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Strengthening Health Center Readiness

The Mass League was awarded a contract by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services in 2018 to develop and implement seven community health workforce initiatives as part of MassHealth’s $1.8 billion Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) Program.

The DSRIP Statewide Investments supported workforce initiatives totaling $115 million, a large portion of which was allocated over five years to expand loan repayment, residency training, and clinical learning and leadership opportunities for community-based primary care and behavioral health clinicians. A program of technical assistance to strengthen health center readiness for accountable care is also included as well as a program created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the Massachusetts health care workforce. The Mass League worked closely with the Association for Behavioral Healthcare to administer the behavioral health components of these programs.

These investments grew statewide capacity across the community-based primary care and behavioral health workforce and aimed to support MassHealth’s broader restructuring efforts to increase quality and lower the total cost of care for members.

Although this program is no longer accepting new implementations, Mass League is still supporting those members who are currently involved in the final stages of the initiative.

For questions related to DSRIP Statewide Investments, email StatewideInvestments@massleague.org.