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CCRHI eNews
July 28, 2016

In This Issue:

  • Shasta County Physician Workforce Assessment Released
  • CCRHI Attends NRHA's State Rural Health Association Leadership Conference
  • CMSP Governing Board Releases RFP for County Wellness & Prevention Pilot Projects 
  • California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative Selects Six Communities
  • AHRQ Releases Brief on Evidence Base for Telehealth
  
 

Collaborative News

Shasta County Physician Workforce Assessment Released

 
The Shasta Health Assessment and Redesign Collaborative (SHARC) released a Shasta County Physician Workforce Assessment last week. Prepared by Health Alliance of Northern California (HANC) on behalf of the collaborative, the paper is the culmination of a year-long collaboration between Shasta County’s hospitals, clinics, county agencies, Partnership HealthPlan of California and many other healthcare leaders to research and analyze the current physician supply in the county.
 

Key findings include:
  • The number of physicians practicing in Shasta County is below the estimated physician-to-population needs for most provider types, according to nationally recognized provider supply ratios. Numbers are especially low for primary care, dermatology, psychiatry and general surgery.
  • Access to PCP services for seniors with Medicare and for patients with Partnership HealthPlan (Medi-Cal Managed Care) is relatively lower as compared to patients with private insurance. A total of 47% of physicians accepting Medicare indicated that they were closed to new patients, and almost 50% of physicians accepting Partnership HealthPlan indicated that they were closed to new patients. In contrast, 28% of physicians accepting private insurance indicated that their practices were closed.
  • Of the 314 physicians whose ages were identified, more than half are over 55. In fact, 51% of the PCPs and 55% of the non-PCPs were found to be over 56 years of age.
  • Many Shasta County physicians will retire in the next five years. A total of 20% of PCPs 56 or older indicated that they may retire or relocate in the next five years, and 35% of specialists 56 or older indicated that they may retire or relocate in the next five years.

Read the full report on the CCRHI website.
CCRHI Members

 Alliance for Rural Community Health

Health Alliance of Northern California

Highway 299 Collaborative

Lassen Healthcare Collaborative

North Coast Clinics Network

Sac Valley Med Share

Shasta Health Assessment and Redesign Collaborative

Siskiyou Healthcare Collaborative

Upcoming Events
No upcoming events to report at this time.

If you have a local healthcare collaborative event that might be of interest to CCRHI audiences, please send information to info@ccrhi.org.
 
About Our Community
 
CCRHI fosters strategic, shared learning, networking and collaboration among local health efforts for rural and frontier California. We focus on:

0 Developing health care leadership for change
 
0 Increasing access to care in the community
 
0 Strengthening local health care systems by using collaborative strategies that catalyze change and break down silos

For more information, view our factsheet here.

In the News

CCRHI Attends National Rural Health Association’s State Leadership Conference
 
On July 12, 2016 CCRHI staff participated in the State Rural Health Association (SRHA) Leadership Conference in Oakland, CA. The NRHA-sponsored conference was an opportunity for CCRHI to learn about the great work that state rural health associations are doing across the country. Some activities at the conference included:
 
  • A discussion on strategies to create, maintain and leverage partnerships
  • A presentation on County Health Rankings & Roadmaps tools and resources 
  • A panel discussion on best practices to address rural opioid abuse and prevention
 
Many thanks to NRHA for hosting a great meeting and for inviting CCRHI to attend!
 
CMSP Governing Board released its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the CMSP County Wellness & Prevention Pilot Project
 
The CMSP Governing Board released its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the CMSP County Wellness & Prevention Pilot Project in early July.
 
According to the RFP, CMSP’s  Governing Board seeks to test the effectiveness of providing local-level wellness and prevention services to CMSP eligible and potentially eligible persons that address any of the following three project areas:
 
  • Community Wellness: Community based, collaborative strategies to provide wellness and prevention services for uninsured populations, with a focus on potential CMSP enrollees.
  • Whole Person Care: Integrated systems development strategies that link local health and human service delivery systems to better serve CMSP enrollees, potential CMSP enrollees, and other publicly funded populations.
  • Addressing the Social Determinants of Health: Collaborative local efforts to work across five determinants – Economic Stability, Education, Social and Community Context, Health and Health Care, and Neighborhood and Built Environment – to establish policies and strategies that positively influence social and economic conditions and those that support changes in individual behavior for the uninsured, including potential CMSP enrollees.
 
Participation in the pilot project is available to all CMSP counties based upon submission of a Pilot Project application to the CMSP Governing Board and approval of that application by the Board.  Visit the CMSP website to download the RFP, or to view more information about target population, project eligibility, timeline, and funding awards.
 
California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative Selects Six Communities to Receive $5.1 million

On July 11, 2016 the California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative (CACHI) announced the six California communities that will each receive up to $850,000 over three years to improve population health and reduce health disparities. CACHI was established by The California Endowment, Blue Shield of California Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, and Sierra Health Foundation.

Recipients include:
  • Imperial County Public Health Department, Imperial County
  • Merced County Department of Public Health, Merced County
  • Be There San Diego/University of California, San Diego, San Diego County
  • Dignity Health/St. Joseph’s Medical Center, San Joaquin County
  • Santa Clara County Public Health Department, Santa Clara County
  • Sonoma County Department of Health Services, Sonoma County
For more information on the initiative please view the CACHI press release.
 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Releases Brief on Systematic Reviews of Telehealth
 
Last month the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released a brief highlighting data on patient outcomes in telehealth. A program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, AHRQ produced the brief to better inform policy, future research, and practice in telehealth.

“The project found sufficient evidence of effectiveness in several uses of telehealth, including remote patient monitoring, communication and counseling for chronic conditions, and psychotherapy,” according to the brief’s press release. “The report suggests that, moving forward, telehealth research should focus on implementation and practice-based research.”

The researchers note that further study is needed on some uses of telehealth, like triage for urgent care, teledermatology, and management of pediatric conditions.

Access the full report.
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