Since its inception through December 2006, COPA has:

• Coordinated services requested for approximately 3,500 Referral for inpatient and out patient services.
• Increased the pool of community physicians in private practice donating their service to over 124.
• Gained access to more than 350 physicians through the OU Medical Center residency Clinics.
• Secured physical therapists and other providers committing to no-charge or reduced fee services to COPA patients.
• Achieved an estimated $2 Million savings in diverted emergency services utilization for primary care and non-emergency services.

Recognition and Awards:

• Awarded Healthy Communities Access Program Federal Grant in September 2004 (HCAP).
• Returned more than 0.6 FTE Primary Care Provider time to health center enabling more primary care service availability.
• Received the Oklahoma Public Health Association's 2005 Community Program Excellence Award.
• Accepted as a United Way Partner Agency in June 2005.
• Featured in the Fall 2005 issue of Association of State and Territorial Health Organizations (ASTHO) publication.
• Featured in the October 31, 2005 Living Section of the sunday Oklahoman.

During the year 2006:

• Approximately 1600 uninsured patients were referred to COPA for general referral services, 453 received provider services. The conservative estimated retail value of donated services totaled $1,500,000 million
• An additional 432 clients were referred to prenatal care services, with the majority occurring within the first trimester of pregnancy.
• Five (5) area hospitals participate.
• COPA received referrals from Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC's), Community-based health centers, Service organizations, Primary care, Specialty physicians, and free clinics.
• Began facilitating prescription/medication assistance to patients, and behavioral health services.
• Increased the number of primary care/medical homes assigned to patients.
• Clients served were mostly white (60%) female (66%); 46-59 years of age (43%); single (34%); married (30%); most with incomes less than $15,000 (88%); with no more than a high school education (43%). Additionally, a lager number of homeless clients were also served.
• Developed an outcome-based, Return On Community Investment Model (ROCI).
• Initiated web-based electronic enrollment, appointments and tracking of patients
• Partnered with the American Diabetes Association to initiate the “Project Power Program” for diabetes awareness, targeting African American Churches.
• Developed a CORE Team of Community based Partners to plan and develop a Community Health Worker/Navigator Training Program for Focused Care Management of individuals with chronic disease. The model will assist clients with self-management and decrease the use of
  emergency departments for primary care services.
• Invited to be a pat of the America to Outcomes initiative sponsored by Health Resource Services Administration
  - Office of Performance Review. Through this project COINS/COPA serves as a demonstration site for developing Outcomes for the Community Health Worker Model.

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