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Health Plan Design: Employers as the Architects of Health Equity

WebEmployers, recognized as pivotal contributors to health equity, are urged to prioritize equitable benefits, address the complexity of health plans, and engage in …

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Avenues to Improve Health Insurance

WebAdvocates for health insurance reform indicate the need to make system-wide, policy-level changes to improve patient outcomes, which include investing in …

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Contributor: Navigating Health Equity in 2024: The Evolution of

WebThe year 2024 will be the first full year in which health systems will be held accountable by The Joint Commission (TJC) for performance on their National Patient Safety Goal to …

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CMS Announces "Refresh" of CMMI With Focus on Health Equity

WebPhysician and health policy advocates praised the emphasis on streamlining models and ending silos, but practices that invested in the Oncology Care Model (OCM) …

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Health Equity and Access Weekly Roundup: April 27, 2024

WebThe 340B hospitals not receiving an offsetting lump-sum payment from CMS following 2018-2022 cuts later ruled unlawful are disproportionately rural, publicly owned, …

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Commonwealth Fund Report Details Pervasive Racial and Ethnic

WebThe report outlined several policy recommendations aimed at bridging the gap in health care disparities and promoting equity across racial and ethnic groups in the …

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Screening for Health Literacy, Social Determinants, and …

WebWe screened a total of 406 new enrollees in Humana MA plans for HL and PHD. The demographic distribution of the study population is described in Table 1. …

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The Pivotal Role of Payers in Improving Health Equity, Maternal …

WebPayers, including employers and public entities, can strategically influence health care purchasing to prioritize maternal health and equity, according to a …

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Driving Public Health Goals: A Look at Successful Innovative

WebRoutine vaccination as a public health initiative is one of the most cost-effective and successful health care interventions in the population-health arsenal. 1 …

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How US Spending on Healthcare Has Changed Over Time

WebSimilarly, health spending has grown substantially on a per capita basis, increasing nearly 29-fold over the last 4 decades. In 2016, per capita spending was …

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Mental Health Diagnoses, Care Challenges Rise Among US Youth, …

WebA new report has shed light on the concerning state of mental health among young people in the US, with increasing challenges and inadequate access to care. The …

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Nurse Practitioners Play an Increasing Role in Primary Care

WebArticle. Between 2008 and 2016, primary care providers increasingly relied on nurse practitioners amidst a shortage of doctors, especially in rural areas. With …

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What We’re Reading: Kaiser Permanente Data Breach; GSK Sues …

WebKaiser Permanente was hit by a data breach in mid-April, impacting 13.4 million health plan members; GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) sued Pfizer and BioNTech for allegedly …

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Care Pathways in US Healthcare Settings: Current Successes and

WebAs care pathway use expands in the US healthcare system, we expect high-quality evidence of efficacy and safety will be central to future pathway development, and …

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Patient Well-being and the Clinical and Economic Burdens

WebA retrospective analysis of cross-sectional data gathered from the 2018 National Health and Wellness Survey (NHWS) investigated correlations between adult …

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How Health Insurance Providers Are Tackling Social Barriers to

WebThe American Journal of Accountable Care. 2019;7(4):19-21. As much as 80% of a person’s health is linked to factors other than medical care, such as where one …

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Dr Rashon Lane Addresses How Racial, Ethnic Inequities Factor …

WebIn addition to sharing research related to disparities and inequities in the cardiometabolic space, Rashon Lane, PhD, MA, Sutter Health, discussed “how we might …

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5 Things About Medical Mistrust

WebHere are 5 things about medical mistrust. 1. Historical events fuel current mistrust. The most commonly identified study in the past that has engendered mistrust is …

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The Essential Role of Population Health During and Beyond COVID …

WebThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has fundamentally changed how health care systems deliver services and revealed the tenuousness of care delivery …

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Creating Clarity: Distinguishing Between Community and

WebAn overlap between community and population health strategies may be observed when community health initiatives are used to enhance the measurement and …

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UK Study: Most Patients With MG Require Hospitalization, Driving …

WebOver a median follow-up time of nearly 3 years, three-fourths (72.8%) of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) were hospitalized and half visited the accident and …

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Violence Against Healthcare Workers: A Rising Epidemic

WebStudies show violence against healthcare employees is more common that most people realilze, and advocacy groups say it's time for policymakers to act on this …

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