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February 20, 2001

Health System Reform Comparison

QUALITY HEALTH SYSTEM FOR DISTRICT RESIDENTS CURRENT PBC SYSTEM NEW SYSTEM
DC-WASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH
Primary Care
  • Six community health centers
  • Ambulatory care center at DC General Hospital
  • Hundreds of providers in every quadrant of the District, including Chartered's network
  • Six existing community health centers and new sites
  • Increased primary and specialty care in Wards 5, 6, 7, and 8
Inpatient Care
  • DC General Hospital
  • Other hospitals provide largely emergency-initiated inpatient care
  • Greater Southeast Community Hospital
  • Chartered-contracted hospitals
  • All District hospitals maintain current levels of uncompensated care
Outpatient, Specialty, & Diagnostic Care
  • DC General Hospital
  • Catholic Charities and need-based arrangements with other hospitals for care DC General can not provide
  • Greater Southeast Community Hospital
  • Chartered-contracted hospitals
  • Contracted laboratories and specialty centers
Emergency, Trauma, & Urgent Care
  • DC General Hospital emergency and trauma care
  • Other District hospitals for emergency care
  • 24-hour urgent care at current DC General Hospital site
  • 24-hour emergency and trauma care at Greater Southeast Hospital
  • Extended urgent care at other sites
  • Other District hospitals maintain current levels of uncompensated emergency care
Insurance
  • More than 65,000 District residents uninsured
  • All customers of new system to become members of the DC-Washington Alliance
  • Information gained to be used to advance phased-in Medicaid coverage expansion

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