Value-Based Care is Already Present at Community Health Centers

Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are key providers of healthcare to the under- and uninsured population. In a new article in Health Affairs Forefront, Amanda Pears Kelly explains how FQHCs are a model of value-based care (VBC) that may serve as a model for the Biden administration’s push for the payment model and health Equity.

According to Kelly, FQHCs often serve uninsured or Medicaid patients. However, many VBC arrangements put forward by CMS focus on the Medicare population. VBC models must consider FQHC’s abilities to take on risk, the multiple payers involved, and the dual-eligible patient population. While some larger community health centers are interested in Total Cost of Care (TCOC) models, some need assistance, particularly with technical assistance for data infrastructure and analyzing claims and reports from various sources and payers.”

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(Source: Health Affairs, October 4^th, 2022)