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Aligning in Action: VAAACares
Case Study

Aligning in Action: VAAACares

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This case study highlights VAAACares, a statewide Area Agency on Aging collaboration delivering comprehensive care coordination services for insurers and health systems. It relies on dedicated certified health coaches to effectively transition patients out of the hospital and facilitate with the skills and confidence to manage and control their health problems.

VAAACares illustrates that aligning takes on many forms. This grew from an opportunity created by federal policy and has been sustained due to its proven effectiveness.

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.

Webinar

Social Bonds as a Pooled Financing Mechanism to Address Social Drivers of Health Equity

This study investigates whether a novel type of social bond can pool resources across multiple competing health plans and create stable, long-term financing for interventions that address social determinants of health.

Webinar

Closing Gaps in Health and Social Services for Low-Income Pregnant Women

This webinar explores the effectiveness of the Los Angeles Maternity Assessment Management Access and Service initiative.

Publication

Development and Validation of a Measure to Assess Readiness to Advance Health and Equity: The Assessment for Advancing Community Transformation

This publication reports on the development and validation of the Assessment for Advancing Community Transformation - a tool that allows groups to directly collect and use data about their multi-sector collaborative by creating a shared point of reference for where partners are at in their stage of development across multiple factors.