May 2018 Issue

On the Issues

New Program Aims to Protect and Improve Women’s Health Care

This February, Community Catalyst launched the Women’s Health Program, an exciting next step building upon 10 years of close partnership with MergerWatch and its collaborators in the Raising Women’s Voices for the Health Care We Need initiative.
Spotlight Event

Fighting Against Discrimination in Health Care

On our Minds

Speak Up for Better Health Award - Nominations Open!

The Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation is pleased to announce the Speak Up for Better Health Award! Our goal is to find and amplify stories of people whose lives and actions demonstrate the power that each of us has to make better health possible for all of us.
On Our Impact

12 Million Enrollees: Significant Barriers Required Creative Approaches to Health Coverage Enrollment

With generous support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and in partnership with federal, state and community-level organizations, Community Catalyst and its partners created a broad suite of consumer-facing enrollment materials to educate health care consumers around the nation.
On the Ground

Fostering State and Local Partnerships to Improve Community Health and Advance Equity

“I had no clue how long and deep health care goes,” said Reverend Michelle Simmons from Why Not Prosper, an organization in Philadelphia that provides services and supports for women reentering the community from the criminal justice system.
O N   T H E   W I R E

2018 marks Community Catalyst’s 20th Anniversary! Stay tuned for updates related to this milestone.

Rob Restuccia, executive director, and Andrew Dreyfus, president and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, co-authored an op-ed in CommonWealth Magazine about how the 30th anniversary of the Universal Health Care Law in Massachusetts spurred the last three decades of consumer-led advocacy on health care at both the state and federal level.

Rob also teamed up with Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH, former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to write a post for JAMA Forum on the relationships between health and housing.

Sue Sherry, deputy director, talked to Marketplace about how hospital sale of patient debt is bad for consumers.

Center Director Ann Hwang, MD wrote about the connection between civic engagement and good health in Next Avenue, a national media service for older adults.

Join us in welcoming:

Pareesa Charmchi, State Advocacy Manager, Children’s Health Initiative and Jessie Zimmerer, State Advocacy Manager, Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation

We are delighted to share the following promotions:

Dara Taylor to Director, Diversity & Inclusion (in addition to her role as Director of Consumer Assistance); Carrie Rogers to Project Manager, Expanding Coverage Through Consumer Assistance; Ana Maria De la Rosa to Senior State Advocacy Manager, Substance Use Disorders and Justice-Involved Populations; Marissa Korn to Program and Advocacy Associate, State Consumer Health Advocacy Project; Emily Polak to Program Director, State Consumer Health Advocacy Project; and Orla Kennedy to Policy Analyst, Substance Use Disorders Project and Justice-Involved Populations

Media Contact

Jack Cardinal
Deputy Director of Communications
617-275-2923 
jcardinal@communitycatalyst.org

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