Healthcare entities and social services providers are increasingly recognizing the importance of partnerships among historically siloed sectors to address health-related social needs (HRSNs). While the number of community-based organizations (CBOs) and community care hubs (CCHs) pursuing contracting relationships with healthcare organizations is increasing, CBOs and CCHs can experience challenges entering into contracting arrangements with the healthcare sector.
Healthcare Guide to Contracting with CBOs is a toolkit intended to address essential elements of contracting between health care and community partners and feature leading practices from the field and was developed with extensive input from CBOs, health plans, and health systems. While these resources were developed for a healthcare audience, CBOs, CCHs, and other health and social care ecosystem stakeholders will benefit from understanding how healthcare organizations approach the contracting process.
All resource guides in the contracting toolkit, along with recordings and slides from accompanying webinars, can be found below:
- Addressing the Complex Needs of Older Adults Through Strong CBO and Health Plan Partnerships (Partnered w/ The Better Care Playbook)
- Resource – Partnerships with Community-Based Organizations: Opportunities for Health Plans to Create Value
- Webinar recording
- Webinar slides
- Designing the payment structure: A health plan’s guide to paying CBOs & CCHs for social care
- Resource – A Health Plan’s Guide to Paying CBOs for Social Care
- Webinar recording
- Webinar slides
- Defining core activities: Developing an effective scope of work for contracted partners
- Resource – A Health Plan’s Guide to Developing CBO Contract Scopes of Work
- Resource – SOW Checklist
- Webinar recording
- Webinar slides
- Operationalizing contracts: Improving contracting implementation and collaboration
- Resource – Operationalizing Contracts: How Payers Can Improve Collaboration with Community-Based Organizations
- Resource – Joint Operating Committee template
- Webinar recording
- Webinar slides