Resource Library
The following documents offer a starting point for understanding and practicing cross-sector alignment.
Results

Publication
Addressing the Social Needs of Medicaid Enrollees Through Managed Care: Lessons and Promising Practices from the Field
This publication describes the perspectives of Medicaid managed care organizations representatives on the lessons learned and emerging promising practices from addressing social determinants of health among their Medicaid enrollees.
Alignment 101
Health Care
Medicaid
Public Health
Social Needs

Report
Conceptualizing Performance Measurement for Social Care Interventions: An Issue Brief for State Medicaid Agencies
This issue brief explores opportunities for state Medicaid agencies to implement performance measures with contracted entities that could strengthen their growing interest in social care and highlights several barriers to those applications.
Alignment 101
Complex Care
Health Care
Medicaid
Public Health
Social Services

Webinar
Building Accountability for Social Risk Screening into State Medicaid Programs
This podcast episode explores design considerations from state Medicaid agencies weighing the use of quality measures for social risk screening.
Health Care
Medicaid
Social Services

Webinar
Using Whole-Person Care to Coordinate Health and Social Services for Medicaid Populations during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This webinar reviews a study evaluating the effectiveness of California’s Whole Person Care initiative in coordinating health and social services for Medicaid beneficiaries with complex needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19
Health Care
Medicaid
Public Health
Social Needs

Webinar
Linking Medical Homes to Social Service Systems for Medicaid Populations
This webinar outlines how implementing a web-based communication and care management platform supporting electronic communication between patient-centered medical homes and social service providers affects care for Medicaid patients.
Alignment 101
Health Care
Medicaid
Social Needs

Publication
Community Health Workers and Peers are Essential to Counties’ COVID-19 Response
This blog features how community care workers and peers from Whole Person Care pilots in Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, and Ventura, California, are helping those most vulnerable to COVID-19 stay healthy and safe.
Complex Care
COVID-19
Health Care
Medicaid
Public Health
Social Needs

Publication
Linking Health and Housing Data to Create a Sustainable Cross-Sector Partnership
This article outlines Washington State’s King County Housing Authority and Seattle Housing Authority collaboration with Public Health–Seattle & King County to form the Housing and Health partnership, which aims to build system alignment between public health and housing.
Medicaid
Public Health
Social Needs

Case Study
Aligning in Action: Healthy Homes Des Moines
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.
Chronic Disease
Health Care
Medicaid
Public Health
Social Needs

Brief
Addressing Health-Related Social Needs Among Medicaid Beneficiaries: Mapping Cross-Sector Partnership Roles
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.
Alignment 101
Medicaid
Social Needs

Case Study
Aligning in Action: HealthierHere, the King County Accountable Community of Health
This case study explores HealthierHere’s best practices for effectively aligning systems to meaningfully impact health inequities in King County, Washington.
Health Care
Medicaid
Public Health
Social Needs