California Quality Collaborative
PBGH created the California Quality Collaborative (CQC), a health care improvement program dedicated to helping care teams gain the expertise, infrastructure and tools they need to advance care quality, be patient-centered, improve efficiency and thrive in today’s rapidly changing environment.
The program is dedicated to advancing the quality and efficiency of the health care delivery system across all payers, and its multiple initiatives bring together providers, health plans, state and purchasers to align goals and take action to improve the value of health care for Californians.
Program Contact
Crystal EubanksSenior Director, Care Redesign
ceubanks@pbgh.org
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Advanced Primary Care
Read More about Advanced Primary CarePBGH has developed a set of Advanced Primary Care attributes used by payers, providers and health care purchasers to incentivize high-quality, lower-cost primary care with patients at the center of every interaction.
CalHIVE Network
Read More about CalHIVE NetworkThe CalHIVE (Health-Impact-Value-Engagement) Network is a two-year improvement collaborative providing technical assistance to clinicians to improve remote chronic disease management of patients with diabetes and asthma within the primary care setting.
Behavioral Health Integration
Read More about Behavioral Health IntegrationPBGH is supporting the development of tools and systems that can enhance the continuity and coordination of physical and mental health in the primary care setting.
Building Capacity for Improvement
Read More about Building Capacity for ImprovementThe California Quality Collaborative (CQC) offers a variety of educational and training initiatives focused on building knowledge and skills in delivery system improvement.
Practice Transformation Initiative
Read More about Practice Transformation InitiativeThe Practice Transformation Initiative (PTI) was a four-year initiative that engaged 4,800 clinicians statewide contracted with provider organizations to improve measures of cost, quality and patient experience.
Featured
Strengthening Primary Care: A Pilot with Four Large Purchasers
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.
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.
Resources
Behavioral Health Integration Improvement Collaborative Curriculum
For health care provider organizations looking to integrate behavioral health services and primary care.
CQC Annual Reports
CQC Toolkits
CQC Newsletters
Announcements
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.
Past Events and Training
CQC Webinar – Behavioral Health Integration: Telehealth Promising Practices
Hear on-the-ground lessons around behavioral health integration, and understand opportunities around effective virtual care.
CQC Webinar – Advanced Primary Care: Piloting Practice Level Measurement
A webinar describing the next step in California’s journey to scale high quality, efficient and patient-centered primary care, also known as Advanced Primary Care (APC).
CQC Webinar: Increase Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Screening
Part of our ongoing Accelerated Integrated Care Series, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood and have been linked to more than 40 negative health conditions.
CQC Webinar: Resilient Primary Care – Insights into Virtual Patient Engagement
Today, telehealth is more accepted by patients, providers and plans, but there may be disparities in how under-represented patients experience virtual care.