Join Health Affairs for free virtual events in March! This month, we will host conversations with Seth Berkowitz, Carole Johnson, David Kindig, John Mullahy, and Sanne Magnan.
Journal Club: "Evaluating a Nonemergency Medical Transportation Benefit for Accountable Care Organization Members"
The centerpiece of the March Journal Club meeting is "Evaluating A Nonemergency Medical Transportation Benefit For Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Members." In the paper, appearing in the March 2022 issue of Health Affairs, the authors examine how participants in one ACO associated with a large academic health system use and rate its transportation benefit, and what effects it has had on costs, access, and health outcomes.
Please join Seth Berkowitz, an assistant professor in the Division of General Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, at the University of
North Carolina School of Medicine, on March 22 for a detailed discussion of the paper’s data, methods, and conclusions. Health Affairs Senior Editor Kathleen Haddad will host.
Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Eastern) Place: Online details will be shared with registrants 24 hours in advance of the event
Policy Spotlight with HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson
Join us for a March Policy Spotlight when Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil hosts a one-on-one discussion with Carole Johnson, the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration at the US Department of Health and Human Services.
Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2022 Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Eastern) Place: Online details will be shared with registrants 24 hours in advance of the event
Lunch and Learn: Population Health’s Next Big Question: Where Would You Put The Money?
The field of population health management starts with the idea that there is an optimal balance of investments in the multiple determinants of health (e.g., behavior, environment, socioeconomic status, medical care) to maximize overall health outcomes at the population level.
In their recent Forefront piece, "Can The Population Health "Fantasy Equation" Be Solved? Does It Need To Be?", David Kindig and John Mullahy of the
University of Wisconsin, Madison, ask: Why is it so hard to develop a so-called ‘fantasy equation’ that might allow us to define that optimal balance of investments with any precision?
They describe the many factors that make it so hard to implement comprehensive population health strategies in practice, and provide a roadmap that accounts for the seeming impossibility of developing such an equation.
Join us on March 30 when Health Affairs Deputy Editor Rob Lott hosts David Kindig and John Mullahy, as well as Sanne Magnan, senior fellow at the
HealthPartners Institute and former Minnesota Commissioner of Health, for a discussion of the Forefront article and the future of the field of population health.
Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (Eastern) Place: Online details will be shared with registrants 24 hours in advance of the event
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