CareSource supports Cincinnati Children's fight against health … – Dayton Business Journal

A Dayton nonprofit is kicking off 2023 with an $800,000 donation to Cincinnati Children’s support equitable health outcomes. The donation will help reduce racial and socioeconomic equity gaps in a variety of clinical areas, including asthma, mental health conditions, premature birth and Type 1 diabetes.
Cincinnati Children’s and local kids will benefit from an $800,000 donation from CareSource to support equitable health outcomes by addressing racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities. Closing equity gaps in patient outcomes is a major drivers of improving overall pediatric health, and the donation will strive to close those gaps.
Cincinnati Children’s work on health equity is led by the Michael Fisher Child Health Equity Center and HealthVine.
HealthVine, a network of pediatric care providers and organizations backed by Cincinnati Children’s, provides care management, quality improvement, and utilization management for about 120,000 children and young adults with CareSource Medicaid insurance in eight Ohio counties – Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland, and Warren.
HealthVine combines internal data from Cincinnati Children’s with information gathered through CareSource to create innovative ideas for improvement in various areas.
“Funding will help us to move further faster and gives us space to think differently about how we deliver care,” said Dr. Andrew Beck, director of Population Health Research & Innovation at HealthVine, as well as faculty co-lead in the Fisher Center and an attending physician at Cincinnati Children’s.
The Fisher Center was established in November 2021 to address social, environmental and health care factors that influence child health so that all kids can reach their full potential and thrive.
Dr. Robert Kahn, the Cincinnati Children’s vice president who oversees the Fisher Center, said the work boosted by the CareSource funding would have a significant impact.
“Cincinnati Children’s is deeply committed to excellent health outcomes for every child,” Kahn said. “With the Fisher Child Health Equity Center, Health Vine and this generous support, we are poised to make tremendous strides for kids.”
CareSource is a nonprofit, nationally recognized managed care organization with over 2 million members. Headquartered in Dayton since its founding in 1989, CareSource administers one of the largest Medicaid managed care plans in the U.S. The organization offers health insurance, including Medicaid, Health Insurance Marketplace, Medicare Advantage and dual-eligible programs. Through its network of health plans, CareSource serves members in Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia.
The nonprofit posted $12.4 billion in revenue in 2021 and remains among the largest local employers with 3,100 area workers.
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