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The headlines are unavoidable and unambiguous; health care workforce shortages are at an all-time high. The COVID-19 pandemic and widespread burnout exacerbated existing scarcities in critical positions such as nurses, licensed behavioral health counselors, and...

Social connection is critical to health and well-being across the lifespan. Stakeholders can leverage several promising interventions to
address isolation.

How can existing health and equity funders play a more catalytic role in reducing health disparities? Our work with nonprofits, community leaders, and innovators offer some insights around where to lean in.

Caleb Allen is a Midwest guy. He was born in Illinois and although he grew up in Minnesota, he has always been a huge Chicago Cubs fan. Caleb returned to Illinois to purse an undergraduate degree in international relations and history from Wheaton College. Upon...

The concept of value-based payment in health care is, in simple terms, payment for care delivery should be tied to the quality of care rather than the volume of services provided. Numerous value-based – a.k.a. alternative payment models (APMs) – have been introduced...

Despite contingency management’s efficacy, the intervention is rarely available as part of community-based treatment due to murky interpretation of federal and state regulations that suggest government-funded health programs cannot provide financial incentives to beneficiaries and can often be set up in ways that trigger anti-kickback concerns.