Six Major California Payers Agree to Join Value-Based Primary Care Initiative

  • Aug 12, 2022

    Six payers have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to become the first members of the California Advanced Primary Care Initiative, a new program intended to expand the use of value-based primary care in the state.

    The initiative is in its early stages, and plenty of work needs to be done to finalize the plans, according to participants in the program who spoke with AIS Health, a division of MMIT. But the agreement calls for the companies to work together to increase their investment in primary care, contract with providers in value-based arrangements, adopt measures that will be publicly released, and hold practices accountable for meeting benchmarks and reward them for strong performance.

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  • Tim Casey

    Tim has been a reporter and editor for newspapers, websites and magazines for more than 20 years, including 10 years covering health care business topics. He has a deep knowledge of the managed care industry and pharmacy benefit management. He also has experience covering medical conferences and clinical and legislative health care issues. In 2014, the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing selected Tim as one of 15 journalists to participate in a national symposium on the Affordable Care Act. Tim has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University.

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