Reducing the Rural/Urban Health Disparities in Nebraska

Reducing the Rural/Urban Health Disparities in Nebraska

Join us for a presentation discussing ALIGN, a state effort in Nebraska involving a coalition of Accountable Care Organizations and the University of Nebraska College of Public Health to reduce rural/urban health disparities and reverse Nebraska’s multi-decade slide in America’s Health Rankings. The effort aligns multiple physician networks in Nebraska using an accredited quality improvement curriculum which utilizes clinical quality measures that are embedded in value-based purchasing contracts such as the Medicare Shared Savings Program or Blue Cross Blue Shield’s ACO contracts. This year’s initiative will include both a Maternal Child Health curriculum including Well Child Check measures and Peripartum Depression Screening, and an Adult Health Curriculum aligning with measures in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
 

Bob Rauner, MD, MPH splits his time between 2 jobs, Chief Medical Officer of OneHealth Nebraska ACO and President of Partnership for a Heathy Lincoln, as well as serving on the board of directors for both Lincoln Public Schools and the Nebraska Association of School Boards. Bob received his undergraduate degree in philosophy at Creighton University, his medical degree at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and his master of public health degree at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  He started his medical career as a family physician serving rural and underserved communities for 15 years, and then transitioned into health leadership and policy roles after finishing his MPH in 2010.