CEO · The Force for Health Network
Chief Medical Officer · The Force for Health Network
Chief of Staff · Arizona Department of Health Services
You and I sat in the same room on the Workforce Action Network call. Here is what I took away — and what FFH brings to the table that maps onto what you are already trying to solve.
Rural BH workforce gaps, MAT access, crisis continuum.
AI/AN women have AZ's highest Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Ratio — 128.3 per 100,000 live birthsSource — verified 2026-05-12Arizona Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Ratio (PAMR) data: AI/AN women face the highest PAMR in Arizona at 128.3 per 100,000 live births. AHCCCS RHTP framing: "Rates of maternal mortality are up to 5× higher among Black and American Indian/Alaska Native women." Sources: AHCCCS RHTP page (azahcccs.gov) + AZDHS SB-1040 Report on Maternal Mortality., up to 5× the rate of white women.
Diabetes, CVD, hypertension — the long-tail spend story.
| ADHS grant / pillar | How FFH plugs in | CMS allowability path |
|---|---|---|
| BH / SUD | PHIT-scored crisis continuum + rural BH workforce pipeline (HealthCorps-trained ambassadors → CHW → BH paraprofessional) | Cat B PMPM + Workforce |
| Maternal-Fetal | FFH Healthy Mom content for brown-skin moms + postpartum tracker; Tribal-Nation co-design; closes the AI/AN maternal mortality disparity (up to 5× higher · PAMR 128.3/100K)Source — verified 2026-05-12AHCCCS RHTP page: "Rates of maternal mortality are up to 5× higher among Black and American Indian/Alaska Native women." AI/AN women's Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Ratio in Arizona: 128.3 per 100,000 live births (highest of any group). Sources: azahcccs.gov + AZDHS SB-1040 Report. with sustained engagement | Cat B PMPM + Innovative Care |
| Chronic Disease | Live It trackers + Reality Health Games + PHIT roll-ups by county/zip; diabetes, CVD, hypertension long-tail behavior change | Cat B PMPM + APM Infra |
| Cross-pillar | Contexture HIE interoperability layer; Tribal-Nation engagement protocols; State Chamber-of-Health convening grid (12 LWDBs × 6 zones × 22 Nations) | Tech Innovation + Workforce |
We use AHCCCS's own grant-allocation ratio so the math doesn't require ADHS to invent anything new. Same percentages, applied to the Cat B PMPM envelope.
Rural BH workforce pipeline + crisis-continuum engagement
Healthy Mom content · postpartum tracker · Tribal-Nation co-design
Live It trackers + Reality Health Games · diabetes / CVD / HTN long-tail behavior change
Even if RHT did not exist, FFH would still be useful to ADHS — because it is a statewide-efficiencies story. Same data layer, same workforce pipeline, same comms infrastructure the HIP steering committee is already trying to assemble.
PHIT Score rolls up zip → county → state. Replaces emailed spreadsheets. Cross-agency view of health + workforce in one frame — same data ADHS uses, AHCCCS uses, OEO uses, Governor's Office uses.
ADHS's 7.3M-ArizonanSourceArizona's resident population per US Census Bureau / state demographer estimates. Used in Jenna Cooper's LinkedIn description of ADHS's communications scope: "Redesigned communications infrastructure impacting 7.3 million Arizona residents." comms layer plugs into FFH Reality Health Games, Live It trackers, and Coach Lucy AI — proactive citizen engagement at the zip level, not crisis-only.
FFH is an active participant in the AZ Healthcare Workforce Action Network. Same K-12 → CHW → BH paraprofessional → physician pipeline OEO's $47M workforce pillarSourceAHCCCS Approved Budget Narrative — Workforce Development & Training Program. Annual allocation $47.1M, led by Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). Largest of the four AZ RHT pillars. funds — already wired into 12 LWDBs and the NTNWDB.
FFH content + measurement maps onto HIP priority areas (chronic, maternal, BH, equity). Lets the HIP steering committee point to live data and a delivery system instead of aspirations.
Same seven gears, two audiences served simultaneously. Every gear turns for the system side AND the people side — coins, badges, leaderboards, and live data closing the loop between them.
Convening · Directors · Specialty Boardrooms
PHIT Engine · zip → county → state roll-up
Learn It · Live It · Share It · Bingo Cards
Train the Brain · school + classroom activation
K-12 → CHW → BH → nursing → physician
Coach Lucy AI · Dr. Rob · blog · video · podcast
Every dollar of ADHS / RHT spend with FFH earns its keep five different ways.
PHIT Score rolls up zip → county → state. Health + workforce in every leader's hands.
Closes AZ's most acute, most expensive gap — K-12 → CHW → nursing → physician.
Fewer ED visits, lower Medicaid spend over 3–7 years — proactive engagement, not crisis-only.
AZ proof point licenses to other states + federal. Dual-entity 501c3 / LLC absorbs capital risk.
Every interaction feeds back. System gets smarter, faster, cheaper. The long-term moat.
An Arizona-headquartered, woman and physician co-led private/public partnership for population health.
The 28 organizations from your Workforce Dev Community Members slide — pre-loaded into the Arizona Chamber of Health as a Specialty Boardroom Group, tagged across the CRM and the AZ Directors Table.
A standing Specialty Boardroom inside the Arizona Chamber of Health — Jenna Cooper's existing Workforce Dev convening group, now mirrored in FFH's directory infrastructure so every member shows up tagged, queryable, and ready for RHT alignment activities.
