What is Making Care Primary (MCP)?
Making Care Primary (MCP) is a revolutionary initiative to deliver personalized, value based patient care. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched MCP to create new healthcare service delivery methods. Starting in June 2024, the 10.5 year MCP program gives primary care providers everything they need to care for their patients.
Through our partnership with Medicare, we are thrilled to offer MCP to our patients at AZZ Medical Associates. Our association with Medicare enables us to fulfill the mission of providing excellent and cost effective healthcare services to our patients. Patients and providers work together through this innovative system to get better results while taking action before diseases arise.
The MCP program provides extensive support to meet more than just medical needs through integrating health related social needs (HRSNs), nutrition, housing, and general wellness. By partnering with Medicare’s MCP program, we help health seekers get better access to primary care while creating custom solutions.
Why MCP Matters
Primary care is the cornerstone of a well-functioning health system. The MCP program addresses primary care challenges by managing ongoing conditions and connecting patient care services. It creates a strong framework that enables healthcare systems to improve preventive care, address current healthcare challenges, and lead to better patient wellness over time.
Improving Care Management
Our providers utilize advanced tools to efficiently serve patients, focusing on preventive care and reducing hospital visits
Enhancing Community Connections
Our clinics build stronger connections so healthcare providers can help patients find local services for their social health requirements.
Integrating Comprehensive Care
Our program connects medical and mental health resources to help people reach better overall health.
Improving Care Management: Our providers utilize advanced tools to efficiently serve patients, focusing on preventive care and reducing hospital visits.
Enhancing Community Connections: Our clinics build stronger connections so healthcare providers can help patients find local services for their social health requirements.
Integrating Comprehensive Care: Our program connects medical and mental health resources to help people reach better overall health.
Redefining Care with Medicare
By joining forces with Medicare, we work in the MCP Model to create new ways for healthcare to help you. This integration is designed with only one goal: to lower primary care costs while bringing you better personalized health care. With Medicare and our advanced tools, we are committed to providing optimal health care while offering you the most substantial chronic condition support available. Our resources work with data systems, technology, and integrated processes to improve patient care coordination.
Affordable Care
Our value-based MCP Model makes healthcare affordable and straightforward, putting your health first without adding extra costs.
Streamlined Services
Our healthcare providers collaborate with specialists and community groups to manage patient movement more effectively, reduce wait times, and better serve people.
Health Equity
Our model offers equal healthcare assistance to every patient regardless of current healthcare gaps.
A Progressive Model with Three Tracks
The Making Care Primary Model includes three progressive tracks to match primary care providers based on their value-based care expertise. The value-based program consists of three tracks that help providers grow their skills and improve whole person care for patients as they move from basic payment methods to advanced payment systems.
Track 1: Building the Foundation
The entry level track helps primary care providers develop a value-based care foundation through 2.5 years of program work.
Focus: Healthcare teams identify high-risk patients, work with better systems, and create a framework to control long-term diseases.
Payment: Participants receive Fee-for-Service (FFS) payments as they develop their care structures with financial assistance provided by Medicare.
Track 2: Advanced Primary Care Implementation
Providers gradually develop their services over the next 2.5 years by introducing full scale chronic disease and integrated care systems.
Focus: Providers focus on behavioral health testing by partnering with government support groups to improve patient care.
Payment: Population-based payments alongside FFS help providers get better results while advancing healthcare delivery methods.
Track 3: Optimizing and Sustaining Excellence
The final track accumulates to 5.5 years, helping providers develop high quality integrated care delivery capabilities.
Focus: Healthcare teams focus on workflow improvements, combining better teamwork with medical specialists and community partners to provide complete health treatment to patients.
Payment: Payment systems based on patient outcomes give quality rewards and help healthcare stay stable.
Detecting Early
Detecting Early
Addressing Social Needs
Addressing Social Needs
Improving Long-Term Outcomes
Improving Long-Term Outcomes:
Commitment to Whole Person Wellness
Our healthcare providers deliver proactive services that benefit patients physically and behaviorally. The health system promotes standard medical and mental health services so doctors can customize care strategies at every stage.
Using this approach, our patients receive cost effective healthcare designed to serve their needs and strengthen their quality of life. The model helps people manage their health better to achieve better whole person wellness while living more comfortably.
Enroll yourself in MCP Programs
You want to know how the MCP Model works better for you and your family members, right? Explore our Value Based Care page or contact us at 609-890-1050 for more information about our specialized care programs. Our doctor nurse team delivers community focused integrated care that meets your specific health needs.