To help clarify the way forward for small health centers un California and nationally, this paper presents a Model for Advancing High Performance (MAHP). Based on research and expert opinion, it describes the actions and infrastructure CHCs will need to thrive in this new environment and contribute to a sustainable primary care safety net that achieves the quintuple aim — better care, better health, lower costs, happier staff, and reduced health disparities.
This brief covers insights from a session on Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) that took place during the September 2022 Delta Center convening. It begins with takeaways for states considering CCBHCs, followed by a primer on the specialized clinics.
To assist health center finance and accounting staff in preparing for the transition to value-based payment and care, the Delta Center, with the help of Capital Link, hosted a series of webinar trainings on Understanding Your Costs in an Evolving Payment Environment. This is the fourth and final webinar in the series.
Beth Waldman, J.D., M.P.H., senior consultant at Bailit Health and former Massachusetts Medicaid director presents the key priorities of Medicaid agencies and their MCOs. Drawing on her extensive experience working with Medicaid programs across the country, she shares strategies on how to best engage with state Medicaid agencies and their MCO partners. Participants gain an understanding of the key priorities of Medicaid agencies and their MCOs and learn how best to engage Medicaid programs and their MCOs.
Megan Haase, FNP, Chief Executive Officer of Mosaic Medical System, shares Mosaic’s experience of participating in multiple payment reform efforts. Mosaic Medical operates a network of Federally Qualified Health Centers throughout Central Oregon, and is a participant in the Central Oregon Coordinated Care Organization (CCO). Mosaic also shares lessons learned for health centers in other states that are pursuing APM-type base payment reforms. Participants hear about changes Mosaic has made as a result of participating in three-layered payment model for Medicaid patients, and its results for patient care.
Hear from Jaeson Fournier, Chief Executive Officer of CommUnityCare Health Center network in Texas, and former CEO of the Federally Qualified Health Center Urban Health Network (FUHN), a health center coalition-led ACO in the Twin Cities area. FUHN brought together a group of health centers in a Medicaid ACO, built a robust data analytics infrastructure with the aid of a health services data management firm, created valuable delivery system improvements, and generated millions of dollars in shared savings.
Speakers from Oakland Community Health Network, the public community mental health center and public Medicaid specialty health plan for Oakland County, Michigan, share their experience of utilizing an outcomes-based payment model for behavioral health services. OCHN also shares lessons learned for community mental health centers in other states that are pursuing similar types of payment models.
