Some patients’ lives are so complicated by trauma, poverty and other social problems that routine conditions like diabetes and asthma regularly turn into $10,000 hospital visits. America’s health care leaders have spent years trying to help this small but costly group of patients. What have they learned?
Guests:
Jeff Brenner, MD, CEO, The Jewish Board
Arthur Brown, Client, Camden Coalition
Amy Finkelstein, PhD, Professor of Economics, MIT; Co-Scientific Director, J-PAL North America
Allison Hamblin, MSPH, President and CEO, Center for Health Care Strategies
Paula Lantz, PhD, Professor of Health Policy, University of Michigan
Larry Moore, Client, Camden Coalition
Kathleen Noonan, JD, President and CEO, Camden Coalition
Dottie Scott, Community Health Worker, Camden Coalition
Brian Thompson, Housing Coordinator, Camden Coalition
Leslie Walker, Senior Producer/Reporter, Tradeoffs
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