Community Health Centers

Community health center–adjacent care redesign momentum is showing up in two access-focused models: CCBHC expansion is advancing as states and providers position certified behavioral health clinics as Medicaid-financed hubs for whole-person care, while community oncology practices are using APP-led benign hematology consults to reduce specialist wait times and preserve physician capacity for higher-acuity cases. For VBC stakeholders, the near-term implication is operational: CCBHCs and APP-driven specialty access models can help ACOs, Medicaid managed care plans, and safety-net systems manage avoidable ED use, referral leakage,