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Networks of Support Help Patients Navigate Complex Systems
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Networks of Support Help Patients Navigate Complex Systems

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This publication examines how a Minnesota health system empowers patients by giving them resources to address their health-related social needs.

Thousands of Allina patients have received screening and referrals to community resources to address their health-related social needs. The program started under the auspices of the Accountable Health Communities Model, a demonstration sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

CMS officials say that the agency is drawing on lessons from the Accountable Health Communities Model to build social needs assessment and navigation into other programs, including Medicare accountable care organizations, Medicare Advantage plans, and quality measurement of hospitals and physician practices.

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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.

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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.

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Financing Coordinated Medical and Social Services for Patients with Psychosis

This webinar presents a decision support tool designed to help health plans and service providers estimate the total costs of care and implement integrated payment strategies for health and social services needed by patients newly diagnosed with psychosis.