Health Policy: The Road to Value-Based Care -

The final issue of 2019 focuses on Health Policy.

What is the “Road to Value?” In this latest issue of the Delaware Journal of Public Health, Guest Editor Dr. Kara Odom Walker, Secretary of the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services has brought together articles that support and enhance primary care in Delaware. We also take this opportunity to share with you peer-reviewed articles on nutrition and homelessness as a social determinant of health.

Article 1. In this Issue: The Road to Value
Omar A. Khan, MD, MHS and Timothy E. Gibbs, MPH

Article 2. Guest Editor
Kara Odom Walker, MD, MPH, MSHS

Article 3. Delaware Needs to Act to Save Primary Care
David Bentz

Article 4. Investing in Primary Care: A Work in Progress
Nancy Fan, MD

Article 5. The Relationship Between Food Deserts, Farmers’ Markets, Nutrition Benefits, and Health in Delaware Census Tracts; 2017
Macred Gbenro, Jr., BS, MPH; Andrea M. Brace, PhD, CHES; and Todd L. Matthews, PhD

Article 6. The Unintended Consequences of Medicare Observation Status
Jennifer N. Goldstein, MD, MSc

Article 7. Moving Delaware Medicaid to Value: Leveraging Contracts as Policy Tools
Stephen Groff; Steven Constantino; Elizabeth J. Brown, MD, MSHP

Article 8. Understanding the Success Behind Maryland’s Model
Madeline Jackson-Fowl and Willem Daniel

Article 9. Six Delaware Community-Based Organizations Receive Mini-Grants to Reduce Infant and Maternal Mortality
Kara Odom Walker, MD, MPH, MSHS

Article 10. Primary Care Spending in Delaware: Qualitative Features for Innovation
Charles G. Jose, MD, MPH and Yalda Jabbarpour, MD

Article 11. Measuring and Increasing Investment in Primary Care: Delaware Marches On
Christopher F. Koller

Article 12. Align and Invest for Impact with Our Communities
Karyl T. Rattay, MD, MS; Rita Landgraf; Stuart Comstock-Gay