HealthTeamWorks, formerly CCGC, is a nonprofit, multi-stakeholder collaborative working to redesign the healthcare delivery system and promote integrated communities of care, using evidence-based medicine and innovative systems. Our goals are to optimize health, improve quality and safety, reduce costs and improve the care experience for patients and their healthcare teams.

Practice-improvement coaching:
Prepare your practice for new compensation plans through HealthTeamWorks’ Patient-Centered Medical Home Foundations Program, generously funded by The Colorado Health Foundation. View an informational webinar on the HealthTeamWorks PCMH Foundations program.

Coach University:
Learn to be a quality improvement coach. Hold your place in an upcoming session.

Tools and Resources:
Access HealthTeamWorks documents, slide shows, webinars and videos.

 

Online Training Modules

Accurate Home Blood-Pressure Monitoring Training Module

SBIRT and Tobacco Training Module - Designed for use by the whole practice team 

 

 

 

 

 

 

News and Events

10 new graduates complete Coach Univeristy, expand knowledge of quality improvement

HealthTeamWorks graduated 10 new students from its Coach University in May 2013. Our most geographically diverse class yet, these Coaches came from California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Texas and Vermont to learn how to coach quality improvement the HealthTeamWorks way!

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HealthTeamWorks, Medical Society of Delaware sign affiliate agreement

HealthTeamWorks and the Medical Society of Delaware (MSD), have signed an affiliate agreement.

Utilizing HealthTeamWorks' training, mentorship and tools, MSD will exclusively deliver local practice transformation support to Delaware's medical community.

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14 new graduates of HealthTeamWorks' Coach University

 
HealthTeamWorks’ Coach University awarded certificates to 14 new quality-improvement coaches in the January class. Congratulations! Read more

 

 

Dr. Harbrecht featured in blog post on care coordination

A presentation given by HealthTeamWorks CEO, Marjie Harbrecht, MD, was featured in a blog post by the Colorado Trust.

Revised Asthma Guideline and Supplements

Check out the revised Asthma Guideline and Supplements.

HealthTeamWorks is nationwide!

HealthTeamWorks, recognized in Colorado for facilitating patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) in primary care practices, also offers its services nationwide. Health plans, healthcare systems, medical professional organizations, independent physician associations and others seek our expertise in PCMH transformation, learning collaboratives and training of quality improvement coaches. Read about our initiatives in other states. 

HealthTeamWorks, Rocky Mtn. Health Plans to coach Colorado CPCi practices

We are thrilled to announce that the CMS Innovation Center has chosen HealthTeamWorks and Rocky Mountain Health Plans (RMHP) to facilitate patient-centered care in the 73 primary care practices in Colorado as part of the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPCi). RMHP will support practices on the Western Slope; HealthTeamWorks will work with practices on the Front Range.

Dr. Harbrecht Speaks at Press Conference for Health Affairs article

Marjie Harbrecht, MD, the CEO of HealthTeamWorks, spoke at a Sept. 7 press conference hosted by the policy journal Health Affairs to discuss the paper she and Lisa Latts, MD, published in the September issue on the Colorado Multi-Payer PCMH Pilot. The September Health Affairs focuses on payment reform to achieve better healthcare. Read Harbrecht and Latts’ important article.
Copyrighted and published by Project HOPE/Health Affairs as Colorado's Patient-Centered Medical Home Pilot Met Numerous Obstacles, Yet Saw Results Such As Reduced Hospital Admissions. Health Aff (Millwood) September 2012 31:92010-2017. The published article is archived and available online at www.healthaffairs.org/.

Congratulations to CPCI practices!

We are proud to note that 30 of the 59 Front Range primary care practices chosen for the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative are clinics that HealthTeamWorks has or is working with for healthcare redesign.

PCMH Pilot paves way for “business as usual” across state

The four-year Colorado Multi-Payer PCMH Pilot officially ended in June after proving that the approach improves health outcomes, reduces costs and maintains a high level of patient satisfaction. Now we see PCMH as “business as usual” for primary care — and we’re taking practice transformation statewide!

HealthTeamWorks CEO interviewed on Colorado Public Radio
Listen to the April 27 interview.

See graphs of aggregated patient data pertaining to measures for heart/stroke, diabetes and prevention.