Blue Shield of California Foundation

The health initiativecontract # 1205the health initiative (thi) and manatt health have partnered with the Blue Shield of California foundation and the commonwealth fund under the banner of investing in health to (1) identify potential centers for medicare and medicaid services' (cms) policy/regulatory changes to address drivers of health (doh) and health equity, (2) test, refine, and create momentum around a subset of these changes, and (3) spur and support their execution. Today, cms has implemented (in full or part) 66 percent of the investing in health policy changes, most notably enacting the first-ever doh measures in federal payment/quality programs and authorizing new policy regarding use of "in lieu of services" to reimburse health-related social services through medicaid managed care.based on discussions with and requests by state medicaid programs and federal stakeholders, the thi/manatt team requests support to (1) sustain momentum relative to the doh measures for

Mathematica inc.contract 1170 - addressing and preventing intimate partner violence through medicaid policythe goal of this project is to continue mathematica's work to identify and analyze strategies for preventing and addressing intimate partner violence (ipv) through the medicaid program and to develop related policy recommendations. Mathematica will conduct landscape scans and produce issue briefs on key topics of interest to bscf:1. Strategies from other state medicaid agencies to address and prevent ipv;2. Best practices for including community health worker (chw) services as part of the development and implementation of California's state plan amendment;3. Risks and benefits to survivors of including referrals for ipv in closed-loop referral platforms, community information exchanges, and health information exchanges.to guide the project, mathematica will engage a stakeholder council comprised of individuals with lived experience, direct Service providers, leaders of

Daylight design llccontract 1249 - changing the conversation about domestic violence 2023 campaignthe consultant will assist the foundation in developing a journalists' playbook and domestic violence awareness month (dvam) campaign.consultant will research a handbook that helps California journalists cover domestic violence more effectively. They will also provide recommendations on dissemination and distribution channels. In addition, the consultant will generate, prototype, test, and evolve a range of dvam campaign concepts that help change public perceptions of domestic violence. They will also be defining and implementing impact evaluation strategies.consultant will conduct interviews with some of our desired audiences and collaborate with bscf and another consultant to develop a podcast series and disseminate it in october 2023 (dvam).