Community Health Excellence Program

Promoting High Quality Care for All

Playing a role in patient care improvements and having a positive impact on community health is important to us here at PacificSource. Through our Community Health Excellence (CHE) program, PacificSource makes financial and other contributions toward initiatives that are independently evaluated as having a significant impact for patients, regardless of their insurance status.

Success since 2009

For four years, the CHE program has attracted ideas from a vast array of hospital and physician group practices, and has resulted in the funding 52 initiatives across Oregon and Idaho. These initiatives have had a direct impact in improving care delivery in the domains of Infection Control, Best Practices in Acute Care, Preventive Care and Chronic Disease Management, and the Integration of Care.

Current initiatives

We’re pleased to announce the 2012–2013 funding recipients:

• Bend Memorial Clinic – Bend, OR
• Billings Clinic – Billings, MT
• Central Oregon Pediatric Associates – Bend, OR
• La Clinica Del Carino – Hood River, OR
• Mosaic Medical – Bend, OR
• Oregon Medical Group – Eugene, OR
• Oregon Neurology Associates – Eugene, OR
• Primary Health Medical Group – Boise, ID
• Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital – Hood River, OR
• Sacred Heart Medical Center – Eugene, OR
• St. Charles Medical Center – Bend, OR
• St. Charles Medical Group – Bend, OR
• St. Mary’s Hospital – Cottonwood, ID
• South Lane Medical Group – Cottage Grove, OR

See more details about the 2012-2013 CHE initiatives.

How to get involved

We are looking for new provider partners and new patient care improvement ideas for 2013. In addition to meeting certain basic criteria, providers must: 

• Submit an application and detailed budget,
• Demonstrate clear objectives supported by measurable data to evaluate progress toward the project’s goals and expectations, and
• Ensure the proposal will benefit all the provider’s patients—not just PacificSource members.

You are welcome to read the full program description here. If you are interested in participating, please download and complete our CHE Application and CHE itemized Budget Form. The deadline for submission of applications is June 15, 2013. If you have any questions, please contact Peter McGarry, Vice President of Provider Network, at (503) 802-5338.