Blended Value for Health Equity Course
Learn how to calculate and communicate the full financial, economic, and social value of your social needs programs and health equity investments.
Launching July 31, 2025
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Pre-order by July 24, 2025 and use coupon code blended25 for 25% off.
We encourage and welcome teams and colleagues to take the course in groups of four or more for a rich, collaborative learning experience.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
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Understand foundational financial modeling concepts for health equity & social needs programs
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Prioritize program outcomes and indicators across a range of financial, economic, and social value
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Identify and assign monetary value to relevant outcomes and indicators for health & social needs programs
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Describe how to calculate financial, economic, and social returns on investment for programs
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Communicate program value to stakeholders using evidence-based narrative frames
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Input data and assumptions for your program into worksheets, which can be used in the Blended Value financial model
This course is for:
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Strategy, community benefit, or population health leaders who champion health equity
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Financial, operational, or clinical leaders seeking alignment on value
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Program staff responsible for implementation and evaluation
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Grant-funded program leaders required to show return, cost-effectiveness, and/or impact
Testimonials for the Blended Value Method and Model
“Invaluable insights and a framework for developing business plans that demonstrate Value on Investment, Return on Investment (ROI), and most importantly Social Return on Investment (SROI). ”
Nadeja Steager, Executive Director Community Health Leadership Council San Joaquin
Meet Your Instructors
Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH
CEO, HealthBegins
Dr. Rishi Manchanda is CEO at HealthBegins. He has advanced bold strategies to help health care move upstream and advance health equity for historically marginalized patients and communities throughout his career as physician, executive, and public health champion. Dr. Manchanda served as the founding director of social medicine for a network of community health centers in South-Central Los Angeles, as the first lead primary care physician for homeless veterans at the Greater Los Angeles VA, and as the inaugural chief medical officer for a self-insured employer with a large rural agricultural workforce. In his book—The Upstream Doctors—and TED Talk, he introduced “Upstreamists,” a new model of healthcare professionals who improve outcomes by addressing the social and structural drivers of health equity—patients’ social needs, community-level social determinants of health, and structural determinants of health equity including structural racism.
Glasha Marcon
VP, Learning & Innovation
Glasha Marcon is an Oakland-based strategist and builder who collaborates across sectors to measurably and equitably improve community health and resilience. Glasha has worked on the frontlines as a Community Health Navigator at an FQHC, built global population health products at Optum, supported startups and the innovation ecosystem in Minneapolis, guided Rally Health’s health equity strategy and initiatives, and led a portfolio of health access and equity products at Nuna Health. Glasha earned her B.A. in International Studies with a focus on Global Health at Macalester College.
FAQ
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What do I get from this course?
This course helps professionals quickly learn key concepts and steps to define and calculate the full Blended Value for their health equity, social needs, or population health programs and investments. In addition to self-paced videos and a real-world case study, students will have access to the Blended Value Toolkit - a collection of Worksheets and Tip Sheets. As students learn key concepts and steps, they can use the Toolkit to gather data and assumptions for their own program or investment. After the course, students can use this Toolkit to enter information into and create financial models for their own programs using HealthBegins’ Blended Value Model for Health Equity, which is offered for purchase separately.
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What is the course format?
This self-paced and asynchronous online course includes ten modules with Masterclass-style video lessons, interactive knowledge checks, practical worksheets to help you apply what you learn, and reference tip sheets for ongoing support.
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How long is the course?
The duration of the video content is about 1 hour and 30 minutes, across ten modules. However, make sure to reserve some time to complete the worksheets that complement each module. We recommend completing 1-2 modules per week, and blocking off 30-60 minutes per week to complete worksheets.
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What are my payment options?
At checkout, you can pay via credit card, bank transfer, and several other options. If you need an invoice, please email [email protected] with: name, email, organization name, organization address, number of learners, and preferred payment method. Our platform collects a sales tax at checkout for our digital course, in compliance with tax law. If your organization is tax exempt, we will be able to process a tax refund.
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I purchased during pre-order, when will I get access to the course?
You will have access to the course as soon as it goes live on July 31, 2025.
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I'm purchasing for my team. How do my team members get access?
If you purchase more than one seat, you’ll automatically receive seat manager access and can invite your team members with a sign up invitation link.
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Does the course come with a financial model?
You will learn the Blended Value method, and use worksheets to gather all the data and assumptions you need to calculate Blended Value. HealthBegins provides a sophisticated financial model for purchase, separately.
Pre-order by July 24, 2025 and use coupon code blended25 for 25% off.
We encourage and welcome teams and colleagues to take the course in groups of four or more for a rich, collaborative learning experience.