The Safety Net Medical Home Initiative

Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services & Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers

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Massachusetts Executive Office of Health & Human Services / Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers

About Us

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) in cooperation with the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (The League) will serve as the Regional Coordinating Center (RCC). 

EOHHS
EOHHS is the largest Commonwealth secretariat with jurisdiction over 16 agencies including oversight of the Medicaid program, Department of Public Health, Department of Health Care Finance and Policy, and responsible for nearly half of the Commonwealth’s $28 billion budget. As a major purchaser and regulator of healthcare, EOHHS is able to exert a strong convening role among public and private stakeholders in the Commonwealth’s healthcare system.

The League
Established in 1972, the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers is a nonprofit, statewide association representing and serving the needs of the state's 52 community health centers. The League serves as an information source on community-based healthcare to policymakers, opinion leaders and the media, and provides a wide range of technical assistance to its members and communities, including:

  • Analysis of state and federal health regulatory and policy issues affecting health centers;
  • Training and Education for health center administrators, clinicians and board members;
  • Workforce Development initiatives to increase recruitment of primary care physicians and to provide career training for both current health center employees and local residents seeking entry-level positions at health centers;
  • Information Technology Development primarily focused on electronic medical records implementation; and
  • Support to Expand Health Access through work with local health and advocacy organizations seeking to open health centers in their communities.

 

Goals of Initiative

Statewide Mission

  • Design and implement a system to support high-performing, patient-centered primary care delivery across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Statewide Goal

  • Transform all primary care practices in Massachusetts into high-performing, advanced medical homes


Initiative Goal

  • Transform Partner Sites into high-performing, advanced medical homes

 

Medical Home Objectives

  • Improve coordination of healthcare services across the continuum of care
  • Enhance patient experience and health outcomes
  • Increase provider satisfaction
  • Provide incentives for improved quality and efficiency of care delivery
  • Reduce unnecessary hospitalizations and emergency room visits and increase use of cost-effective care and settings
  • Foster expansion of technology infrastructure that supports collaboration
  • Test innovative primary care system to inform future directions

 

Success at Partner Clinics

  • Patient-Centered & Culturally Competent Care
  • Engaged Practice Leadership
  • Continuous Quality Improvement Strategy
  • Organized, Evidence-Based Care
  • Continuous and Team-Based Relationships
  • Appropriate, Need-based and Broadened Access
  • Data-driven Practice Management of Patient Panel
  • Care Coordination and Communication
  • Commitment to Cost-effective Care


Partner Clinics

  • Cambridge Health Alliance Revere Family Health Center - Revere
  • Cambridge Health Alliance Union Square Family Health Center - Somerville
  • Codman Square Health Center - Dorchester
  • Dorchester House Multi-Service Center - Dorchester
  • East Boston Neighborhood Health Center - East Boston
  • Geiger-Gibson Health Center - Dorchester
  • Greater Lawrence Family Health Center - Lawrence
  • Hilltown Community Health Center - Worthington
  • Holyoke Health Center - Holyoke
  • Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center - Allston
  • Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center - Waltham
  • Mid-Upper Cape Health Center - Hyannis
  • Neponset Health Center - Dorchester
  • Whittier Street Health Center - Roxbury

Links

 

Key Contact

Ashley Barrington
Quality Initiatives Manager
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
abarrington@massleague.org
(617) 426-2225, ext. 235

Project Team Members

EOHHS
Joel Weissman
Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary
Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Catherine Harrison
Project Manager
Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Jaimie Hammerling Bern
Project Manager, Primary Care Clinician Plan
MassHealth, Office of Acute and Ambulatory Care

Lori Cavanaugh
Director of Purchasing Strategy
Office of Medicaid

Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
Joan Pernice (Medical Home Facilitator)
Clinical Health Affairs Director

Ellen Hafer
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Ashley Barrington
Quality Initiatives Manager

Regional Coordinating Center Portalhttp://snmhi.basecamphq.com

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