Partners

We work with courageous organizations across the spectrum of health care and social care, from those that fund and support community and public health to those that deliver and pay for health care and human services. We consider our clients partners. And we’ve helped client-partners work within and across sectors to move upstream — quickly, effectively, and equitably. 

Read more about our range of services for health systems, foundations, associations, human-services organizations, health plans, and self-insured employers.

Contact us to learn more about how we can help.

Health Systems

Past and present partners include:

  • Providence St. Joseph Health
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • American Hospital Association

Payers & Employers

Past and present partners include:

  • CMS Accountable Health Communities (CMS) Model
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Inland Empire Health Plan
  • NBCU Comcast

Foundations

Past and present partners include:

  • Blue Shield of California Foundation
  • The Commonwealth Fund
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Foundation

Physician Groups

Past and present partners include:

  • American Medical Association (AMA)
  • America’s Physician Groups
  • Mt. Sinai Health System
  • MSO of Puerto Rico

Place-Based Collaboratives

Past and present partners include:

  • California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative (CACHI)
  • Communities Lifting Communities
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Foundation

Community-Based Organizations

Past and present partners include:

  • YMCA of the USA
  • 2-1-1 San Diego
  • Health Systems

    Past and present partners include:

    • Providence St. Joseph Health
    • Kaiser Permanente
    • American Hospital Association
  • Payers & Employers

    Past and present partners include:

    • CMS Accountable Health Communities (CMS) Model
    • Kaiser Permanente
    • Inland Empire Health Plan
    • NBCU Comcast
  • Foundations

    Past and present partners include:

    • Blue Shield of California Foundation
    • The Commonwealth Fund
    • Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Foundation
  • Physician Groups

    Past and present partners include:

    • American Medical Association (AMA)
    • America’s Physician Groups
    • Mt. Sinai Health System
    • MSO of Puerto Rico
  • Place-Based Collaboratives

    Past and present partners include:

    • California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative (CACHI)
    • Communities Lifting Communities
    • Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Foundation
  • Community-Based Organizations

    Past and present partners include:

    • YMCA of the USA
    • 2-1-1 San Diego

Partner Success Stories

How Learning Collaboratives Can Help Health Systems Move Upstream

The good news is that vanguard health systems are teaching us that an effective, exciting way to make the transformation is through goal-directed learning collaboratives.

September 2019: Leading health systems tackle the structural determinants of health

Moving from social needs to structural determinants can seem overwhelming. But there are manageable ways to start making an impact.

Better Upstream Strategic Thinking: Lessons from the Field

This webinar presents real-world challenges and insights from a series of case studies and offers recommendations for healthcare leaders who seek to improve the way their organizations think and act on the path upstream.

HealthBegins has given us context, education, and tools to help launch our work in social determinants of health at the health plan level. Their team has been invaluable.

Jennifer Sayles, MD

Chief Medical Officer,
Inland Empire Health Plan

Our partnership with HealthBegins has been incredibly valuable since day one. They are amazing thought leaders, excellent at collaboration building and have impressive attention to detail.

Senior Director of Population Health of a State Hospital Association

I highly recommend the chance to work with the HealthBegins team. You will join a network of pioneers trailblazing to better connect health and the practice of medicine to upstream issues.

Steven Chen, MD

Medical Director,
Hayward Wellness

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