Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust Primary Menu EQUITABLE HEALTH OUTCOMES Decreasing Health Disparities to Improve Health Outcomes We’re supporting systems-based solutions and empowering communities in North Carolina to eliminate health disparities. Why equitable health outcomes? Inequities in health outcomes—by race, class and geography—must be eliminated. Providing access to medical care by itself will not change these historic health inequities. That’s why we support meaningful progress to change the social determinants of health—the conditions outside the medical office, such as housing, transportation, and the built environment that impact health outcomes. Our Goals Utilize a value-based care environment to facilitate health improvement for financially disadvantaged North Carolinians. What we know: Because the health care system is undergoing a sweeping shift driven by rising costs, poor outcomes, and federal reform, it is moving away from traditional reimbursement methods built on individual payments for each medical service to a concept called value-based care. Value-based care transitions from a model that incentivizes tests and procedures to one that encourages health care providers to treat the whole person, to keep them healthy so they can live life to the fullest. What we do: We support system change efforts to better understand how value-based care is impacting health outcomes, as well as to engage low-income consumers in improving value-based systems of care. We promote innovative approaches to leveraging and improving these systems. We also increase the capacity of the health care safety net that treats North Carolina’s most vulnerable residents, and help safety net providers adjust to new payment models. Work with health systems to improve health outcomes for Medicaid and uninsured populations by addressing social drivers of health and well-being. What we know: Research increasingly shows us that social, economic and environmental factors are much greater drivers of health than what happens in the clinic and hospital. The health care system is undergoing a sweeping shift driven by rising costs, poor outcomes, and federal reform, and is moving away from traditional reimbursement methods built on individual payments for each medical service to a concept called value-based care. Value-based care is meant to encourage population health improvement and keep people out of the hospital. What we do: We support efforts to better understand the social determinants of health, as well as innovative approaches, such as value-based care, to helping health systems address these underlying drivers. We also support community-based efforts to collaborate between clinical providers and organizations that address social drivers of health and well-being. We also build the capacity of community-based organizations that help financially disadvantaged residents to understand and engage with the health care delivery system. Our Grantmaking Strategies We leverage a variety of strategies to advance our goals, across all programs, initiatives, and bodies of work. View Our Grantmaking Strategies Activating Change With Our Values We start by listening. Believe in communities. Engage unlikely partners. Employ a place-based approach. Believe equity is essential to everything we do. Focus on outcomes. Support scale and sustainability. Learn about our values Funding Opportunities Find out what we’re funding now. View All Funding Opportunities Recent Grants North Carolina Association of Free Clinics, Inc. General operating funds to support the health care safety net with a focus on uninsured residents during the transition to Medicaid managed care in North Carolina. April 2021 Equitable Health Outcomes $330,000 NC Institute of Medicine General operating funds to support the health care safety net and modernize local public health. April 2021 Equitable Health Outcomes $330,000 NC Child Programmatic funds to better understand the experiences of parents and children during the transition to Medicaid managed care. April 2021 Equitable Health Outcomes $412,704 View More Grants Related News NC Medicaid Beneficiaries Urged to Find Plans Under New Managed Care North Carolina residents who rely on Medicaid have until Sep. 30 to switch healthcare plans under the state’s new managed… Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Published on August 24, 2021 Health Department Funding Has Plummeted Over Decade; Columbus Not Alone For more than a decade, Columbus County women have had fewer and fewer affordable options to test themselves for breast… Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Published on April 28, 2021 NC Public Health Departments Called Overworked, Underfunded North Carolina has spent fewer and fewer dollars on public health over the past decade, and local health officials say… Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Published on March 11, 2021 View More Stories Our Team Program Officer Jason Baisden Program Officer Adam Linker Program Coordinator Alison Duncan Subscribe to our mailing list to receive occasional news and updates from the Trust. 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