The California pilot: an alternative payment model (APM) for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) to swap out the traditional volume-based prospective payment system with one that emphasizes principles of value-based care. In other news, CareMax will serve as the value-based management services organization to Steward's entire...National News
Kaiser Permanente (KPH), one of the largest non-profit health systems in the country, reported $7.5 billion dollars in income for the year 2019, roughly triple what they made in 2018. Despite the sudden and striking change in income, Kaiser appears to have a vested interest in boosting local communities where they are integrated and are...National News
Kaiser Permanente and Blue Shield of California have collectively pledged $45 million to a new California state fund aimed at fighting homelessness.
In early January, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) proposed a state budget, which included a new $750 million California Access to Housing and Services Fund that would “pay rent...Arizona News
The California Attorney Generals office gave Dignity Health and Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) conditional approval to merge and create a non-profit health system--CommonSpirit Health. Last November the two hospitals signed an agreement to combine operations following a year of negotiations.
CommonSpirit Health will include...
