PRIMARY CARE COALITION OF

Care for kids provides affordable primary, specialty, behavioral health, and dental care for children of low-income families in montgomery county who are not eligible for other state or federal health programs. In fiscal year 2024, 10,898 children participated in the progrram, which provides access to services ranging from well child visits to case management for children with complex medical needs. Care for kids is a public-private partnership composed of the montgomery county department of health and human services, montgomery county school based health centers, private health care providers and safety-net clinics, kaiser permanente of the mid-atlantic states and the primary care coalition.

Nexus montgomery is a collaboration among montgomery county, maryland's six hospitals and community partners to promote health, reduce hospital utilization and manage total cost of care for the shared community in ways that no single hospital could achieve on its own. The primary care coalition has served as the management entity for nexus montgomery since its inception in 2015, providing organizational infrastructure, staffing, data analytics, evaluation and program implementation.programs include:- snf alliance: a learning collaborative with the hospitals and 30+ skilled nursing facilities (snfs) to improve snf capacity for quality care, reduce readmissions to hospitals, and decrease total cost of care.- behavioral health crisis systems: build community capacity (crisis beds, medical respite care program for homeless), and facilitate collaborative efforts to set strategy and improve processes across entities for enhanced behavioral health crisis response.

Other programs and services: the primary care coalition works on many levels to increase access to health care and improve the health and lives of our neighbors who are experiencing vulnerability. We connect people to services. We support health care providers with technical assistance in areas including quality assurance, data analysis and health informatics, and process improvement. We build systems by engaging diverse stakeholders to discuss shared challenges and develop systems of care that meet the needs of our community. Examples of additional pcc programs designed to improve systems of care for vulnerable residents:- connecting to health coverage. The primary care coalition serves as the performance manager for the capital south region connector program, which assists prince george's county residents in enrolling in medicaid and private health insurance coverage through the maryland health connection-the state-based insurance marketplace.- point of entry project (pep). Working with montgomery county public schools international admissions, a pcc client navigator connects newly immigrant families with care for kids and social services.