Beth Aust, RN, CCM
Population Health • Public Health Student • Community Health & Resilience
Bridging clinical care, public health education, and community resilience
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About
About
Hi, I’m Beth. I’m a Registered Nurse with 30 + years of experience and a public health practitioner in training, and I’m passionate about how health is shaped far beyond clinical care—by our environment, education, access, and social connection.
My work focuses on creating accessible, compassionate digital health education and communication tools that strengthen health literacy, support prevention, and advance environmental and climate health. I care deeply about building resilient, informed communities through practical, evidence-informed public health approaches.
Selected Work
Selected Work
Policy Brief on Extreme Heat and Public Health: Protecting Communities in a Warming Climate
HOMELESSNESS & MENTAL HEALTH PRESENTATION
In this presentation, I examine the relationship between homelessness, mental health, and social determinants of health while highlighting barriers to care and community support needs.
Homelessness and Mental Health. Slides.pptxLYME BLOGS
Lyme Coinfection Series of Blogs written for IMOFCNY:
Chlamydia Pneumoniae, Toxoplasmosis, Tularemia, Brucella, Powassan Virus, Anaplasmosis, Q Fever, Tick-borne Relapsing Fever,
New York State Lyme Disease Trend Review
Current Role
Current Role
RN CCM – DSNP Population Health, supporting complex care coordination, outcomes improvement, and patient-centered planning.
Lead care management for 200+ high-risk dual-eligible members, achieving 80–90% sustained engagement rates of participating members
Drive 15–25% improvement in care gap closure, directly impacting quality and preventive care metrics
Contribute to 10–20% reduction in avoidable hospitalizations through proactive outreach and intervention
Apply behavior change and coaching strategies to improve adherence and long-term patient engagement
Collaborate across medical, behavioral health, and social services teams to improve continuity of care
Lifetime Way Award, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (2026) Awarded in recognition of outstanding performance, dedication, and commitment to Lifetime Way values and behaviors
Member Satisfaction Excellence Recognition (2026) Achieved 100%-member satisfaction survey scores during Q1 2026 while managing a caseload of more than 210 DSNP members
Future Focus
Future Focus
Health promotion • Emergency preparedness • Environmental/Climate health • Health equity • Policy • Research • One Health • Global Health
Wellbeing & The World
Wellbeing & The World
Is my Newsletter on Linked in exploring the connections between personal health, community care, and the wellbeing of our planet SUBSCRIBE
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