Collaborating for Better Health: Enhancing Outcomes, Ensuring Quality, and Increasing Access to Care
Omnes IPA’s vision is to support its network and affiliate partners by offering the full spectrum of integrated health services in our region. We facilitate contracts with Managed Care Organizations, provide ongoing education on contract performance expectations, promote population health management addressing social determinants of health, and unite our network around collective goals to achieve shared health outcomes.
At Omnes IPA we believe in:
In January 2018, New York State launched the New York Behavioral Health Value Based Payment Readiness Program (BH VBP) to enhance health care quality and outcomes for low-income New Yorkers. The program aimed to create regional networks of behavioral health organizations that collaborate to share best practices, improve efficiencies, and coordinate care. One of the primary goals was for these collaboratives to form legal entities capable of entering into value-based contracts.
In response, Helio Health, Inclusive Alliance IPA, Liberty Resources, and Upstate Cerebral Palsy joined forces to serve the Central New York Region. With funding from the Office of Mental Health and the Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services, they established CNY BHCC. This network, comprising over 35 providers from mental health, substance use, developmental disability, primary care, and social determinant of health organizations, began the process of clinical, data, and quality integration.
In February 2021, CNY BHCC received state approval to form Omnes IPA (Independent Practice Association). As a legal entity, Omnes IPA enables us to elevate the goals and values of CNY BHCC. The new entity aims to identify key healthcare partners, continue clinical integration efforts, address gaps in care across systems, and enter into value-based contracts.
In November 2023, Your Health Partners (YHP) merged with Omnes IPA. Omnes IPA now comprises over 30 partners across the Central New York Region, Southern Tier, and the Finger Lakes Region. Together, they continue the work of both organizations, advancing clinical integration efforts, addressing gaps in care across systems, and entering into value-based contracts.