California Quality Collaborative: Physician Quality Improvement Initiative Results

* $345 million in cost avoidance, $6 saved for every $1 invested
* 67,000 avoided emergency department visits
* 57,000 avoided hospital admissions
* 750,000 patients with improved health outcomes (e.g. diabetes, hypertension, asthma) or improved processes of care (e.g. treated using new and improved clinical guidelines)

* Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), L.A. Care Health Plan, and the Southwest Pediatric Practice Transformation Network (a partnership of Children’s Hospital of Orange County and Rady Children’s Hospital) served as three practice transformation networks in the initiative

Source: Largest Physician Quality Improvement Initiative in California History Yields Huge Health Benefit for Patients, $345 Million in Savings