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Posted in Healthy Communities Initiative Blog Series

Bridging the Health-Community Development Divide

Written by Build Healthy Places Staff on 02/28/2018

Community developers and health professionals often work in the same neighborhoods with the same residents, but they rarely work together in an integrated way to improve people’s

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Posted in Fast Facts

Fast Fact: More than $32 billion is spent on DSRIP in 8 states.

Written by Build Healthy Places Staff on 11/08/2016

This Fast Fact is part of a series in partnership with the Georgia Health Policy Center (GHPC), the national coordinating center for Bridging for Health: Improving Community Health Through Innovations in Financing, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Posted in Expert Insights

Age-Friendly Health Centers: A Proving Ground for Change

Written by Build Healthy Places Staff on 09/13/2016

Read the full Expert Insight series!

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Posted in Expert Insights

By How Much do Costs Need to be Reduced to Leverage True Health Transformation?

Written by Build Healthy Places Staff on 08/29/2016

This article first appeared on the Pew Charitable Trusts blog August 8, 2016.

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Posted in Featured (Resources)

Affordable Housing Reduces Medicad Costs, New Report Shows

Written by Build Healthy Places Staff on 03/03/2016

This press release first appeared on the Enterprise website February 25, 2016.

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Posted in Featured (Stories)

Using Medicaid for Assisted Living Can Cut Costs for All

Written by Build Healthy Places Staff on 06/09/2015

For many seniors, the thought of a nursing home is frightening—and dreaded. Assisted living communities can offer more autonomy, but often are out of reach financially because Medicare does not cover their services and Medicaid, the primary funder of long-term care, is limited in what it covers.

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