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Primary Care Access, Delivery, and Payment Task Force

Overview 

In December 2024, the Massachusetts Legislature passed Chapter 343 of the Acts of 2024, An Act enhancing the market review process, which was signed into law by Governor Healey in January 2025. Section 80 established the Primary Care Access, Delivery, and Payment Task Force (PCTF) to examine the challenges affecting the essential primary care system in Massachusetts and develop policy solutions to stabilize and improve primary care access, delivery, and payment. The 25-member task force was co-chaired by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission.  

The PCTF first convened in April 2025 and held 11 public meetings of the full body to deliberate and develop recommendations for the statutory deliverables. All task force meeting materials can be found on the HPC’s meetings webpage.    

The PCTF was tasked in the statute with issuing seven deliverables with recommendations to stabilize and improve primary care access, delivery, and payment. The deliverables were published on a rolling basis on the HPC’s website and submitted to the Massachusetts Legislature as they were completed.

Full Compendium Report

DeliverableDate Published
  1. Defining Primary Care Services, Codes, and Providers
September 2025 
  1. Data and Reporting Requirements for Primary Care Payments
May 2026 
  1. Establish a Primary Care Spending Target
December 2025 
  1. Payment Models to Increase Reimbursement for Primary Care
March 2026 
  1. Assess the Impact of Health Plan Design on Health Equity and Patient Access 
    to Primary Care Services
May 2026 
  1. Monitor and Track the Needs of and Service Delivery to Residents of the 
    Commonwealth
June 2026 
  1. Create Short-Term and Long-Term Workforce Development Plans and Improve 
    Working Conditions
July 2026​ 

Membership and Workgroups

The PCTF membership included primary care clinicians, legislators, payer representatives, and stakeholders from across the health care system.

Two workgroups of task force members were established to focus on specific deliverables: 

Resources and Related Work 

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