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Primary Care Access, Delivery, and Payment Task Force

Overview 

In January 2025, Governor Maura Healey signed Chapter 343 of the Acts of 2024. An Act enhancing the market review process. Section 80 establishes a new 25-member task force on primary care access, delivery, and financial sustainability in the Commonwealth, to be co-chaired by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission. 

The task force is charged with developing a series of recommendations to stabilize and strengthen the primary care system across Massachusetts, including to: 

  • Define primary care services;
  • Develop a standardized set of data reporting requirements for payers, providers, and provider organizations to track payments for primary care services;
  • Establish a primary care spending target for public and private payers; 
  • Propose payment models to increase primary care reimbursements;
  • Assess the impact of health plan design on health equity and patient access to primary care services;
  • Monitor and track the needs of and service delivery to Massachusetts residents; and
  • Create workforce development plans to increase the supply and distribution of, and improve the working conditions of, the primary care workforce.

“Prioritizing investments in primary care will yield cost savings down the road and will help us rebuild the primary care workforce, and it is one of the most meaningful ways to improve the health of our residents.”

- Governor Maura Healey

Task Force Membership

View the membership of the Primary Care Access, Delivery, and Payment Task Force.

Meetings

The first meeting of the Task Force will be on April 16, 2025, from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM at the HPC office (50 Milk Street, 8th Floor, Boston). The agenda and live stream are posted on the meeting page. 

Stay Connected

Questions about the work of the Task Force can be directed to [email protected] 

Resources and Related Work 

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