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The Iowa Primary Care Association represents 13 community health centers and one migrant health program serving more than 203,000 Iowans each year. Iowa’s unique Medicaid environment presents both challenges and opportunities for care integration and value-based payment and delivery reform.
The Iowa team is most proud of their work to develop behavioral health strategy through creating a strategic and collective vision for integrated care and prioritizing parity for telehealth services. With the help of the Delta Center, the Iowa team was able to: 1) support Iowa PCA members in prioritizing BH integration and expanded integrated workforce, 2) list Iowa’s FQHCs as eligible distant sites for telehealth by Medicaid, and 3) develop a capitated APM.