Findings on Sustainability Research Reported by Investigators at George Washington University (Financing The Infrastructure Of Accountable Communities For Health Is Key To Long-Term Sustainability)

2020 MAY 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Researchers detail new data in Sustainability Research. According to news reporting out of Washington, District of Columbia, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Accountable Communities for Health (ACHs) are collaborative partnerships spanning health, public health, and social services that seek to improve the health of individuals and communities by addressing social determinants of health such as housing, food security, employment, and transportation. ACHs require funding not only for programs and services but also for core infrastructure functions.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from George Washington University, “We conducted a legal and policy review to identify potential funding streams specifically for ACH infrastructure activities. We found multiple and credible options at the federal and state levels and in the public health, health insurance, and philanthropic and private sectors. Such options could support ACH infrastructure directly or through reimbursement for administrative costs associated with programmatic work. Yet we also found that there is no dedicated or explicit source of funding for these critical functions.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “For sustainable and long-term ACH support, policy makers and program administrators should clarify and define ACH infrastructure functions and, where appropriate, explicitly recognize supporting these functions as an allowable use of funds and facilitate their coordination across program funding streams.”

For more information on this research see: Financing The Infrastructure Of Accountable Communities For Health Is Key To Long-Term Sustainability. Health Affairs, 2020;39(4):670-678. Health Affairs can be contacted at: Project Hope, 7500 Old Georgetown Rd, Ste 600, Bethesda, MD 20814-6133, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting D.L. Hughes, George Washington University, Dept. of Health Policy and Management, Milken Institute, School of Public Health, Washington, DC 20052, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01581. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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