Current Projects
Building Clinically Integrated Network Infrastructure
Health Policy Futures Lab and Heartland Forward released a new playbook outlining how states can support the development of Clinically Integrated Networks (CINs) to strengthen rural health systems, improve care coordination, and advance long-term sustainability. The paper explores how CINs can help independent providers collaborate through shared data infrastructure, care management, and value-based payment readiness while maintaining local governance and community-based care. Drawing from lessons across Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) efforts and real-world CIN models, the playbook provides a practical framework for states around governance, infrastructure, financing, and network readiness.
PEPC in collaboration with west health
In collaboration with the Health Policy Futures Lab, the Partnership to Empower Physician-Led Care and West Health released a new issue brief and companion one-pager examining how data access, interoperability, and technology costs affect independent physician practices participating in value-based care. The analysis highlights the critical role independent practices play in delivering high-quality, lower-cost care, while identifying persistent data and technology challenges that can limit scalability and participation. Informed by expert convenings, the work outlines near-term policy and operational opportunities to improve data access and exchange, reduce administrative burden, and better align accountability with access to timely, actionable information in order to support a more effective and competitive value-based care system.