Health Quality Partners

SOCAL OPTIMIZATION OF SBIRT (SOS) PROJECT

HQP FY22 CONNECTING KIDS TO COVERAGE - HEALTH QUALITY PARTNERS (HQP) AND SIX HEALTH CENTER ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED IN SAN DIEGO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL PARTNER TO IMPLEMENT THE FY22 CONNECTING KIDS TO COVERAGE (CKC) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT OF ELIGIBLE CHILDREN INTO MEDICAID (ALSO KNOWN AS MEDI-CAL IN CALIFORNIA). AS THE LEAD APPLICANT, HQP WILL SUBCONTRACT WITH SIX FQHC COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL EMPLOY CERTIFIED ENROLLMENT COUNSELORS (CEC) TO IDENTIFY ELIGIBLE CHILDREN, PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE ENROLLMENT SERVICES, VERIFY ENROLLMENT, AND CONDUCT ANNUAL RENEWAL FOLLOW-UP TO ENSURE RETENTION. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT 15,000 CHILDREN WILL SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR HEALTH COVERAGE, 4,080 WILL BE NEWLY ENROLLED, AND 7,920 SUCCESSFULLY RETAINED OVER THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD. HQP WAS A GRANTEE OF CMS DURING CYCLE IV OF THE CONNECTING KIDS TO COVERAGE PROGRAM AND IS A CURRENT GRANTEE OF THE FY19 CKC PROJECT. ALL SIX PARTICIPATING HEALTH CENTERS SERVED AS SUBCONTRACTORS OF HQP DURING THE CYCLE IV AND FY19 PROJECTS AND ARE OPERATIONALLY READY TO CONTINUE PROVIDING SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN THE NEW THREE-YEAR PROJECT. PROJECT PARTNERS WILL IMPLEMENT CLINIC INREACH AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH STRATEGIES THAT HAVE PROVEN SUCCESSFUL DURING THE PREVIOUS TWO CYCLES TO ENROLL CHILDREN WHO REMAIN UNINSURED. HQP WILL PUT SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON VERIFYING ENROLLMENT TO ENSURE THAT A MINIMUM OF 80% OF APPLICANTS (BOTH NEW ENROLLMENTS AND RENEWALS) ARE PROCESSED SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH TO VERIFIED ENROLLMENT. PROJECT PARTNERS WILL ALSO PARTICIPATE IN CMS NATIONAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT IN MEDICAID AND PARTICIPATE IN TARGETED OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO INFORM FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN OF THE NEED TO RENEW ENROLLMENT AS THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ENDS. THROUGH COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO AND LOCAL OUTREACH AND ELIGIBILITY ADVOCATES, HQP WILL PROVIDE CECS WITH REGULAR TRAINING AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPRO VE PERFORMANCE AND ENCOURAGE THE SHARING OF BEST PRACTICES. THE THREE-YEAR BUDGET REQUEST FOR THIS PROGRAM IS $1,500,000.

CONNECTING KIDS TO COVERAGE OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS

MEDICAL ACCESS AND CHIP REAUTHORIZATION ACT (MACRA) FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: CONNECTING KIDS TO COVERAGE: OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS

HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORK - THE COMMUNITY CLINICS HEALTH NETWORK DBA HEALTH QUALITY PARTNERS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (HQP) PROPOSES TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE HEALTH RESOURCES SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HRSA) AND WILL PARTNER WITH TEN PARTICIPATING HEALTH CENTERS (PHCS) TO IMPLEMENT THE FY25 HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORK (HCCN) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. HQP IS A SUBSIDIARY OF THE COUNCIL OF COMMUNITY CLINICS DBA HEALTH CENTER PARTNERS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (HCP), A CURRENT HRSA HCCN GRANTEE. THE NEW PROPOSED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WILL BEGIN ON AUGUST 1, 2025 AND END ON JULY 31, 2028. DURING THE NEW PROJECT PERIOD HQP WILL BUILD ON HCP’S PREVIOUS WORK OVER THE LAST NINE YEARS TO SUPPORT THE PHC NETWORK LEVERAGE HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DATA TO ENHANCE HOW THEY DELIVER AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND HIGH-QUALITY PRIMARY CARE, WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING THREE REQUIRED OBJECTIVES: I) ADVANCING AND OPTIMIZING THE USE DATA TO IMPROVE CLINICAL QUALITY, HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND OPERATIONS; II) IMPROVING BIDIRECTIONAL INTEROPERABILITY WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS; AND III) INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PHCS THAT SUBMIT DISAGGREGATED PATIENT LEVEL DATA AS PART OF THE UNIFORM DATA SYSTEM MODERNIZATION (UDS+) INITIATIVE. HQP WILL FURTHER SUPPORT AND ENHANCE PRACTICE REDESIGN WITH TWO ELECTIVE OBJECTIVES: A) IMPROVING HEALTH OUTCOMES THROUGH VALUE-BASED CARE INITIATIVES AND B) STRENGTHENING CYBERSECURITY AGAINST THREATS TO HEALTH CENTER DATA. LEVERAGING THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE AVAILABLE THROUGH NETWORK COLLABORATION AND THE SHARING OF RESOURCES, HQP WILL ACCOMPLISH THESE OBJECTIVES BY PROVIDING THE PHCS WITH SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE LEADING TO IMPROVED DATA ANALYTICS TO SUPPORT QUALITY MEASUREMENT AND IMPROVEMENT. THE HQP HCCN WILL SUPPORT THE PHCS BY PARTNERING WITH LOCAL AND STATE AGENCIES, COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND HRSA-SUPPORTED TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PARTNERS SUCH AS HITEQ AND THE CALIFORNIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION.

COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING IN FQHCS: A SYSTEMS APPROACH WITH PROVEN INTERVENTIONS - COLORECTAL CANCER (CRC) IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER-RELATED DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES, WITH SIGNIFICANT DISPARITIES IN SCREENING RATES AMONG UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. COMMUNITY CLINICS HEALTH NETWORK, DBA HEALTH QUALITY PARTNERS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (HQP), IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE HEALTH CENTER PARTNERS FAMILY OF COMPANIES (HCP), A REGIONAL PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION SUPPORTING 17 COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER ORGANIZATIONS. HQP PROPOSES A MULTI-COMPONENT INITIATIVE TO INCREASE CRC SCREENING RATES AMONG ADULTS AGED 45-75 AT FIVE PARTICIPATING HEALTH CENTERS (PHCS), INCLUDING FOUR FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS (FQHCS) AND ONE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE (IHS) FACILITY IN SAN DIEGO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES. INTEGRATED HEALTH PARTNERS (IHP), ALSO PART OF THE HCP FAMILY OF COMPANIES, WILL SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE BY PROVIDING DATA ANALYTICS AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE CRC SCREENING EFFORTS ACROSS PHCS. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO IMPLEMENT EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS (EBIS) TO ENHANCE CRC SCREENING UPTAKE, IMPROVE FOLLOW-UP CARE, AND REDUCE BARRIERS TO TIMELY DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT FOR UNINSURED PATIENTS. HQP WILL COLLABORATE WITH CHAMPIONS FOR HEALTH (C4H), A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO EXPANDING SPECIALTY CARE ACCESS FOR UNINSURED AND UNDERINSURED INDIVIDUALS, AND EXACT SCIENCES, A MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN EARLY CANCER DETECTION, INCLUDING COLOGUARD®, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DR. SAMIR GUPTA, A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EXPERT IN COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING AND PREVENTION. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO LEVERAGE CRC CHAMPIONS—DESIGNATED HEALTH CENTER STAFF LEADING SCREENING INITIATIVES AT EACH PHC—TO SUPPORT EBI IMPLEMENTATION AND STRENGTHEN CLINIC-LEVEL ENGAGEMENT IN INCREASING CRC SCREENING RATES. THIS INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING AND ENHANCING EBIS AT HEALTH CENTERS WITH HISTORICALLY LOW CRC SCREENING RATES. KEY STRATEGIES INCLUDE INTEGRATING PROVIDER REMINDERS, PATIENT EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS, AND PATIENT NAVIGATION SERVICES TO ADDRESS STRUCTURAL BARRIERS SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION AND ACCESS TO SPECIALTY CARE FOR UNINSURED INDIVIDUALS, ENSURING COLONOSCOPY COMPLETIONS. HQP WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERFACE BETWEEN ARCADIA, ITS POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT PLATFORM, AND COLOGUARD, ENSURING PHCS HAVE SEAMLESS ACCESS TO SCREENING RESULTS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE TRACKING, FOLLOW-UP, AND REPORTING OF SCREENING COMPLETIONS. EXPECTED PROJECT OUTCOMES INCLUDE INCREASED CRC SCREENING PREVALENCE, HIGHER STOOL TEST RETURN RATES, IMPROVED COLONOSCOPY COMPLETION RATES, AND THE INTEGRATION OF SUSTAINABLE SCREENING PRACTICES ACROSS PARTICIPATING CLINICS. THIS INITIATIVE ALIGNS WITH HEALTHY PEOPLE 2030 GOALS AND CDC PRIORITIES BY ADDRESSING SCREENING DISPARITIES AND PROMOTING SYSTEMATIC CHANGES THAT ENSURE ACCESS TO CRC SCREENING AND FOLLOW-UP CARE. THROUGH TARGETED INTERVENTIONS AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS, HQP AND ITS PARTNERS WILL ENHANCE EARLY DETECTION, REDUCE CRC-RELATED MORTALITY, AND IMPROVE LONG-TERM HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

CBA (HIV) PREVENTION SERVICES FOR RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITY POPULATIONS

ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD IMPLEMENTATION INITIATIVE

CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT IN FEMALE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PATIENTS

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM