Pacific Business Group on Health, L.A. Care initiative saves $345M in California

By Paige Minemyer

A group of California payers and providers teamed up to revamp primary care and found a way to save $6 for every $1 invested in the project.

In the state’s largest physician quality improvement effort ever, the Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), L.A. Care Health Plan and the Southwest Pediatric Practice Transformation Network invested a $52 million grant from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services into launching the program. The project included 9,800 physicians serving 5.9 million patients.