Articles from Community Care Cooperative

Community Care Cooperative (C3), the only Accountable Care Organization (ACO) in Massachusetts founded and governed by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), is thrilled to announce its selection by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Enhanced Track, and the ACO Primary Care (PC) Flex Model.

Community Care Cooperative (C3), the only Accountable Care Organization (ACO) in Massachusetts founded and governed by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), announced that it achieved $5.1 million in shared savings during the 2023 performance year of the ACO Realizing Equity, Access, and Community Health (ACO REACH) Model, according to data recently released from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Community Care Cooperative (C3), the only Accountable Care Organization (ACO) in Massachusetts founded and governed by Federally Qualified Health Centers, announces that it has partnered with two FQHCs in California, one in the District of Columbia, and one in North Carolina (NC) to participate in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP).

Community Care Cooperative (C3), the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) created and governed by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), is expanding its ACO REACH program with the addition of Mosaic Community Health in Oregon and Holyoke Health Center in Massachusetts.

Community Care Cooperative (C3), the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) created and governed by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), has been awarded a Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The MSSP is a value-based care model that aligns with C3’s commitment to advancing health equity, moderating costs, and improving outcomes for members.

Jenny Carney has been named the chief operating officer for Community Care Cooperative (C3), a national, non-profit Accountable Care Organization (ACO) that is governed by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) to improve the health and wellness of its members throughout the United States.

Community Care Cooperative (C3) the non-profit organization created and governed by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) to transform the health and wellness of under-resourced communities, announced today that they have renewed their contract with the Massachusetts’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) to participate in the MassHealth Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Program. This new contract will begin on April 1, 2023 and extend through 2027.

Community Care Cooperative (C3), the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) created and governed by Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in Massachusetts, announced today that it was awarded an ACO REACH contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI). ACO REACH is a new value-based care model that is aligned with C3’s commitment to advancing health equity, moderating costs, and improving outcomes for members. C3 currently operates as a Medicaid ACO in Massachusetts on behalf of 23 FQHCs – and believes ACO REACH is an opportunity for the seven FQHCs under the Medicare contract to bring its highly effective model of care to a broader patient population. C3 is just one of 110 accepted applicants in the country for this model.

Community Technology Cooperative (CTC), the organization formed to help Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) improve health and equity for under-resourced communities through technology, today announces that ten FQHCs throughout Massachusetts have officially transitioned to Epic, the most widely-used and comprehensive electronic health records (EHR) system, after a yearlong implementation phase. The conversion to Epic for the FQHCs across the Commonwealth ensures a best-in-class system for their historically under-resourced patient populations, comprised of low-income communities and communities of color. CTC is a subsidiary of Community Care Cooperative (C3), the non-profit organization created and governed by FQHCs to transform the health and wellness of under-resourced communities.

The FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Center) Telehealth Consortium (the “Consortium”) has received a grant from the Digital Equity Fund of the Essex County Community Foundation in partnership with the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. The $226,660 grant, funded by the Commonwealth’s “Partnerships for Recovery” initiative, will support a new Telehealth Navigator Program that will increase access to telehealth while also addressing digital equity in under-resourced communities located in Essex County, including Lynn, Salem, Peabody, and Gloucester.

Community Care Cooperative (C3), the non-profit Accountable Care Organization (ACO) that advances community-based care for MassHealth members through its network of 18 Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) throughout the state, today announces that it has contracted with Epic, the most widely-used and comprehensive electronic health record (EHR) system. This agreement will initiate the conversion to Epic for 12 FQHCs across the Commonwealth ensuring a best-in-class system for their historically under-resourced patient populations, comprised of low-income communities and communities of color.

Community Care Cooperative (C3) and its president and CEO Christina Severin, have been named no. 4 on the Commonwealth Institute (TCI) and the Globe Magazine’s list of the top 100 women-led businesses in MA. The list was published in The Boston Globe on November 5th, 2021.

The Massachusetts FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Center) Telehealth Consortium today announced that its 35 community health center members have conducted more than one million telemedicine visits since the start of the pandemic in March of 2020. This achievement comes at the same time the Consortium has passed the halfway mark of its Phase II $12 million fundraising goal – thanks to a major grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation – to attain sustainable telehealth capacity at health centers and address health disparities in the communities served by them.