On Wednesday, June 21, Civitas Networks for Health members from across the country gathered virtually for our monthly all-member forum, Network News. This month, we shared network updates, highlighted upcoming events and member stories, and heard from Robby Franceschini, JD, MPH, Director of Policy at BluePath Health, and Daniel Stein, MPPM, MBA, President of Stewards of Change Institute, on “Promising Practices on Consent Management to Support Medicaid Transformation.”

On Wednesday, May 17, Civitas Networks for Health members from across the country gathered virtually for our monthly all-member forum, Network News. During this month’s meeting, we shared network updates, upcoming events, member highlights, and received a presentation from Civitas member West Health Institute (WHI). Our spotlight presentation featured Liane Wardlow, PhD, MS, who is the Senior Director of Clinical Research and Telehealth with WHI. Liane highlighted WHI’s collaboration with the University of Virginia (UVA) Department of Geriatrics and the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center (MARTC) in their co-creation of the Center of Excellence for Telehealth and Aging (CE4TA).

On Wednesday, March 15, Civitas Networks for Health members from across the country gathered virtually for our monthly all-member forum, Network News. During this month’s meeting, we shared network updates, member highlights, upcoming Civitas programming, and heard from our SDOH and Interoperability Workgroup and Health Data Research Workgroup. Our spotlight presentation featured Karen Johnson, Ph.D., who is the Vice President of Practice Advancement for the American Academy of Family Physicians. Karen highlighted AAFP’s work on advancing value-based payment and discussed the principles detailed in her recent opinion piece coauthored with Dr. Diane Rittenhouse, From Volume to Value: Progress, Rationale, and Guiding Principles.

On Wednesday, Feb. 15, Civitas Networks for Health members from across the country gathered virtually for our monthly all-member forum, Network News. During this month’s meeting, we shared network updates, member highlights, Civitas programming, and heard from our Government Relations and Advocacy Council and Digital Measures Workgroup. Our spotlight presentation came from Sara Hallvik, MPH, VP of Data Solutions at Comagine Health, who represents Civitas on the National Quality Forum’s Measure Applications Partnership (MAP) Coordinating Committee.