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Linking Health Plans to CBOs – Filling Gaps and Addressing Health Equity Barriers In Their Shoes: Linking Individuals to CBOs Let’s put ourselves in the shoes of an elderly, low-income New York City resident with heart failure and diabetes. We will call them “Brooklyn.” Brooklyn has no transportation or support and cannot afford nutritional meals. …

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An Unlikely Provider to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes and Reduce Disparities: Pharmacists With more than 90% of Americans living within 5 miles of a community pharmacy, pharmacists are the most accessible healthcare providers. The Problem The rate of preterm births in the United States continues to exceed 10% of all live births, and this number …

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Protecting My Brain Americans of all ages value their independence, including older adults. Specifically, older adults value the ability to age in the place they call home rather than moving to higher levels of care. Older adults also value being able to make their own decisions, including where they live, how much healthcare to receive, …

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Health Equity vs. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Where Should We Focus Efforts for Racial Justice? The past two years have awakened many people in America to social injustices that are deeply rooted in our society—healthcare, criminal justice, laws, and social structures. For others, the longstanding decades of injustice have now been placed in the spotlight. …

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Focusing on Health Equity Supports Value-Based Reimbursement Systems to Improve Person Centered Healthcare Why move from Fee For Service to a Value-Based Reimbursement System? Changing incentives for payment can lead to better patient outcomes. Until very recently, the norm in the US healthcare system was to pay healthcare providers based on services delivered — a …

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