The purpose of the Healthcare Quality and Payment Policy Advisory Committee is to make recommendations and provide advice and assistance to the Department of Human Services concerning the promulgation of rules submitted by the department to the committee to promote high-quality, safe, effective, timely, efficient, and patient-centered physician services, hospital services, and long-term care services and supports in the State of Arkansas, as related to the development of episodes of care and the episodes-of-care target prices and quality metrics within the Arkansas Healthcare Payment Improvement Initiative.