PPIP

Initiatives

California Plan/Practice Improvement Project (PPIP)

A project to align the key interests and roles of health plans and providers to improve asthma care for Medicaid beneficiaries in California.

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Status:

February 2005 to February 2007

  • Who: The project involved the state of California’s Medi-Cal managed care division, eight Medi-Cal health plans and 16 practice sites.
  • Funder: The project was funded by the California HealthCare Foundation and conducted in partnership with the Center for Health Care Strategies and the Improving Chronic Illness Care Program (ICIC) of the MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation.
  • Our Role: Ran a virtual learning collaborative to apply the Chronic Care Model and quality improvement methodology to improving care for children with asthma.