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Aligning In Action: Western Idaho Community Health Collaborative
Case Study

Aligning in Action: Western Idaho Community Health Collaborative

Aligning Systems for Health
06.22.2020
This case study examines how payers, foundations, health systems, and public health came together in early 2019 to form Western Idaho Community Health Collaborative, a 10-county collaborative, and align each other’s strategies and investments in a coordinated effort.
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Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs
Using Global Budgets and Multi-Sector Teams to Align Systems in Vermont
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Using Global Budgets and Multi-Sector Teams to Align Systems in Vermont: Strategies to Achieve Alignment, Collaboration, and Synergy Across Delivery and Financing Systems

Systems for Action
06.10.2020
This webinar introduces a study testing the effectiveness of a global all-payer payment model combined with multi-sector community health teams in improving health and social outcomes for Vermont residents.
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Health Care
Social Needs
A Theory of Change for Aligning Health Care, Public Health, and Social Services in the Time of COVID-19
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A Theory of Change for Aligning Health Care, Public Health, and Social Services in the Time of COVID-19

Georgia Health Policy Center and Aligning Systems for Health
06.04.2020
This article presents a cross-sector alignment theory of change that aligns with the foundation’s vision of a culture of health that provides everyone in the United States a fair and just opportunity for health and well-being.
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Alignment 101
COVID-19
Cross-Sector Alignment And The Response To COVID-19: What Can We Learn From Research On Cross-Sector Alignment?
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Cross-Sector Alignment and the Response to COVID-19: What Can We Learn from Research on Cross-Sector Alignment?

Georgia Health Policy Center
06.04.2020
This brief examines factors supporting cross-sector alignment; presents findings relevant to the response to the COVID crisis; and presents challenges and response opportunities related to several key elements of the Cross-Sector Alignment Theory of Change: sectors, shared purpose, governance, finance, data, community voice, equity, capacity, and urgency.
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Complex Care
COVID-19
Health Care
Mental Health
Public Health
Social Needs
Aligning In Action: Healthy Homes Des Moines
Case Study

Aligning in Action: Healthy Homes Des Moines

Aligning Systems for Health
06.01.2020
This case study examines Healthy Homes Des Moines, a pilot program to provide home remediation and health education to reduce the burden of childhood asthma. The goal of the pilot was to demonstrate the value of an upstream intervention to the community and to health care providers.
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Chronic Disease
Health Care
Medicaid
Public Health
Social Needs
Addressing Health-Related Social Needs Among Medicaid Beneficiaries: Mapping Cross-Sector Partnership Roles
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Addressing Health-Related Social Needs Among Medicaid Beneficiaries: Mapping Cross-Sector Partnership Roles

Center for Health Care Strategies
06.2020
This framework supports Medicaid agencies, managed care organizations, health care providers, and community partners in mapping cross-sector partnership roles for addressing health-related social needs based on the strengths of each stakeholder.
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Alignment 101
Medicaid
Social Needs
Listening Session Tackles Knowledge Sharing for Using Data Systems to Prioritize Equity in a Time of Crisis
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Listening Session Tackles Knowledge Sharing for Using Data Systems to Prioritize Equity in a Time of Crisis

Data Across Sectors for Health
05.29.2020
This “Using Data Systems to Prioritize Equity in a Time of Crisis” listening session summary highlights shared lessons and experiences related to COVID-19.
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COVID-19
Public Health
Social Needs
Field Dispatches: LA County Steps Up Role as Social “Safety Net”
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Field Dispatches: LA County Steps Up Role as Social “Safety Net”

Data Across Sectors for Health
05.29.2020
This blog identifies how LA County redirected its data hub to begin focusing on the response to the virus and related factors immediately.
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Alignment 101
COVID-19
Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs
Insights from the social sector: a cross-sector response to health disparities in the COVID-19 pandemic
Webinar

Insights from the Social Sector: A Cross-Sector Response to Health Disparities in the COVID-19 Pandemic

National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs
05.27.2020
This webinar features experiences and insights from two community-based organizations that have long helped their communities address health disparities and systemic inequities. Presenters shared actionable best practices for collaboration in this environment and reflected on opportunities for future structural change.
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Complex Care
COVID-19
Health Care
Public Health
Social Needs
Testing a New Terminology System for Health and Social Services Integration
Webinar

Testing a New Terminology System for Health and Social Services Integration: Strategies to Achieve Alignment, Collaboration, and Synergy Across Delivery and Financing Systems

Systems for Action
05.27.2020
This webinar introduces a one-year developmental study that will evaluate a novel mechanism for incorporating social services into existing health billing codes, thereby allowing both social and health care services to be reimbursed within one system.
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Chronic Disease
Health Care
Social Needs