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Mississippi Health First’s mission is to address the incidence of health disparities and to increase health literacy and diabetes self-management to improve health outcomes.  The initiative will be characterized by a partnership between Federal and non-federal entities in order to maximize resources and affect the largest possible number of individuals with diabetes.  The collaborative partnership consists of members from the following Federal and non-federal entities:

• Administration on Aging (AoA)
• American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)
• American Diabetes Association (ADA)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• National Institutes on Health (NIH)
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
• National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
• HHS/Office of Minority Health (OMH)

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Additionally, the following organizations have been contracted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to support this initiative:

• HCD International (HCDI)
• Healthcare Management Solutions (HMS)
• Information & Quality Healthcare(IQH)

Mississippi Health First’s main goals are to recruit and retain participants and providers; establish relationships at the local level; measure clinical outcomes; and improve the value of individual programs with a larger collaborative program.  What is unprecedented is its approach which includes the collaboration of Federal and non-federal partners as well as the hope for many additional partners, especially at the State and local level, including faith-based organizations. 

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