FLPPS is partnering with two regional foodbanks and non-profit agencies to address food insecurity and maternal health needs in the Finger Lakes region. Food insecurity is a social determinant of health and a driving force of health inequities. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the crisis of food insecurity, disproportionally affecting women and racial and ethnic minorities.
FLPPS is collaborating with Huther Doyle (an addiction treatment organization) and Regional Health Reach (a federally qualified health center serving homeless individuals) to provide medical, dental, and behavioral health care to the unsheltered homeless in the City of Rochester.
Innovation Projects
From 2017 – 2020 FLPPS Partners worked on innovative projects to improve performance on prioritized FLPPS pay-for-performance clinical outcomes intended to drive quick results.
Naturally Occurring Care Network (NOCN) Initiatives
In 2019, FLPPS NOCNs developed solutions and identified interventions to address key underperforming clinical outcomes specific to each NOCN region after performing a root cause analysis.
Through its System Transformation and Community Investment Program, Finger Lakes Performing Provider System (FLPPS) is partnering with Partners In Community Development (PICD) to offer health and human service professionals training to better serve marginalized populations from ethnically diverse backgrounds.
FLPPS has been awarded a Mother Cabrini Health Foundation grant for $250,000 from the Foundation’s Statewide 2021 Strategic Grants Program – Health Care Disparities.
Medicaid beneficiaries ages 50 and older and other individuals with Medicare or private insurance living in nine area counties can now access Lifespan’s comprehensive care management and healthcare coordination services.
His Branches Community Health Center, Ibero-American Action League, and Finger Lakes Performing Provider System (FLPPS) are collaborating to address health and health care disparities among the Latino population in the City of Rochester; disparities that have been highlighted and intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Through its System Transformation and Community Investment Program, Finger Lakes Performing Provider System (FLPPS) is partnering with Monroe Community College (MCC) and other community colleges and partners in the region in establishing a sustainable model for long-term career pathways that expand the healthcare workforce pool and provide opportunities for more diverse individuals to achieve economic mobility.
Mayor Lovely A. Warren announced today that the City of Rochester Department of Recreation and Human Services, along with Finger Lakes Performing Provider System (FLPPS) has selected Recover Options Made Easy (ROME) to help expand the City’s Person in Crisis (PIC) program that responds to individuals experiencing a mental health or other crisis requiring intervention and support.
Finger Lakes Performing Provider System (FLPPS) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization established in 2014 with the mission of improving the healthcare delivery system for the Medicaid population. FLPPS is a partnership that includes a network of health and human services providers, including health systems, federally qualified health centers, nursing homes, behavioral health providers, and community-based organizations, across a 13-county region in Upstate New York.
