Health centers are strongly positioned to achieve the Triple Aim – improved patient experience and population health, with reduced total health system costs per capita – within low-income and underserved populations nationwide.
In this brief, we describe the process by which primary care associations and behavioral health state associations built and strengthened their partnerships during Phase 1 of the Delta Center's State Action and Learning Collaborative, and offer high-level recommendations for other PCAs and BHSAs that seek to develop partnerships to advance policy and practice.
In 2017, health centers in Washington worked with the Washington Association of Community and Migrant Health Centers (WACMHC) and Washington State Medicaid (Health Care Authority or HCA) to launch a capitated FQHC APM that incorporates quality metrics.
Piedmont Health Services (PHS) is a Community Health Center in North Carolina with twelve locations across the state, two of which are designated as PACE service sites.
Provider Health Link, an Independent Practice Association (IPA) in Georgia established by the Georgia Primary Care Association, has much to teach health centers considering becoming partners towards financial and quality incentives.
Sunset Community Health Center, Inc., located in the southwest corner of Arizona, is the largest provider of primary care in its county, serving approximately 28,000 patients across nine sites.
Drawing from our work with 12 primary care associations through the Delta Center, this brief outlines three key policy steps to help health centers survive in the short term and thrive beyond the COVID-19 crisis.