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Laundromats as a New Frontier in Community Health, Medicaid Outreach
Lindsey Leininger, PhD, and Allister Chang, MPA, highlight the potential of laundromats as accessible, community-based settings to support Medicaid outreach, foster trust, and connect families with essential health and social services.
On this episode of Managed Care Cast, The American Journal of Managed Care® speaks with Lindsey Leininger, PhD, health policy professor and faculty director of the Center for Health Care at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and Allister Chang, MPA, co-founder of Fabric Health, a social-impact startup that aims to improve community well-being by transforming everyday moments in laundromats into opportunities to build trust, support Medicaid recertification, and connect families with health and social services.
Their study, "Unmet Health Care and Health-Related Social Needs of Laundromat Users," published in this month's issue, identifies laundromats as a promising community-based setting for Medicaid outreach, with Medicaid enrollees comprising the majority of users and facing disproportionately high levels of unmet needs.
During the conversation, Leininger and Chang highlight how engaging with enrollees at laundromats can help foster trust, address unmet social needs, and strengthen Medicaid engagement.
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AI in Health Care: Balancing Governance, Innovation, and Trust
September 2nd 2025In this conversation with Reuben Daniel, associate vice president of artificial intelligence at UPMC Health Plan, we dive into how UPMC Health Plan builds trust with providers and members, discuss challenges of scaling AI effectively, and hear about concrete examples of AI's positive impact.
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Disparities in Biomarker Testing Impact Nonsquamous NSCLC Outcomes: Surbhi Singhal, MD
September 6th 2025Surbhi Singhal, MD, of the University of California Davis, discussed disparities in biomarker testing among patients diagnosed with stage IV nonsquamous non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
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