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Health and Well-Being Fund

Objective: To improve population health by re-balancing and aligning investments, while fostering linkages among multi-sector stakeholders.

 

Timeline: August 1, 2017 - July 31, 2018
Funder: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Project Coordinators: Beth Roszatycki, b.roszatycki@mihia.org; Tina Swanton, t.swanton@mihia.org 

 

The Georgia Health Policy Center is the national coordinating center for Bridging for Health and works with selected states, regions, and communities that are pursuing innovations in policy, health care delivery, and financing mechanisms that improve outcomes, and rebalance and align investments in health. Bridging for Health encourages linkages between health care, public health and other sectors to support a national Culture of Health that will enable all Americans to live longer, healthier lives now, and for generations to come.

This is a 18-month project plan, with the intention of engaging other local partners throughout the project, considering the spread of service delivery by the end of the 2-years.

Significance

Communities across the nation are acting on or developing ambitious plans to change systems and structures to improve health and community wellness.
 
The Georgia Health Policy Center is the national coordinating center for Bridging for Health, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The goal of Bridging for Health is to improve population health by re-balancing and aligning investments, while fostering linkages among multisector stakeholders. Bridging for Health hopes to foster connections among multiple sectors that impact health, including health care, public health, social services, business, schools, housing, and others. Bridging for Health focuses on: Innovations in Financing, Collaboration & Collective Impact, and Population health and health equity
 
The center works with selected states, regions, and communities that are pursuing innovations in policy, health care delivery, and financing mechanisms that improve outcomes, and rebalance and align investments in health. Examples of such innovations might include pay for success or social impact bonds, wellness trusts, and Delivery System Reform Incentive Payments (DSRIPS).
Sites will be provided: Technical Assistance, Evaluation Support, Resources for convenings, core functions, or special projects, and Opportunities for peer learning and exchange

Goals and Key Strategies

GOAL 1: Organizational Capacity Development

  • Key Strategy 1.1: Complete formal assessment and technical assistance plan.
STATUS: Complete - In coordination with the GHPC Technical Assistance team and MiHIA Bridging for Health, the Formative Assessment and Scope of Work/Services Plan has been completed.
 
  • Key Strategy 1.2: MiHIA representative(s) will participate in available GHPC peer learning opportunities.
STATUS: In Progress- MiHIA Bridging for Health team members engage in available peer learning and development opportunities, including participation in the February 2018 Reverse Site Visit held in Atlanta, Georgia. In March 2018, MiHIA hosted a Stakeholder Advisory Group learning session focused on "Innovation in Financing." The team participates in ongoing technical assistance (TA) and peer meetings when available.
  
  • Key Strategy 1.3: Completion of priority and strategy identification, planning and initiation of pilot that focuses on system change, including funding mechanism and sustainability
STATUS: In-Progress - MiHIA has identified it's funding strategy as Health and Well-Being Fund, and Generation I strategy as expansion of virtual DPP throughout MiHIA's 14-counties. As the Fund moves into Generations II and III, additional chronic disease prevention interventions will be identified. 
 

GOAL 2: Stakeholder Meetings/Events

  • Key Strategy 2.1: Convene and facilitate Steering Team Meetings.
STATUS: In Progress- On-going monthly meetings are held with the MiHIA Bridging for Health team and GHPC Technical Assistance team
 
  • Key Strategy 2.2: Identify and convene key stakeholders for site visits with Bridging for Health
STATUS: Complete - MiHIA hosted the Bridging for Health team and community leaders for two site visits (August 2017 and November 2017), during which participants selected the financing mechanism (Health and Well-being Fund) and the intervention topics for implementation (addressing chronic disease prevention)
  
  • Key Strategy 2.3: Develop list of key stakeholder partnerships to implement intervention, with Steering Team and Evaluator. Interviews scheduled and conducted.
STATUS: Complete - The Bridging for Health team identified and conducted stress testing with multiple representatives from various sectors across the region. Feedback was collected, analyzed, and incorporated accordingly into the strategy plans.
 
  • Key Strategy 2.4: Select focus area of the pilot, and develop a program plan for implementation
STATUS: In Progress- MiHIA Bridging for Health team identified intervention for Generation I to be a 14-county regional virtual DPP intervention, noting the focus of the Health & Well-Being Fund is addressing chronic disease prevention. Implementation plan is currently under development.
 
 

GOAL 3: Expert Engagement, Communication Development 

  • Key Strategy 3.1: Communications materials developed and disseminated based upon approved plan.      
STATUS: In-Progress - Necessary materials are developed and disseminated as need is identified 
 
  • Key Strategy 3.2: Communications materials developed and disseminated based upon chosen pilot strategy and implementation plan.  
STATUS: In-Progress - Necessary materials are developed and disseminated as need is identified 
 
  • Key Strategy 3.3: Communications materials developed and disseminated based upon chosen pilot financing strategy
STATUS: In-Progress - Necessary materials are developed and disseminated as need is identified 
 
  • Key Strategy 3.4: Communications materials developed to effectively communicate the milestones and results of the pilot strategy and pilot financing strategy, and disseminated in accordance with approved plan
STATUS: Not Started - Materials will be identified, developed, and disseminated upon start of implementation of Generation I pilot strategy
 
  • Key Strategy 3.5: Set benchmarks related to ROI, reach, outcomes based on guidance from subject matter experts
STATUS: Not Started - Benchmarks will be determined, monitored, and reported upon start of implementation of Generation I pilot strategy

Partners

  • Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC)
  • Bay County Health Department
  • Central Michigan University, including the Interdisciplinary Center for Community Health & Wellness 
  • MiHIA, including staff and Board of Director Treasurer

Tools & Resources

Learn More

Please contact the Project Coordinator for additional information or resources not listed. 
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