Partnership HealthPlan of California

Partnership HealthPlan of California

Agency overview
Formed	May 1, 1994[1]
Type	County Organized Health System
Headquarters	4665 Business Center Drive, Fairfield, CA 94534-1675 38°13′17.172″N 122°8′.992″W / 38.22143667°N 122.13360889°W
Motto	Together for your Health
Annual budget	US$2,000,000,000 (2015)[2]
Agency executives	Liz Gibboney, Chief Executive Officer Robert Moore, M.D. M.P.H.[3], Chief Medical Officer Sonja Bjork, Chief Operating Officer Patti McFarland, Chief Financial Officer
Website	www.partnershiphp.org

Partnership HealthPlan of California, is an independent, public/private organization serving over 550,000 Medi-Cal beneficiaries in 14 northern California counties: Del Norte County, Humboldt County, Lake County, Lassen County, Marin County, Mendocino County, Modoc County, Napa County, Shasta County, Siskiyou County, Solano County, Sonoma County, Trinity County, Yolo County. It began operations as a County Organized Health System in 1994,^[4] and is currently the largest Medi-Cal Managed Care Plan in Northern California.^[5]

Company Description

Partnership HealthPlan of California is authorized by the State of California to provide health care services for Medi-Cal managed care beneficiaries in 14 Northern California counties.^[6]

Coverage Programs

• Medi-Cal. California’s version of Medicaid is the only public program that covers many low-income adults and children.
• Healthy Kids. Partnership HealthPlan also offers a health insurance product called Healthy Kids to low income children not otherwise eligible for Medi-Cal.^[7]

Other coverage programs have been included in the past:^[8]

• 2002-2005 County Medical Services Program (CMSP) program (Solano and Napa counties).
• 2007-2014 PartnershipAdvantage, a Special Needs Plan Medicare Advantage program (Yolo, Napa, Solano counties only)
• 2010-2013 Healthy Families, the California version of the federal Children's Health Insurance Program (Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Yolo counties only). In 2013, the Healthy Families Program was folded into Medi-Cal as part of the Affordable Care Act

History and structure

In 1993, the State Department of Health Services produced a report entitled “Expanding Medi-Cal Managed Care: Reforming the Health System – Protecting Vulnerable Populations” which served as a blueprint for expansion of Medi-Cal managed care.^[9]

The Solano Health Partnership, the predecessor of Partnership HealthPlan, began serving Medi-Cal beneficiaries in Solano County in 1994 as a County Organized Health System. The Solano Coalition for Better Health, a community stakeholder group, founded Partnership HealthPlan.^[10] The Coalition began discussing overall health of the Solano County community in 1988 culminating in a contract with the State of California in 1992, beginning operations in 1994.^[11]

In 1998, the Solano Health Partnership expanded into Napa County, and changed its name to Partnership HealthPlan of California. Further geographic expansions are listed^[12]

• 2001 Expansion to Yolo County
• 2009 Expansion to Sonoma County^[13]
• 2011 Expansion to Marin and Mendocino Counties^[14]
• 2013 Expansion to Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, and Trinity counties^[15]

The founding Chief Executive Officer was Jack Horn, who retired in 2015.^[16]

Notable Programs

• Managing Pain Safely, reducing opioid overuse.^[17][18]
• Offering and Honoring Choices, promoting advance care planning and palliative care.^[19][20][21]
• Telehealth^[22][23][24]

Governance

Partnership HealthPlan is governed by a board of commissions composed of 33 members representing all 14 counties, including physicians, county officials, hospital leaders, providers, PHC health plan members, and public representatives.^[25]

See also

• Health care

• L.A. Care Health Plan
• Association for Community Affiliated Plans

References

1. Kevin Green (July 13, 2015). "Partnership HealthPlan of California names new CEO". The Daily Republic. p. A5.
2. "PHC board of commissioners" (PDF). February 20, 2016. pp. 68–69. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
3. Jennifer Huffman (June 26, 2011). "Moore Says Goodbye to Clinic Ole". Napa Valley Register. p. 1.
4. "Partnership HealthPlan Grows". Vacaville, CA: The Vacaville Reporter. September 1, 2013.
5. "DHCS Medi-Cal Managed Care Enrollment" (PDF). California Department of Health Care Services. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
6. "DHCS Health Plan Directory". Retrieved 15 December 2014.
7. "About PHC". Retrieved 28 December 2014.
8. "History of Partnership HealthPlan". PARx Program of Partnership HealthPlan. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
9. Arleen Leibowitz; Helen DuPlessis (1996). "Restructuring the Medicaid Program". Rand Corporation.
10. Danny Bernardini. "Partnership HealthPlan Continues Growth Trend". Fairfield: The Daily Republic. pp. A1.
11. Gage, Larry; Von Oehsen, William (1999). Managed Care Manual: Medicaid and State Health Reform. Clark, Boardman, Callaghan. pp. 8–16.
12. "PARx Website About us". Retrieved 23 December 2014.
13. D. Ashley Furness (March 20, 2009). "After three-year delay, Fairfield group set to absorb 47,000 patients". Santa Rosa, CA: Press Democrat.
14. "Partnership HealthPlan expands to Marin, Mendocino counties". Santa Rosa, CA: North Bay Business Journal. September 12, 2011.
15. "DHCS selects health plans for rural expansion of Medi-Cal managed care". California Medical Association. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
16. Kevin Green (July 13, 2015). "Partnership HealthPlan of California names new CEO". The Daily Republic. p. A5.
17. Burns, Ryan (January 29, 2016). "Humboldt’s Overdose Death Rate is More Than Twice the National Average; Here’s What’s Being Done About It". Lost Coast Outpost. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
18. Espinoza, Martin (April 8, 2015). "Sonoma County sees drop in powerful painkiller prescriptions". Santa Rosa, CA: The Press Democrat. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
19. "ResolutionCare Announces Launch of Palliative Care Pilot Program with Partnership HealthPlan of California". ResolutionCare.com. July 13, 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
20. "Payer-Provider Partnerships to Expand Community-Based Palliative Care". California Healthcare Foundation. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
21. "Napa Valley Hospice and Adult Day Services Launches Partners in Palliative Care" (PDF). Collabriacare.org. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
22. "Partnership HealthPlan of California Selects Safety Net Connect’s eConsult System to Bring Specialty Care to Rural Residents". Reuters. February 17, 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
23. Packer-Tursman, Judy (July 16, 2015). "Plans, providers say telemedicine improves diabetes management". Managed Care Executive. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
24. California Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS) (October 2015). "First Annual Innovation Award for Medi-Cal Managed Care Health Plans" (PDF). DHCS.ca.gov. p. 4. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
25. "PHC Governance". Retrieved 15 December 2014.

External links

• Partnership Healthplan of California