This brief from the Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) shares considerations for healthcare organizations and government entities seeking to build effective partnerships with the individuals and communities they serve to better address their health and social needs. It draws from the experiences of two sites that participated in the Community Partnership Pilot, a CHCS...
In this report, the American Institutes for Research (AIR), with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, developed five guiding principles to inform measurement that effectively aligns systems’ actions with the needs and priorities of the communities those systems serve, particularly communities that historically have been harmed the most by inequities. These principles, and accompanying...
This report from Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) and the Institute for Medicaid Innovation (IMI) identifies six connected strategies to guide payers, including Medicaid agencies and managed care organizations, in developing equity-focused value-based payment approaches to mitigate health disparities at the state and local level. These strategies include: Articulating an equity goal Assessing the...