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How is the Health Authority financed? Although it is a public corporation, the Health Authority does not receive direct public funding. Its funding comes through contractual arrangements with health systems for Medicaid enrollment services and related matching grants from the Medicaid program. It also receives funds from corporate and philanthropic organizations such as Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation, the McGregor Fund, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. General community donations help build the Community Education Fund, providing an alternative source of revenue to help promote community health resources in the area, as well as community health services such as school physical programs. |
| Health Systems, Health Authority Announce Safety Net Initiatives |
DETROIT -- The leaders of health systems serving Wayne County have agreed to pursue initiatives that will help contain uncompensated care which has been an increasing fiscal burden and create systems that will more appropriately and cost-effectively meet the health and social needs of uninsured and underinsured people. |
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