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Proving That Value-Based Care Can “Bend the Cost Curve”

Results of a Pediatrics study indicate that Partners for Kids successfully improved the value of pediatric health care over time through cost containment, while maintaining quality of care.

Redetermination: Some Families Need to Re-Enroll in Medicaid

With the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, many people covered by Medicaid need to prove that they remain eligible for public health insurance. Nationwide Children’s and its partners are working to get the word out.

“Roving” Vaccine Clinics Help Children Catch Up on Immunizations

Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s efforts to address the decrease in pediatric vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, through “roving” vaccine clinics and a primary care text reminder system, were among the winners of the Promoting Pediatric Primary Prevention Challenge.

What Effects Do Vaccine Policies Have?

COVID-19 has put a new spotlight on the ways vaccines are developed and distributed. In this column for The Columbus Dispatch, Abbie Roth, managing editor for science communication at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, takes a step back and explores what happens when governments require vaccination.

Why Some Children Could Lose Medicaid Coverage After COVID-19

When the current federal public health emergency ends, individual Medicaid eligibility must be “redetermined” for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. Children’s health advocates want to make sure that every child who should be covered by Medicaid remains covered.

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“The 614 for Linden” Proud to have Advanced the One Linden Community Plan

The City of Columbus joins the Linden community and community partners today for a community event at the Linden Community Center to celebrate The 614 for Linden, a collaborative to advance the One Linden Community plan. The collaborative is named for six nonprofits partnering with four community development financial institutions (CDFIs) to have a positive and significant impact on one neighborhood.

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Nationwide Foundation focusing on Columbus’ Linden neighborhood in 2020 Pediatric Innovation Fund gift to Nationwide Children’s Hospital

The latest $10 million gift to the Pediatric Innovation Fund, intended to help accelerate the hospital’s most promising clinical and research programs, will support the expansion of Nationwide Children’s Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families (HNHF) initiative into the Linden neighborhood of Columbus, as well as establish two endowed research chairs, and invest in perinatal and genomics research.

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Community Enrichment

Partnering with neighborhood and community stakeholders, HNHF works to support the social connections and the overall neighborhood experience for residents.

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PlayStreets

PlayStreets events are free block parties held every summer in the Linden and South Side communities. Each event features family-friendly activities, food trucks, music, inflatables, pettings zoos and more.