California Quality Collaborative

Strategic investments in primary care, as demonstrated by the California Advanced Primary Care Initiative, enhance health care equity and quality through collaborative efforts among health plans, providers and purchasers.

When David Ford received a life-altering colorectal cancer diagnosis in 2015, he was thrust into the complex world of navigating the health care delivery system which revealed significant disparities especially prevalent in minority communities.

Hybrid payments that include capitation offer a promising alternative to traditional fee-for-service models, focusing on quality over quantity to enhance patient outcomes and system efficiency.

Alternative Payment Models (APMs), incentivizing clinicians to provide high-quality, cost-efficient care beyond traditional fee-for-service payments, hold immense potential to revolutionize health care delivery, expanding access, improving outcomes and addressing health disparities.

CQC and IHA executed a pilot project in California, bringing together four large health care purchasers — Covered California, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), eBay and San Francisco Health Services System — and 13,055 primary care practices.

The ability to effectively collect a range of data points about patients and the care they receive is essential.

A new report presents five lessons to support the long-term use of telehealth services as a tool to deliver high-quality virtual 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.’

Together with the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA), PBGH brought together four large health care purchasers in California to pilot this set of performance measures that emphasize patient experience and outcomes.

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.

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.’

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.

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.

Crystal Eubanks, Executive Director at the California Quality Collaborative and Vice President of Care Transformation at the Purchaser Business Group on Health, will present on the California Advanced Primary Care Initiative’s work to improve primary care delivery.

Crystal Eubanks, Executive Director at the California Quality Collaborative and Vice President of Care Transformation at the Purchaser Business Group on Health, will present on the California Advanced Primary Care Initiative’s work to improve primary care delivery.

The California Quality Collaborative’s Behavioral Health Integration Implementation Webinar Series is a three-part webinar series for health care organizations planning and implementing behavioral health integration.

In partnership with the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association, the California Quality Collaborative is hosting quarterly virtual peer group meetings for individuals working to integrate behavioral health care into the primary care setting in California.

Melissa Preciado, MPH, Associate Director, Equity and Transformation, and Jose Ordonez, Manager, Data Analytics, from PBGH’s California Quality Collaborative will lead a session on ‘The Power of Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships to Advance a Health Equity-Focused Quality Improvement Program.’

The California Quality Collaborative’s 2024 Equity and Quality at Independent Practices in LA County Annual Convening is a day of insightful discussions, collaborative activities and innovative thinking aimed at enhancing health care quality and sustainability for improvement collaborative participants.

The California Quality Collaborative’s Behavioral Health Integration Financing Convening brings together stakeholders to explore findings from statewide interviews on sustainable payment practices and brainstorm improvement opportunities for integrating behavioral health into primary care. 

The California Quality Collaborative’s Behavioral Health Integration Financing Convening brings together stakeholders to explore findings from statewide interviews on sustainable payment practices and brainstorm improvement opportunities for integrating behavioral health into primary care.