Community Healthcare Network

Innovative Faith and Private Industry Partnership Expands Health Services in South DeKalb

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

STONECREST, Ga., Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A leader in providing community-focused access and solutions to looming health disparities, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church is announcing an innovative new partnership with Community Healthcare of America to expand medical and preventative health services in South DeKalb. New Birth Senior Pastor Dr. Jamal Bryant, U.S. Senator John Ossoff, DeKalb Chief Executive Officer Michael Thurmond and a host of community leaders and representatives will commemorate the grand opening of a new medical clinic on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 11:30 a.m. at the Family Life Center on the New Birth Campus, located at 6400 Woodrow Rd. in Stonecrest.

Key Points: 
  • "The Community Healthcare of America Clinic at New Birth is an innovative faith and private industry partnership that endeavors to help bridge the gap between those who need care and the significant barriers to quality healthcare that too often persists in communities of color."
  • Medical clinic leaders note that onsite services will evolve to treat identified needs and pathologies most prevalent for the surrounding community.
  • Staffed by multiple doctors, physician assistants and nurses, Community Healthcare of America Clinic at New Birth services multiple levels of health needs from insured to Medicaid.
  • Senator John Ossoff, DeKalb CEO Michale Thurmond, Stonecrest Mayor Jazmine Cobble, James Mola (Community Healthcare of America) and more.

Amida Care Celebrates 20 Years of Improving Health Outcomes for New Yorkers Impacted by HIV

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023

NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This month, Amida Care, a not-for-profit health plan specializing in providing comprehensive health coverage and coordinated care to people affected by HIV, celebrates 20 years of serving New Yorkers. The visionary plan was formed in August 2003 by community-based HIV service providers and has grown into New York's largest Medicaid managed care Special Needs Health Plan (SNP). Since its founding, Amida Care has taken a unique and innovative approach, thinking outside the box to put the needs of its members above all else, working in partnership with the providers who serve them, and playing an instrumental role in efforts to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Key Points: 
  • –Amida Care currently serves over 9,000 New Yorkers affected by HIV, including 2,800 members who identify as transgender, gender nonconforming, and non-binary–
    NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This month, Amida Care, a not-for-profit health plan specializing in providing comprehensive health coverage and coordinated care to people affected by HIV, celebrates 20 years of serving New Yorkers.
  • Amida Care has had tremendous success improving health outcomes for its members.
  • Amida Care Inc. is a not-for-profit health plan that specializes in providing comprehensive health coverage and coordinated care to New Yorkers with complex conditions, including HIV and behavioral health disorders, and people who are of transgender experience or who are homeless (regardless of HIV status).
  • Amida Care has a wide network of health care providers throughout New York City and is the largest Medicaid Special Needs Health Plan (SNP) in New York State.

TUFTS MEDICINE JOINS BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS' VALUE-BASED PAYMENT CONTRACT INCORPORATING EQUITY MEASURES

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Tuesday, May 23, 2023

BOSTON, May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts ("Blue Cross") today announced that Tufts Medicine is now part of the health plan's pay-for-equity financial payment model. Blue Cross is the first health plan in Massachusetts — and among the first in the nation — to introduce these contracts, which link financial incentives to achieving measurable improvements in health equity.

Key Points: 
  • BOSTON, May 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts ("Blue Cross") today announced that Tufts Medicine is now part of the health plan's pay-for-equity financial payment model .
  • With the addition of Tufts Medicine, 53% of Blue Cross' Massachusetts members now receive care from clinicians taking part in these equity-focused value-based agreements.
  • As part of its agreement with Blue Cross, Tufts Medicine will focus on reducing inequities in colorectal cancer screenings, diabetes care, hypertension, and child and adolescent well-care visits.
  • "Like Blue Cross, Tufts Medicine is committed to improving equity and eliminating racial and ethnic inequities in care," said Dr. Mark Friedberg, senior vice president, performance measurement & improvement at Blue Cross.

The Fenway Institute Paper Shows National Tele-Education Program Expands Access to Transgender and Gender Diverse Health Care

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Monday, March 27, 2023

BOSTON, March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A paper published in LGBT Health reports on the outcomes of TransECHO, a professional development and training program for primary care teams on the provision of gender-affirming integrated medical and behavioral health for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) patients. The paper suggests that TransECHO has helped fill gaps in training on TGD primary medical and behavioral health care.

Key Points: 
  • The paper suggests that TransECHO has helped fill gaps in training on TGD primary medical and behavioral health care.
  • "To minimize these disparities, medical and behavioral health providers need access to robust continuing professional development on gender-affirming health care."
  • TransECHO is based on Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), a tele-education program for health care providers designed to reduce health disparities and increase access to specialty care in underserved areas.
  • "Given the persistent inequities in health outcomes experienced by transgender and gender diverse patients, access to high-quality professional development and training in gender-affirming health care is a necessity for medical and behavioral health providers," said study author Hilary Goldhammer, SM.

Tia Opens Flagship Clinic in San Francisco and Teams with UCSF Health to Scale Comprehensive Women’s Healthcare to 40,000 Bay Area Women

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Monday, May 2, 2022

Tia , the modern medical home for women, today announced the grand opening of its first Bay Area clinic at Mission & Van Ness in San Francisco.

Key Points: 
  • Tia , the modern medical home for women, today announced the grand opening of its first Bay Area clinic at Mission & Van Ness in San Francisco.
  • The new brick-and-mortar clinic represents the first of 10 sites that Tia plans to open in the Bay Area that will serve 40,000 women.
  • UCSF Health is a leader in womens health and renowned for its integrated specialty care, but we cant reach every woman in the Bay Area.
  • Tia plans to open its clinically integrated locations with UCSF Health throughout the Bay Area in the coming years.

Value-based Virtuosos Steve Neorr and Dr. David Grapey of Cone Health join UpStream Healthcare

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Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Steve Neorr joined Cone Health in 2011 and led an important effort along with Dr. David Grapey, who was part of the original steering committee focused on clinical integration.

Key Points: 
  • Steve Neorr joined Cone Health in 2011 and led an important effort along with Dr. David Grapey, who was part of the original steering committee focused on clinical integration.
  • Their work helped create Triad HealthCare Network, the accountable care organization ("ACO") affiliated with Cone Health, which has become one of the most successful ACOs in the country.
  • Cone Health CEO, Dr. Mary Jo Cagle said, "I want to personally thank Steve Neorr and Dr. Grapey for their accomplishments during their tenure.
  • About UpStream and Cone Health's Services Agreement: In November 2021, Cone Health, THN and UpStream Healthcare executed a five-year affiliation to continue their successful journey in value-based care.

Optum Idaho Donates $200,000 to Increase Mental Health Care Access Statewide

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

With limited access to traditional mental health clinicians, patients often rely on primary care providers to receive mental and behavioral health services, particularly in rural areas.

Key Points: 
  • With limited access to traditional mental health clinicians, patients often rely on primary care providers to receive mental and behavioral health services, particularly in rural areas.
  • Optum Idaho is committed to addressing this mental health workforce crisis by partnering with ECHO Idaho to increase the capacity of the current primary care workforce, said Optum Idaho Executive Director Georganne Benjamin.
  • Were grateful for the commitment of Optum Idaho to improve care for patients by inviting all medical and behavioral health perspectives to the conversation about mental health care access, said Project ECHO Idaho Director Lachelle Smith.
  • The ECHO Idaho grant is part of several initiatives by Optum Idaho and its parent company, UnitedHealth Group, to address mental health access, outcomes and disparities in Idaho.

Community Healthcare Network and Stop the Spread Activate the Power of Public-Private Partnerships to Administer 30,000 COVID-19 Vaccines in Under-Resourced Communities in New York

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Thursday, September 30, 2021

To date, CHN and STS have hosted over 85 community pop-up events with more than 25 community and faith-based partners.

Key Points: 
  • To date, CHN and STS have hosted over 85 community pop-up events with more than 25 community and faith-based partners.
  • In addition, Stop the Spread brought a network of private sector partners to deploy a "Vaccine+" program for additional health care and non-medical services in hard-to-reach neighborhoods.
  • "The energy and expertise of Stop the Spread magnified our ability to bring vaccines to underserved communities throughout New York City," said Robert M. Hayes, President and CEO of Community Healthcare Network.
  • Our partnership with Community Healthcare Network has shown that when the private sector and public sectors work together innovation can flourish," said Sharon Knight, Executive Director of Stop the Spread.

LIBERTY Dental Plan Corporation Creates Dental Advisory Board to Champion Value-Based Care

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

LIBERTY Dental Plan Corporation (LIBERTY), one of the nations premier dental benefits administrators, announced today the creation of a Value-Based Care Advisory Board to drive its dental care and delivery practices.

Key Points: 
  • LIBERTY Dental Plan Corporation (LIBERTY), one of the nations premier dental benefits administrators, announced today the creation of a Value-Based Care Advisory Board to drive its dental care and delivery practices.
  • This board will elevate our care delivery by advising us on policy, program development and practice transformation.
  • The advisory board includes transformational leaders in dental public health including:
    Dr. Raymond Cohlmia, Executive Director of the American Dental Association and Dean of the University of Oklahoma, College of Dentistry.
  • The creation of the advisory board is part of a unique and aggressive push by LIBERTY to advance value-based care in the communities it serves.

Stop the Spread Links Bento and Community Healthcare Network to Bring Successful 'Food-First' Strategy from LA to NYC Vaccine Program

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Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Since May, STS's "Vaccine+" program has expanded to 12 sites across LA and NYC to provide critical wrap-around health and social services to over 3,000 individuals.

Key Points: 
  • Since May, STS's "Vaccine+" program has expanded to 12 sites across LA and NYC to provide critical wrap-around health and social services to over 3,000 individuals.
  • The new Bento-CHN partnership expands the NYC Vaccine+ program, launched in June, to leverage Bento's "food-first" strategy to encourage vaccinations and address underlying nutrition and diabetes-related needs.
  • Albert Mojarro of East LA received his vaccine at a St. John's vaccination site, where he enrolled in the Vaccine+ program to receive meals through Bento.
  • The [Vaccine+] program has helped me and my kids out very much, especially the free meals provided by Bento.