The DC Related Care Community (DC CCN) is a clinically built-in community that features seven Washington, D.C.-based neighborhood well being facilities and the DC Main Care Affiliation (DCPCA). Its new collaboration with Amerigroup DC is the primary value-based settlement with a Medicaid managed care supplier within the nation’s capital. 

Amerigroup DC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elevance Well being. This three-year collaboration is the primary of its sort within the District and is designed to transcend conventional healthcare fashions, prioritize affected person outcomes, and set a brand new, larger customary for healthcare supply throughout the area.

The DC CCN consists of the DCPCA and 7 Federally Certified Well being Facilities (FQHCs): Bread for the Metropolis, Group of Hope, Household Medical Counseling Providers, La Clinica del Pueblo, Mary’s Heart, Unity Well being Care, and Whitman-Walker Well being. The community’s mission is centered on attaining measurable impression by means of focused initiatives designed to lower low-acuity, non-emergent (LANE) emergency room visits, scale back avoidable hospitalizations, and reduce preventable hospital readmissions.

Below this new settlement, Amerigroup and DC CCN are altering the construction of healthcare funds to be primarily based on the standard and effectiveness of care relatively than the amount of providers delivered. The settlement features a dedication to share monetary danger, encouraging FQHCs to work collaboratively in the direction of attaining high quality measures and bettering well being outcomes for Medicaid enrollees.

“Our new VBA [value-based agreement] transcends typical healthcare fashions by incentivizing what actually issues—the well being and well-being of the neighborhood. This collaboration is a testomony to our unwavering dedication to delivering holistic, high quality care to residents throughout the complete District,” mentioned Maislyn Christie, M.D., M.B.A., medical director of Amerigroup DC, in a press release. 

“Collectively, we’re constructing a more healthy future for Washington, D.C., standing as a beacon of innovation and dedication within the ever-evolving healthcare sector,” mentioned Ruth Pollard, M.B.A., M.S., government director of the DC Related Care Community, in a press release.