March 11, 2019 -- The North Central Accountable Community of Health’s Regional Opioid Stakeholder Workgroup is hosting a unique opportunity for your community to come together to address the opioid epidemic by taking action to increase awareness and prevention. Join educational, student, and community leaders for a facilitated discussion to develop innovative, out-of-the-box strategies for [...]
An account of the "WPCC Roadshow" from Whole Person Care Collaborative staff, Caroline Tillier and Peter Morgan: June was a fun month because we spent much of our time getting out in the field as part of our “WPCC Roadshow.” Our road to better health is a long one - both literally and figuratively! Fueled [...]
June 18, 2018 -- North Central Accountable Community of Health seeks a Capacity Development and Grant Specialist to focus on building capacity to help support ongoing initiatives and work in the community that contributes to whole person health. This job will be responsible for engaging and helping community organizations focused on transportation and housing in [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- June 5, 2018 On Monday, June 4, the North Central Accountable Community of Health's Governing Board appointed local organization, Community Choice, to serve as the Pathways Community HUB. After reviewing and scoring the Request for Proposals submitted to NCACH to serve as the lead agency for the Pathways Community HUB in [...]
On April 20, 2018, over 200 partners in health convened in Wenatchee to attend the North Central Accountable Community of Health's Annual Summit. Attendees ranged from health care providers, educators, elected officials, community-based organizations, local government, and law enforcement representatives. All came together to share, learn, network, and collaborate as we heard from a [...]
For immediate release April 9, 2018 The North Central Accountable Community of Health (NCACH) is accepting applications from partners who are interested in implementing projects under the Medicaid Transformation to Address the Opioid Use Public Health Crisis in one or more of the following counties: Chelan, Douglas, Grant, and Okanogan Counties. Through cross-sector, regional collaboration, [...]
For immediate release --- March 28, 2018 North Central Accountable Community of Health The Care Coordination Workgroup within NCACH, tasked with overseeing the adoption and implementation of Community-Based Care Coordination, has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for agencies to host the Pathways HUB. The Pathways HUB model is an evidence-based community care coordination approach [...]
NCACH Governing Board Member, Kevin Abel, CEO of Lake Chelan Community Hospital, has announced his resignation from the Board, effective March 5, 2018. A founding Board Member, Kevin most recently served as the Vice-Chair of the Board, and was instrumental to the formation of the NCACH governance structure. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Abel) Recalling his [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- February 16, 2018 State Funds North Central ACH's Transformation Plan East Wenatchee, WA -- The North Central Accountable Community of Health (NCACH) was notified that our project plan for the Healthier Washington Medicaid Transformation Delivery System Reform had met or exceeded the criteria in all sub-sections and projects, receiving 100 percent [...]
Released by Washington State Health Care Authority, January 12, 2018. Read full announcement here The state Health Care Authority (HCA) has produced a revised Value-based Roadmap to set the stage for health care transformation in 2018. The Roadmap describes HCA’s value-based purchasing (VBP) goals, delivery system transformation strategies, innovation successes to-date, and future plans to [...]