Better Health Partnership

Better Health Partnership is excited to share that the care coordination agencies (CCAs) working in the Better Health Pathways HUB have collectively earned over $1M in reimbursements from Medicaid managed care organizations using the Pathways Community HUB Institute® (PCHI) Model. "This major milestone underscores the positive impact community partnership and collaboration can make on our ability to advance health equity," said Jan L. Ruma, President & CEO, Pathways Community HUB Institute. The CCAs, and the community health workers (CHWs) they employ, have helped connect thousands of individuals to necessary care and resources for needs related to food access, stable housing, utility maintenance, transportation to medical appointments and more.

Better Health Partnership’s 2024 Annual Report to the Community webinar highlighted collaborative efforts among providers, payers, public health and the community in Northeast Ohio to improve access to and quality of children's well care. 

Held on May 29, 2024, public health department leaders shared learnings from community outreach conducted in Cleveland Heights, North Hill and Slavic Village. Representatives from Akron Children’s Hospital and UnitedHealthcare described the critical importance of this collaborative work and the impact they intend to achieve.

The Board of Directors of Better Health Partnership (BHP) has announced that current BHP President and Chief Executive Officer Rita Navarro-Horwitz has decided to retire at the end of 2024. Over her 43- year career in the healthcare market, Rita has held leadership roles that included innovative, ground-breaking ventures in ambulatory care, corporate-based wellness, and community health improvement. The last 13 years she held positions in Better Health Partnership as Director of Business Development, Chief Operating Officer and in 2017 was selected as its President and CEO following a national search conducted by the Board of Directors to replace the founding CEO, Dr. Randy Cebul.