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CEO, United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley
Kevin Rios leads United Health Centers, one of California's largest FQHCs serving the San Joaquin Valley with 22 sites and 190,000+ patients. In 2024, Rios launched a for-profit Independent Practice Association (IPA) subsidiary to pursue capitated managed care contracts — a bold move that positions UHC to capture value-based payment revenue that traditionally flows to middlemen. The IPA model creates a new revenue stream while keeping care coordinated within the FQHC network.
Rios is testing whether FQHCs can move beyond fee-for-service into managed care risk. His IPA experiment in the San Joaquin Valley is the most ambitious FQHC revenue model innovation in California right now. If it works, it becomes a playbook for every large FQHC looking to capture capitated revenue. Watch this closely.