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State agency outlines 'care transformation' effort, ties plans to recent laws and consultant report
Summary
Agency of Human Services staff told the Senate Health & Welfare committee that a state-led care transformation initiative, distinct from a federal rural grant, aims to address affordability, access and quality; staff traced the work to Acts passed in 2022–2025 and an Oliver Wyman report.
Unidentified Chair convened the Senate Health & Welfare committee on Jan. 14 to hear an Agency of Human Services briefing on the state-led “care transformation” initiative. Sarah Rosenblum, interim director of Health Care Reform, and Katie Carroll, care transformation director, described how the work differs from the federal Rural Health Transformation grant and outlined statutory direction that frames the effort.
Rosenblum told the committee that affordability and access remain urgent concerns and said “more than half of our hospitals are operating at a loss,” a key reason state officials began…
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