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CHCF is considering funding a program, Value in Partnership (VIP), to foster and support health center partnerships that contribute to scale and enhance clinics’ ability to manage population health and offer high-quality, comprehensive primary care. This funding opportunity would build on the key findings and lessons from CHCF’s report Partnering to Succeed: How Small Health Centers Can Improve Care and Thrive Under Value-Based Payment.

The authors of Partnering to Succeed concluded that small health centers, which make up an important part of the health care delivery system throughout California, often lag behind larger organizations in their achievement of certain key infrastructure components, such as Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition. They are also less well equipped to succeed under value-based payment models. Earlier this year, CHCF worked with a consulting partner to explore ideas for funding opportunities and examine needs among small health centers and their surrounding communities. This work included key informant interviews, examination of the geographic concentration of small health centers, and a brief scan of previous work in the partnership arena. The findings from this exploratory phase have led to this request for information (RFI).

The responses to this RFI will be used inform final VIP program design. Furthermore, a group of RFI respondents may be invited to submit a full application for funding through VIP. Award amounts would vary. Participation in the program would likely involve a process of codesigning a consulting package with CHCF.

For full details, please read the full RFI, available for download below. If you have questions, please contact Carlina Hansen, senior program officer, at [email protected].