Program areas at Access Health
C3 Health is a community plan designed to provide Health benefits to the low-income working residents of muskegon county. C3 Health plan eligibility is based on the individual's level of percentage of poverty. C3 Health is a minimal essential coverage certified plan. Members of c3 Health are able to take advantage of specialized services such as Health coaching, biometrics testing, and Health courses tailored to individual need. Served approximately 318 members in the c3 helath plan.
Resilience zone the organization assisted in developing a pilot neighborhood-based process to confront upstream factors and core drivers, with community residents as catalysts for change to achieve Health equity. Within the zone, place-based interventions are implemented to help communities attain the long-term success our individual members have achieved. This is achieved by focusing on factors that enhance neighborhood and family resilience - food Access, education, employment, continuity of Health care, behavioral Health, and housing. Served approximately 5,000 members in the resilience zone program.
Muskegon community Health innovation region (chir) the community Health innovation region (chir) is a unique model for improving the wellbeing of a region and reducing unneccessary medical costs through collaboration and systems change. The chir engages a broad group of stakeholders to identify and address factors that affect resident's Health, such as housing, transportation, and food insecurity, as well as Access to high-quality medical care. The chir model creates a neutral space for partners to unite around a common vision, aligning their objectives and services to meet the needs of the community. The result is a community that is purposeful in its response to residents' needs, creating conditions that meaningfully support an individual's ability to have a higher, more productive quality of life. Served approximately 5,000 members in the chir program.
Access-mercy Health the organization operated a two-year pilot care coordination program to manage the care of mercy healths charitable care population. Within this pilot, patients were enrolled in a coverage program that provided a coordinated approach to care that allowed participants to appropriately Access mercy Health services including primary care, laboratory services, and prevention care. The phased implementation approach consisted of an initial launch in the in the muskegon mercy Health catchment area, where the infrastructure already existed, followed by a launch in grand rapids saint marys mercy Health catchment area. This allowed for the foundational refinement of core program elements while building the infrastructure and assessing the similarities and differences between the muskegon and grand rapids populations. The program ended in july 2021. Community benefit board initiative (cbbi) the organization is the subrecipient of a mercy Health community grant program t support the muskegon heights economic innovation project. The project primarily services muskegon heights, addressing priority areas of employment and income. The funding is used for planning and initial implementation of the muskegon heights economic opportunity initiative to expand Access to educational and job training, promote job readiness, and alleviate poverty and racial disparity. Health equity the organization is a subrecipient of a Health equity grant from Michigan public Health institute to reduce and eliminate covid-19 inequities in impacted and at-risk populations. The organizations role as the backbone organization (bbo) is to create a regional Health equity council comprised of resident and community organizations actively engages with michigans five minority populations. The Health equity council, with support of the bbo, develops and implements an action plan to address and reduce community priority risk factors and needs related to covid-19 and other root causes of Health inequity in the region. Served approximately 9 members under the Health equity program. Blue cross blue shield the organization provides services for a thirteen-month pilot to incorporate engagement, care management, Health coaching, and community alignment processes to bring community Health improvement (chi) processes to two defined populations: practice based population, which are primary care medical home patients, and place based population, which has a primary focus on the south heights resilience zone located in muskegon heights, mi. Within this population, the pilot will address barriers to Health improvement by addressing social cohesion, Health improvement and life-long success for zone residents. This program ended july 2022. Centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) the organization was the subrecipient of a cdc foundation grant to support partnering with national organizations and community-based organizations to increase vaccination coverage across different racial and ethnic adult populations currently experiencing disparities. The activities performed by the organization supported efforts to increase influenza and covid-19 vaccine confidence and uptake for adults in racial and/or ethnic populations experiencing disparities in the united states. Served approximately 4,000 members in the cdc program.