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A Community-Based Approach to Address Health Disparities Among African American Medicare Beneficiaries in Mississippi

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Aging in Community
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A look at the process and steps used to design two targeted community health worker interventions by emphasizing a communitybased, multidisciplinary approach.

By Timothy P. McNeill, Aaron Shirley, Erin Shirley Orey, Mohammed Shahbazi, Sandra C. Hayes, and Lorie Ramsey

In recent years, improving health outcomes and reducing healthcare expenditures for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries has become increasingly imperative. Several initiatives in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provide incentives to hospitals and medical providers to achieve the triple aim of improving the patient care experience, improving population health, and reducing the per capita cost of healthcare.

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