Podcast #3: Collaborating with Your Community to Address Social Determinants of Health

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Learn how a small MN CAH formed non-traditional community partners in order to address food insecurity to improve population health. Also, learn about the Integrated Health Partnership (IHP) and how it allows health care professionals the freedom to drive local innovation and improve the health of their community.

Podcast Guests:

Alicia Bauman, Community Health Director, Lakewood Health System, Staples, MNAlicia has over 15 years of experience in leading and managing community health initiatives that focus on improving the health of populations through community-based strategies. Alicia leads initiatives that focus on addressing complex factors that impact health at individual and system levels. Alicia has experience leveraging community and clinical data for designing and implementing impactful systems and environmental strategies to improve health.  Alicia has an undergraduate degree in Community Health and an MBA in Rural Health Care Administration. Watch the short video to see LHS food insecurity work in action!

Mat Spaan, MPA, Manager, Care Delivery & Payment Reform, Minnesota Department of Human ServicesMat Spaan, MPA, has worked with the state of Minnesota since 2008 in implementing and developing health policy and payment reform initiatives, with his most recent work managing care delivery and payment activities within the state’s Medicaid program. Since 2013, one of his primary roles is as lead on Minnesota’s Medicaid ACO demonstration, known as the Integrated Health Partnerships (IHP) program, and the development of value-based purchasing in Medicaid. Mat’s previous state projects have included the development of the state’s All-Payer Claims Database and planning director overseeing the creation of a hospital and physician clinic cost and quality comparison tool. Prior to joining the state, he’s held several interesting positions in the private and nonprofit sectors, including as a manager with a national health advocacy organization, an organizer for a neighborhood arts and economic development nonprofit in New Orleans, and as a boat captain on Lake Michigan. Mat earned his Master of Public Administration degree from the University of New Orleans.

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