Essential Hospitals Institute conveys findings from an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality-funded study of Virginia Coordinated Care for the Uninsured (VCC Program).
Research Brief – Virginia Coordinated Care from the Community Physician Perspective
KEY FINDINGS
- The VCC Program manages care for the uninsured. It provides access to quality, coordinated health care for thousands of indigent patients in the greater Richmond area.
- Using electronic health records, case management, and regular communication with VCC leadership, VCC providers coordinate care within patient- centered medical homes.
- As a result, health outcomes are improving and emergency department visits and hospital costs are decreasing.
- Access to specialty care and low health literacy remain barriers to care for this population.
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