Primary Care Association of Sc Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Scphca is the health center controlled network grantee for the state of South Carolina. Through the hccn program, nineteen participating health centers receive support for emerging health information technology (hit), quality improvement, data analytics, and patient engagement. Using technology and these strategic objectives, the hccn helps to identify clinical quality measures that need to be addressed for target patient populations early in the year enabling proactive outreach to those patients most in need. The hccn further applies technology to reduce provider burden and increase patient engagement and satisfaction, thereby preparing health centers for participation in value-based care delivery models while building resilience for the future. During the grant period august 1, 2022 to july 31, 2025, the hccn grant saved participating health centers more than $1m for data analytics and reporting infrastructure and ai-enabled health quality improvement models through shared service and strategic purchasing agreements. The hccn partnered with two (2) South Carolina managed care organizations (mcos) that covered implementation and ongoing subscription costs for participating health centers' access to a payer integration module to: reconcile differences between payer-attributed members and uds patient panels; support hedis and value-based care performance with up-to-date insights; improve collaboration across the care continuum to improve care coordination for high-risk patients through shared data utilization; and, streamlining reporting by aligning payer and provider data across population health metrics while also closing the loop for value-based contracts. Building on the work accomplished during scphca's designation as the hccn for South Carolina, the hccn will work with twenty health centers in the state to address the objectives in the next iteration of this program includes data management and analytics, interoperability and data sharing, uds modernization, value-based care readiness, artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, and cybersecurity.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 87.5%; rating input score 87
• Program expense ratio: 89.3%; rating input score 89
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 2.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.8%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings