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A REIMAGINED CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE The annual RISE Summit on Social Determinants of Health will become a hybrid event this spring. Here’s everything you need to know about the June event.
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THE LATEST NEWS
Social determinants of health funding included in COVID-19 omnibus bill
An innovative home-based outpatient therapy model for geriatrics saves money, boosts patient satisfaction
CMS issues new SDoH guidance for states to improve beneficiary health outcomes and lower costs
What Americans really think about social determinants of health
SDoH in the news: Behavioral health most common treatment in telehealth; Pharmacy deserts linked to vulnerable communities; and more
Key takeaways from the first meeting of the SDOH Community’s Across the Ecosystem User Group
CMS final rule offers fast-track path for seniors to get access to latest medical technology
Latest data reinforces racial/ethnic disparities persist in COVID-19 vaccination rates
AHIMA releases 2020 SDoH survey results
BCBSA, Feeding America partner to drive education of COVID-19 vaccination
Surgeon General releases first report on importance of community health
SDoH in the news: Children’s mental health claims doubled amid pandemic; Health equity medical school curriculum found to improve understanding of SDoH; and more
How an emergency department social medicine team can improve care for complex needs
How to accelerate SDOH interventions: Insights from RISE’s webinar on social risk analytics TransUnion Healthcare
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Letter From the Chair
FUNDING ON THE HORIZON
Funding, funding, and FUNDING! As the SDoH space further expands more wholistic programs in health and mental health, mandates continue for funding at federal, state, and local levels. Entities across every sector are seeking to secure dollars that mitigate care gaps, whether solo efforts or cross-sector collaborations. It is a full-time effort to remain informed about current grants and funding initiatives. Health and language literacy are major factors to impact current health disparities, including COVID-19 vaccination rates, and play a critical role in longer term prevention and wellness efforts. A recent Brookings report underscores the importance of communication on health outcomes and the ways in which communication sets a vital tone for defining trusting relationships between populations and their providers. Yet, too often, “Distrust and poor communication related to racial and cultural differences” invade even the best intended efforts to ensure quality care. Challenges related to systematic racism and implicit and more explicit bias impede best efforts to address health (and behavioral health) disparities and attain wholistic health equity. New approaches are a must to enhance practitioner training, address gaps in population trust, and promote greater attention to both health literacy and language proficiency needs of patients. In a push to advance health literacy, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Minority Health is offering $250 million in grants for programs
to provide COVID-19 vaccinations and safety information to underserved populations. The Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19 initiative will fund upwards of 30 projects in urban communities and 43 projects in rural communities for two years. Health literacy grants will go to communities that partner with CBOs to reach the most at-risk persons, including racial and ethnic minority, rural, and other vulnerable groups.
The impact of COVID-19 on rural communities is a key focus of recent grants. The Center for Rural Pennsylvania is awarding grants to those entities focused on economy, education, vaccines, testing, treatment, and prevention to rural regions across the state. The Rural Health Information hub site offers further insight to the funding opportunity.
Grant and Funding Resources: Wait There’s More! Over the years I’ve compiled a robust list of funding efforts targeting the SDoH and MH. We at RISE recognize not all organizations have a grant specialist at their disposal.In our efforts to expand the wealth of knowledge at your fingertips,
this online resource will be an added feature for the SDoH community. The information will foster your abilities to access vital dollars to grow your programming, foster community investment, and ensure wholistic population-health management for all. I look forward to seeing everyone at The RISE Summit on Social Determinants of Health on June 14-15, 2021 with pre-conference workshops taking place on Friday, June 11! This will be your opportunity to directly connect across sectors with industry experts and model programs, plus those new to the SDoH world. Whether you attend in-person or virtually, this year’s hybrid event will provide opportunities to roll up your sleeves and engage, learn, plan, and envision your next steps. In the meantime, take full advantage of your membership in RISE’s SDoH Community to stay informed on the latest happenings. For now, stay safe and take good care!
Ellen Fink-Samnick MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CCTP, CMHIMP, CRP, DBH(s) Social Determinants of Health Community Chair The RISE Association
RISE SDoH Community Exclusive: Funding opportunities targeting social determinants of health
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Top 5 features
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This year’s hybrid event June 14-15, 2021 with pre-conference workshops taking place on Friday, June 11 will bring together cross-sectional thought leaders who aim to drive change in the transition to value-based care. Whether attending in-person in Nashville or virtually via livestream, community-based organizations (CBOs), payers, hospitals/ health systems, funders, and manufacturers or government entities will have two-and-a-half jam-packed days to discuss actionable and scalable solutions to address social determinants of health (SDoH) and achieve better outcomes for the most vulnerable populations. After a historic year, The RISE Summit on Social Determinants of Health will be the premier meeting for professionals in the SDoH space to benchmark best practices, hear insights from SDoH changemakers, and forge cross-sector partnerships. “The spirit of collaboration in the SDoH space was fierce pre-pandemic but is sheer electricity at this point,” said Conference Chair Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CCTP, CMHIMP, CRP, DBH(c). “Everyone is looking to take the lessons learned in 2020 and develop strategic opportunities for the future. The opportunity for attendees to engage through the hybrid experience will yield partnerships that advance programs and their funding streams through service provision that attains health and mental health equity.” Attendees will be able to choose whether to attend the summit in-person in Nashville or virtually via livestream, with both attendance options providing the same esteemed speaker line-up, topnotch content, networking opportunities, and more. Here’s a sneak peak at the top five features of this year’s event:
1. Five key conference themes The content and sessions presented throughout this year’s summit will integrate timely themes critical to address SDoH in 2021 and beyond. The major themes include:
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unding streams F Leveraging data and analytics The impact of COVID-19 SDoH innovation and case studies
2. Virtual preconference workshops Prior to the main conference on June 14-15, there will be a virtual workshop day on Friday, June 11, which will be open to all attendees regardless of whether they plan to attend in-person or virtually. The three workshops will be led by industry thought leaders and will cover a range of topics related to SDoH, including: • T he Roadmap to Showing ROI with Kimberly Dull, manager, community engagement operational performance, Novant Health; Jacob Reider, M.D., CEO, Alliance for Better Health; and Eleanor Baeber, UnitedHealthcare • Data Enthusiasts Working Group– The Intersection of Population Health, SDoH, and All Things in Between led by Anna Wetherbee, principal, technology innovation and integration, Blue Shield of California; and Andy McMahon, vice president, health and human services,
“The spirit of collaboration in the SDoH space was fierce prepandemic but is sheer electricity at this point”
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UnitedHealthcare Community & State • C BO Readiness Bootcamp with Barbara Crider, executive director, York County Community Action; Jane Pirsig, member consultant, Alliance for Strong Families & Communities; and Kristen Daugherty, LCSW, MBA, chief executive officer, Emergence Health Network
3. Case example insights The event will showcase concurrent case study presentations, allowing attendees to hear first-hand examples from industry experts and gain critical tactics to implement SDoH initiatives. In a funding case example, Adrienne Bradley, director, community impact, ProMedica, will present a case study on partnering between funding/community organizations to create a greater collective impact with a spotlight on the Ebeid neighborhood promise.
conversations on a variety of topics related to SDoH. Panel topics will include: • T he impact of COVID-19 on SDoH programs and how to forge ahead • Public/private partnerships at the state level and working hand-in-hand to serve vulnerable populations • The intersection of sustainability and care delivery and innovative funding mechanisms and payment models • Perspectives on SDoH innovation and what’s on the horizon
5. Cross-sector networking opportunities Each day of the summit will offer in-person attendees and virtual attendees several opportunities to network with other attendees, speakers, and solutions providers.
Humana’s Caraline Coats, vice president of bold goal and population health strategy, and Dr. Andrew Renda, associate vice president of population health, will share a case study on listening to members and leveraging analytics to address SDoH. During a spotlight on food access, attendees will hear how one health system is fostering cross-sectoral collaboration to reduce upstream causes of illnesses from April Schetler, MS, RD, FAND, AVP, community health engagement, Virtua Health. Attendees will learn about an SDoH partnership in action from Derek Bergsten, chief, Rockford Fire Department, and Ann Gantzer, vice president, patient services, Swedish American Hospital, who will provide a spotlight on a successful cross-sector collaboration in Rockford, Ill.
4. Hot-button panel discussions The main conference will include four panel discussions between leading experts, sparking lots of timely 6
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“attendees will hear how one health system is fostering cross-sectoral collaboration to reduce upstream causes of illnesses”
Attendees in-person in Nashville will have the opportunity to engage in face-toface hallway conversations and socially distanced breaks, lunches, and receptions compliant with CDC guidelines, including an evening networking reception following the first main day of the conference. Those attending virtually via live stream will have access to RISE’s exclusive virtual networking lobby where they can turn on their cameras and participate in small groups of up to eight people or one-on-one at a private table with other virtual attendees. The RISE Summit on Social Determinants of Health will be held as a hybrid event on June 14-15, 2021, with virtual preconference workshops on Friday, June 11. Click here to learn more, including registration and attendance details.
A REIMAGINED CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE
What exactly does a hybrid event entail? Here’s your one-stop guide for what to expect at the June 2021 event. The annual RISE Summit on Social Determinants of Health will be one event with two experiences this year. To meet each attendee’s comfort level, RISE will offer two ways to attend the summit on June 13-15, including in-person in Nashville or virtually via live stream. While discussing the conversion of live events to virtual ones amid the pandemic and the evolution of the new hybrid model in a recent podcast episode of RISE Radio, RISE Managing Director Ellen Wofford spoke about the importance of an equal conference experience for in-person and virtual attendees and the value it can add to the RISE Summit on Social Determinants of Health in particular. “These are folks in public health; they are vaccinated already at this point. Folks who work for community-based
organizations who have been on the frontlines the whole time, they’re ready to get together and convene again. That being said, there are some Medicare Advantage plans and some health plans who are under travel bans. So, we really have developed a model that we feel, if they can’t travel, they are going to see the same things,” she said, noting the parallels in-person and virtual attendees will experience throughout the event from engaging with live speakers to forging partnerships in a networking reception.
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Here’s what the hybrid model will look like for both attendance experiences:
Featured content and sessions Both attendance options will deliver the exact same top-notch content and engaging sessions. Plus, at the conclusion of the event, in-person and virtual attendees will also receive access to the on-demand library of recordings to view any conference sessions they may have missed during the event or would like to playback. Providing the same content regardless of how people choose to attend the event, ticket price is the same for in-person attendance in Nashville and virtual attendance via live stream.
Speaker lineup The conference will feature a well-balanced mix of in-person speakers and speakers presenting from their home offices. As in-person attendees engage with speakers throughout presentations and live Q&A sessions, virtual attendees will be just as involved by using the virtual platform to interact with panelists, provide feedback, and ask questions.
As in-person attendees engage with speakers throughout presentations and live Q&A sessions, virtual attendees will be just as involved Networking opportunities To offer much-needed cross-sector collaboration, attendees will enjoy ample networking opportunities, both in-person and virtually. In-person attendees will be able to return to face-to-face networking during socially distanced breaks and receptions with other attendees, speakers, and solutions providers. All networking opportunities will be compliant with CDC guidelines, including individually wrapped appetizers and more!
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But virtual attendees won’t miss out on any of the networking fun. With access to RISE’s exclusive virtual networking lobby, virtual attendees will be able partake in the same level of across-the-ecosystem collaboration with one another but from the comfort of their homes. Rest assured, this is no Zoom meeting! In the lobby, participants will be able to turn on their cameras, hop around small table discussions of up to eight people, and create one-on-one conversations at a private table.
Exhibit Hall experience There will be a socially distanced Exhibit Hall in Nashville where in-person attendees can shop new solutions from leading service providers, reconnect with familiar faces, and watch product demos. Virtual attendees will receive the same benefits in the virtual Exhibit Hall, where they can schedule one-on-one appointments, live chat with vendors, and download product resources. Click here to listen the full podcast episode with RISE Managing Director Ellen Wofford. The RISE Summit on Social Determinants of Health will be offered as a hybrid event on June 13-15 in Nashville and streaming online, with virtual preconference workshops on Friday. Click here for more information, including registration and attendance details.
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