Katherine Shea Barrett, MPH
Katherine (Katie) Shea Barrett is the Policy Director for Care Delivery Transformation and Strategy at the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC). The HPC, established in 2012, is an independent state agency charged with monitoring health care spending growth in Massachusetts and providing data-driven policy recommendations regarding health care delivery and payment system reform. She is responsible for the agency’s work in supporting delivery system transformation through investment and evaluation design, certification programs, payment reform and policy development. Previously, she’s held roles at the Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization, BCBSMA, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Commonwealth Fund related to value-based payment design and implementation, quality measurement and disparities initiatives. She is passionate about ensuring access to high-quality health care for low-income residents of the Commonwealth. Katie holds both a BA and an MPH from Columbia University and lives in Walpole with her husband and two children.