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PCA 101: Foundations - Primary Care Advancement Core Competencies Series


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Short description: Self Paced
Expires: December 31, 2027

This series builds foundational knowledge and practical skills across the six Primary Care Advancement (PCA) core competencies. Learners begin by developing a shared understanding of PCA terminology, concepts, and expectations, then explore how each competency supports stronger, more coordinated, and more accountable primary care.

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PCA 101: Foundations - Primary Care Advancement Core Competencies Series

The courses introduces practical tools, workflows, and decision-making approaches that help teams assess current capabilities, identify gaps, and determine realistic next steps for improvement. Through examples and applied activities, learners connect concepts such as team-based care, integrated services, population health, data use, network partnerships, and value-based care to everyday primary care operations. By the end of the course, learners will be prepared to recognize foundational PCA capabilities, discuss improvement priorities with their teams, and contribute to a phased action plan that supports continued primary care transformation.

There are 6 courses included in the PCA 101: Foundations - Primary Care Advancement Core Competencies Series:

  1. PCA 101: Foundations - Primary Care Advancement for Value-Based Care
  2. PCA 101: Foundations - Primary Care Advancement for Behavioral Health and Integrated Team-Based Care
  3. PCA 101: Foundations - Primary Care Advancement for Data Management and Exchange
  4. PCA 101: Foundations - Primary Care Advancement for Network Partnerships
  5. PCA 101: Foundations - Primary Care Advancement for Population Health and Care Management
  6. PCA 101: Foundations - Primary Care Advancement Maturity

What You Will Learn

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the purpose and connection of the six PCA core competencies.

  • Assess current primary care capabilities and identify priority areas for improvement.

  • Apply foundational tools and workflows to support team-based care, integrated services, population health, data use, network partnerships, and value-based care.

  • Use basic performance information to monitor progress and support continuous improvement.

  • Explain how value-based care agreement requirements connect to primary care operations and team responsibilities.

  • Create a phased action plan that supports continued advancement of PCA capabilities.

Who Should Attend

  • Primary Care Leaders, administrators and  practice teams new to Primary Care Advancement.
  • Quality, Population health, care management, finance and operations staff supporting value-based care performance.
  • Consultants, coaches and implementation teams supporting primary care organizations.

Continuing Education

This  course grants 6.0 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) points for PCMH Certified Content Experts.
This is a non AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM, ANA CNE, ACPE activity.

* Please note – You must attend the entire program to be eligible for total number of contact hours.

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships

The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) endorses the Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education which specify that sponsors of continuing medical education activities and presenters at and planners for these activities disclose any relevant financial relationships either party might have with commercial companies whose products or services are discussed in educational presentations.

For sponsors, relevant financial relationships include large research grants, institutional agreements for joint initiatives, substantial gifts, or other relationships that benefit the institution.  For presenters or planning committee members, relevant financial relationships include the receipt of research grants from a commercial company, consultancies, honoraria, travel, or other benefits, or having a self-managed equity interest in a company; or having an immediate family member or partner with such a relationship.

Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation.

Relevant financial relationships exist with the following companies/organizations:

Planning Committee Members:
Crissy Crittenden: None
Jeff Sitko: None
Faith Jasso: None
Bri Clifford: None
Amy Awate: None
Kelly Cavin: None

 

 

Here is the course outline:

1. PCA 101: Foundations - Primary Care Advancement for Value-Based Care

This course provides an awareness-level orientation to value-based care agreements within NCQA’s Primary Care Advancement program.

2. PCA 101: Foundations - Primary Care Advancement for Behavioral Health and Integrated Team-Based Care

This course provides an awareness-level orientation to integrated team-based care within NCQA’s Primary Care Advancement program.

3. PCA 101: Foundations - Primary Care Advancement for Data Management and Exchange

This course provides an awareness-level orientation to data management and exchange within NCQA’s Primary Care Advancement program.

4. PCA 101: Foundations - Primary Care Advancement for Network Partnerships

This course provides an awareness-level overview of Network Partnerships in NCQA’s Primary Care Advancement program.

5. PCA 101: Foundations - Primary Care Advancement for Population Health and Care Management

This course provides an awareness-level orientation to Population Health and Care Management within NCQA’s Primary Care Advancement program.

6. PCA 101: Foundations - Primary Care Advancement Maturity

This course provides an awareness-level orientation to the Primary Care Maturity core competency within NCQA’s Primary Care Advancement program.
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