The brief examines how Mercy Health uses community benefit dollars to fund community-facing initiatives through the Health Project.
Central to the Health Project’s direct services is care coordination and referral for social needs through the use of the Pathways Community HUB model, an evidence-based, pay-for outcomes model for community care coordination.
Aligning Systems for Health: Health Care + Public Health + Social Services, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and managed by the Georgia Health Policy Center, is focused on learning from stakeholders across the nation about effective ways to align these three sectors to better meet people’s goals and needs.