The LAN’s newest initiative, the Accountable Care Action Collaborative (ACAC), is turning talk about healthcare payment reform into action. The ACAC is thinking beyond payment reform to ensure the delivery of quality care for every patient, every time. Listen to ACAC Co-Chairs Jeff Micklos and Leah Binder as they sit down with Frank McStay and share how their experience in health care aligns with ACAC goals and the importance of accountable care in improving patient healthcare experiences and outcomes! 

Host Aparna Higgins, LAN Senior Advisor and Senior Policy Fellow at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, interviews Vice President of Health Justice at the National Partnership for Women & Families, Sinsi Hernández-Cancio. In this episode, Sinsi discusses her perspective on patient-centered care and the crucial changes needed to transform health equity. She also shares her personal and professional experiences with the health care system, emphasizing the inequities that need to be addressed to provide effective, value-based care.  

Host Aparna Higgins, LAN Senior Advisor and Senior Policy Fellow at the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, interviews Chief Medical Officer for the CMS Innovation Center, Dora Hughes, and Chief Strategy Officer for the CMS Innovation Center, Purva Rawal. In this episode, Dora and Purva share how the CMS Innovation Center is approaching specialty care. They discuss insightful information including the strategic objectives for improving access to high quality care and the critical elements of integrating specialty care into the future of APMs.