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Jul 20, 2026
Medicaid Programs
Recently, a friend of mine arrived for a routine dental appointment expecting a simple visit. Instead, he learned that because of a recent move, the state had administratively reassigned him to a different Medicaid health plan.
Insights
Perspectives from the front lines of health care improvement — on the evidence, ideas and partnerships shaping what comes next.
Behavioral Health
Addressing Substance Use in the Working Population
In the United States, an estimated 11 million people struggle with substance use disorder (SUD). More commonly referred to as addiction, SUD is a complex medical condition where a person is unable to control their use of a substance even when it is negatively impacting their life.
Quality Improvement
Person-Directed Care: A New Way of Thinking
As a practice coach, I have been teaching and preaching the virtues of patient-centered care in primary care settings for over a decade. Patient-centered care is a method intended to improve health outcomes, patient, provider and staff satisfaction, and the bottom line.
Health ITQuality Improvement
Three Ways Health Care Organizations Can Use Data to Promote Health Equity
Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. Achieving health equity requires dismantling the systems that prevent everyone from achieving health equity and building more equitable systems in partnership with the communities we serve.
Maternal Health
Better Maternal Health Means Providing Better Care Before Pregnancy
Sara will be moderating the panel discussion “Using Linked Health Data Sets for Population Health Science” at the National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO) annual conference , Sept. 28-30, 2021.
Health ITMedicaid Programs
Building Successful Vendor Relationships
We recently sat down with Comagine Health’s director of Health IT Consulting, Nick Faulkner, to talk about how state and federal agencies can build successful collaborative relationships with vendors. Nick will be taking part in a panel discussion of the topic at the State Healthcare IT Connect Summit , May 17-21, 2021.
Maternal HealthMedicaid Programs
Improving Postpartum Maternal Health in Oregon
For many mothers, the postpartum period may be the most medically complex stage of pregnancy. More than half of maternal deaths occur during the postpartum period defined as one day to one year after delivery.
Behavioral HealthQuality Improvement
Behavioral Health Integration Bridges the Gap Between Mind and Body
Five years ago, I had a family member struggling with depression. The medication they had been taking wasn’t effective anymore.
Quality Improvement
On the Path to Equity: The Partnership to Advance Tribal Health
Health care delivery systems in the United States, like many other institutions, have not yet realized equitable outcomes — or even equity — in the processes of delivery or payment of care, but for my entire career I’ve witnessed valiant efforts to those ends. Over the past three years, Comagine Health (as HealthInsight) has been the lead organization for a contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to engage with the Indian Health Service (IHS) to improve health and health care for American Indian and Alaska Native people.
Quality Improvement
How do we change the world? Together.
In a presentation last year, I had to say what the mission of the newly formed Comagine Health (formerly HealthInsight and Qualis Health) was before our new board had finalized it. As the exact text was under development, I summarized that basically, they just want us to change the world.