care leaders dedicated to providing thought leadership, strategic direction, and support to accelerate our health care system’s adoption of alternative payment models (APMs) and accountable care. The HCPLAN mobilizes payers, providers, purchasers, patients, product manufacturers, policymakers, and other stakeholders to reduce barriers to APM participation and support mutual accountability through its shared mission to promote evidence-based prevention, prioritize patient empowerment, drive choice and competition, and accelerate technology-enabled health care.
Since 2015, the health care community has relied on the HCPLAN to drive alignment around core APM design components, host forums and events to share information and inspire action, and build consensus among leaders. The HCPLAN will continue to be a trusted partner that connects the public and private sectors, identifies and shares best practices, and guides the field in rapidly moving toward value-based care.
MISSION
The HCPLAN will advance multi-stakeholder payment
reforms to enable coordinated health care that
achieves better health outcomes and affordability
VISION
Improved health outcomes, resulting in
overall lower total cost of care
GOALS
INCREASED ADOPTION:
Greater investment in and adoption of effective accountable care arrangements and increased number of individuals attributed to accountable care relationships across lines of business
PERSON-CENTERED MODELS:
Development and scaling of payment structures and design elements to promote care models that deliver improved outcomes for all people
INDUSTRY ALIGNMENT:
Scaled adoption of shared APM design elements across stakeholders (including purchasers, payers, providers, and patients) to make America healthy again
Our Goal Statement
Accelerate the percentage of U.S. health care payments tied to quality and value in each market segment through the adoption of downside risk alternative payment models (Categories 3B and 4 of the HCPLAN APM Framework).
Since 2015, the HCPLAN has empowered the public and private sectors with a common framework for classifying APMs, published an interactive tool for designing APMs, measured the progress of adoption, and hosted events to connect and educate stakeholders. Please explore the links below to learn more about how we have led the movement to transform health care payment.
INSPIRE
The HCPLAN Executive Forum connects influential public and private sector leaders committed to aligning their efforts, sharing insights, and providing guidance on how to accelerate payment reform.
STANDARDIZE
The APM Framework establishes a common vocabulary categorizing payment models and helps stakeholders track progress on payment reform.
EMPOWER
The HCPLAN helps develop key insights, promising practices, and strategies for designing and implementing successful APMs.
MEASURE
From 2016 to 2024, the HCPLAN conducted a robust annual Measurement Effort to assess early nationwide adoption of APMs and progress toward payment reform goals.
ENGAGE
The HCPLAN convenes stakeholders from across the health care landscape together to network, learn, and share strategies to transform payment.
Resources
Explore our collection of fact sheets, reports, infographics, white papers, and more that form the foundations
for understanding.
Purchasers
Providers | 
Policy Makers | 
Enabling Organizations | 
Community-Based Organizations
Emily DuHamel Brower, M.B.A., is senior vice president of clinical integration and physician services for Trinity Health. Emphasizing clinical integration and payment model transformation, Ms. Brower provides strategic direction related to the evolving accountable healthcare environment with strong results. Her team is currently accountable for $10.4B of medical expense for 1.6M lives in Medicare Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid and Commercial Alternative Payment Models.
Mr. James Sinkoff is the Deputy Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer for Sun River Health (formerly known as Hudson River HealthCare), and the Chief Executive Officer of Solutions 4 Community Health (S4CH); an MSO serving FQHCs and private physician practices.
Victor is the Chief Medical Officer for TennCare, Tennessee’s Medicaid Agency. At TennCare, Victor leads the medical office to ensure quality and effective delivery of medical, pharmacy, and dental services to its members. He also leads TennCare’s opioid epidemic strategy, social determinants of health, and practice transformation initiatives across the agency. Prior to joining TennCare, Victor worked at Evolent Health supporting value-based population health care delivery. In 2013, Victor served as a White House Fellow to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Victor completed his Internal Medicine Residency at Emory University still practices clinically as an internist in the Veteran’s Affairs Health System.
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.
Dr. Peter Walsh joined the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing as the Chief Medical Officer on December 1, 2020. Prior to joining HCPF, Dr. Walsh served as a Hospital Field Representative/Surveyor at the Joint Commission, headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois.
