On November 1st, Cayuga Health Partners (CHP), formally Cayuga Area Preferred (CAP), hosted its first Community Healthcare Forum at The Space at GreenStar. Business leaders and community members from Tompkins County were invited to participate with the goal of understanding the current national climate of healthcare and the efforts of local CAP providers to address the issues facing our community.
CHP’s ability to deliver high quality, local, affordable healthcare is important to local businesses and community members, and independent data supports that CHP is doing just that. Data from Excellus tracking CHP providers from 2012 to 2016 shows CHP providers have significantly improved the quality of care while the total cost of care has grown at a rate below other providers regionally (7% cumulatively). Community collaboration and support is required for CHP to continue working with payers towards arrangements that return these savings to the community in the form of lower premiums.
This event was a great success, with a turnout of over 100 community members including local business owners, representatives from academic institutions, healthcare providers, and many others. We want to continue the conversation about how CHP providers and practices are working together to tackle healthcare’s challenges. We are thrilled to be sharing our work with the Tompkins community and are looking forward to the next forum in February.
