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Eviset friends. So excited to be bringing back the energy and insights of this week to our work together with you.

#FundingFriday comes on Wednesday this week. New York Health Foundation RFP supports maternal health equity. $1M awarded. Read on! #healthdisparities #healthequity #SocialDeterminants

Hooray! We've missed a few #FundayFriday posts. So great to have one we love to pass on. #maternalhealth #birthoutcomes #healthequity #NY

Q: What kind of Thanksgiving greeting do you get from a team of geeky health-social care system improvers? 🦃🫂 A: Happy Thanksgiving greetings that feature FOOD🍲, DATA📈 and evidence-based community supports! Shout out to Center for Health Care Strategies and our very own former team member Andrew Spencer for this great blog highlighting the rise in evidence and uptake of Medically Tailored Meals. Looking forward to deepening our partnerships in #MedicallyTailoredMeals in #NY #PA #OR #WA and #CA and we are THANKFUL to the many community providers of Medically Tailored Meals for the critical services you provide every day -- and for honoring Eviset with the opportunity to support your work. #SeniorHealthcare #HealthOutcomes #Medicaid #HealthcareInnovation #NutritionStrategy #MedicareAdvantage #Thanksgiving #olderadults https://lnkd.in/eqXr2WHe

This week we’re excited about a project that has been a ton of fun.  Hint: 📽 🎬 🍿 "We want to contract with Managed Care Plans. Where do we start⁉" We often hear from Home and Community-Based Health Supports Providers asking, "We want to contract with Managed Care Plans. Where do we start?" We got this question so frequently that we started creating informal slides and tutorials to cover the foundational topics that come up all the time. So, when California’s Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) was looking for a partner to develop a series of videos explaining Medicaid/Medi-Cal, CalAIM,  and how to contract with Managed Care Plans to address social drivers of health, we thought, “Why not?” It might seem a bit unusual for a data company like us, but these are the kinds of conversations we have every day—with our clients, partners, and the health community. Capturing all that in a repeatable format made perfect sense. Well, the videos went live this week!  We’re thrilled that now there’s an easy place to point Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Providers in California who are ready to grow and partner with Managed Care Health Plans. Special thanks to the organizations who shared their insights as featured in the video series! Housing Works of California Oxnard Family Circle ADHC Volunteers of America Southwest Master•Care, Inc. San Ysidro Health Institute on Aging Alcoholism Center For Women Watch here https://lnkd.in/e6T_-wb2 and let us know what you think! We’re grateful for the opportunity to work closely with the DHCS and support innovative solutions that address Social Drivers of Health. We hope to bridge gaps in understanding to facilitate more effective collaborations across the healthcare landscape. #HCBS #CalAIM #HRSN #ECM #CS #ManagedCare #Medicaid

Freshly brewed! ☕ Coffee & Contracts today was chock full of Financial Modeling for Community Care Hubs (CCHs) and #ManagedCarePlans. Here's a summary of the coffee grinds from the breakout session I moderated: HOW ARE YOU ENSURING ROI FOR HEALTH PLANS AND PROVIDERS? One of the most straightforward ways is to show per member per month (PMPM) net cost savings for health plans. But other options exist! As one attendee put it, "There are multiple audiences our programs are pleasing." e.g. by opting into Michigan's Food Access programs, Health Plans positively impact their membership growth rate through increased auto-assignment. Also, great CCH partnerships also help hospitals reduce length of stay. In short, take a broad view of all the financial $ upsides that partnership with your CCH brings and know how to quantify them. CASH IS KING. Or, more specifically, plan your cashflows! In multi-year contracts, it's not uncommon for year 1 to be in the red. Turning the positive cash flow corner may not happen till Yrs 2 or 3. Make sure you plan your cashflow to cover the upfront investment. QUALITY IS BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP. While CCHs may take the lead on forming and negotiating partnerships on behalf of the CBOs in their network, they can only do a great job with great inputs. CBOs! Let them know information about pricing, capacity, and other issues that will help plan for the best contract. YOUR FINANCIAL MODEL IS FOR YOU, AND ALSO NOT FOR YOU. Yes, all agree that the financial model for CCH partnership with Health plans is critical for managing sustainable growth. But, its also critical to check assumptions and facilitate negotiations with health plans. Internal + external use case. Deana Smith, Gudrun Bossman, and Jennifer Black from Center for Health and Research Transformation (CHRT) CCH generously shared their funding model which evidenced this approach. WORTHY SHARE: New social care-healthcare contracts are demonstrating value. Early results from Ohio State Hubs have shown that addressing Social Drivers of Health (SDoH) led to an 11% decline in Emergency Dept. utilization. Special thanks to the collective wisdom of our session that produced these insights. Add your thoughts! Camden Coalition Partners in Care Foundation Partnership to Align Social Care #managedcare #socialcare #SDoH #HRSN Jeffrey Hill Danielle Gritters Jessica Kinsey Eric McNair Scott Meredith Fratantonio, MHA, MBA, LSS, CMPE, PHR Debra Nauls-Freeman Ray Manahan, MHA, PMP

#Fundingfriday can be any day right? Here is a wonderful funding opportunity to partner with a nation-leading organization and support the needs of NY's Medicaid population as part of the transformative #1115 waivers. #NY #mentalhealth #socialcare #healthequity #managedcareplans #Medicaid

Are you a Health Pioneer -- driving bold results in the 1) Future of Evidence; 2) Future of Social Interaction; 3) Future of Food; and/or 4) Future of Work. This week's #FundingFriday is for you! And, we hope you are a fast-acting Pioneer, because you'll have to get your Phase 1 Brief Proposals in by 10/1 😮 !! RWJF has an open Call for Proposals, Pioneering Ideas: Exploring the Future to Build a Culture of Health. Average previous grant awards >$300,000. https://lnkd.in/ej3GCHY8 Michelle Kuppich RD/RDN Mark Ropiecki #SDoH #SocialDeterminants #healthequity

Instead of #fundingfriday this week, how about #TipsTuesday for our colleagues engaged in CBO-Health Care Contracting? Sharing here USAging’s Aging and Disability Business Institute’s 2023 CBO-Health Care Contracting Survey results, hot off the press! Data brief, infographic, and toolkit slides (oh my!) for the latest on how CBOs and social care networks are contracting with health care entities. https://bit.ly/4dF0LYr Marisa Scala-Foley Mike McCain Amie Parikh Nima Roohi Sefidmazgi Alexandra De Kesel Lofthus

#Fundingfriday is here and it's coming in HOT! The American Heart Association's ❤️ Social Impact Funds are open to applications for: - sustainable solutions focused on access to health care, housing, and affordable and healthy food; - economic empowerment; or - closing the educational achievement gap in under-resourced communities. Applicants may be non-profit organizations or for-profit social enterprises. https://lnkd.in/eYcpNv-8 #foodismedicine #affordablehousing #housingsupport #ecm #communitysupports #healthcareaccess #SDoH #socialcare #socialimpact #housingforall #educationforall