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Date and Location

March 4, 2021
4:30 PM - 5:45 PM ET
Online

Contact

617-495-9379
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New health care policies, including the most recent Medicaid redesign in Massachusetts, have incentivized the creation of partnerships between health care and community-based organizations (CBOs). Such partnerships are thought to be an important strategy to address “upstream” causes of poor health among Medicaid beneficiaries, including unstable housing and poor nutrition. Although much has been written about the potential value of these partnerships to health care organizations, much less is known about how CBOs perceive these policy changes and their organizational impact.


The session will elaborate on Lauren Taylor’s recent paper with Elena Byhoff, “Money Moves the Mare,” which explores a strategic tension faced by CBOs in deciding how to respond to new Medicaid incentives. The findings are drawn from interviews with 45 community-based organization leaders in Massachusetts.  
The authors find that CBOs value their autonomy and distinctiveness but are also adapting their organizations to fit within the expectations of health care organization partners.  This panel discussion will highlight the CBO perspective, providing provocative insights and helpful paths for health care organizations to better understand current and future partners. Three community-based organization leaders will comment, react, and share their own experience.
Moderator:• Alexandra Schweitzer, Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy SchoolSpeakers:
Lauren Taylor, PhD, MDiv, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Samantha Morton, CEO, MLPB (formerly Medical-Legal Partnership of Boston)
Christina Sieber, Vice President for Planning and Institutional Advancement, Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD)
Jean Terranova, Director of Food and Health Policy, Community Servings

Speakers and Presenters

​Alexandra Schweitzer, Senior Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School; Lauren Taylor, PhD, MDiv, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Samantha Morton, CEO, MLPB (formerly Medical-Legal Partnership of Boston); Christina Sieber, Vice President for Planning and Institutional Advancement, Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD); Jean Terranova, Director of Food and Health Policy, Community Servings

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