Announcements
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Evaluation Finds Significant Quality Improvements in Independent Practices Across Los Angeles
The California Quality Collaborative (CQC) has released evaluation findings from its Equity and Quality at Independent Practices in Los Angeles County (EQuIP-LA) initiative, showing statistically significant improvements in quality of care among participating independent practices serving Medi-Cal patients.
CQC’s Peter Robertson Appointed to National CMS Technical Expert Panel and Board of Cal Healthcare Compare
Peter Robertson, Senior Director of Practice Transformation at the California Quality Collaborative (CQC), has been selected to serve on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) QRS/QIS Technical Expert Panel (TEP) and appointed to the Board of Cal Healthcare Compare.
California Health Plan Leaders Unite for the First Time to Launch New Payment Model Demonstration Project to Fortify Primary Care
In an unprecedented collaboration, three leading California health plans — Aetna, Blue Shield of California and Health Net — have united to co-implement a shared value-based payment model under the California Advanced Primary Care Initiative’s Payment Model Demonstration Project.
California Providers and Health Plans Sign Agreement to Expand Investment and Increase Access to Advanced Primary Care
As part of a new multi-stakeholder initiative, six health care organizations serving California have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to increase investment in and access to ‘advanced primary care.’
Quality Improvement Project to Modernize Primary Care Launched
Covered California, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH) are partnering to launch a pilot program to promote improvement in primary care which will benefit all Californians.
PBGH Launches Primary Care Collaborative to Improve Chronic Disease Care in a Virtual Setting
Participating organizations serve over 750,000 patients across California’s Central Valley and Inland Empire, where patients with diabetes and asthma have poorer clinical outcomes compared to the rest of the state.
