MacColl Center for Health Care Innovation at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.
Leibig Shepherd LLC
Qualis Health
Contributors
Katie Coleman, Clarissa Hsu, Heidi Berthoud, Brian Austin, and Ed Wagner
Rachel Tobey, Kiely Houston, Jim Maxwell, and Sofia Rojasova
Carolyn Shepherd
Jeff Hummel
This case study profiles the Community Health Center Network (CHCN), a health-center-led managed care organization (MCO), through the perspective of two of the smaller health centers in the group (Axis Community Health and Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center). This partnership model centralizes managed care functions and has proven successful in improving care and accessing additional funding from payers.