President Biden has set a goal of ending hunger and increasing healthy eating and physical activity by 2030 so fewer Americans experience diet-related diseases, which disproportionately impact communities of color, rural communities, people with disabilities, veterans, older adults, LGBTQI+ populations, and military families.
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Employer-sponsored insurance is the backbone of the American healthcare system. It pays for the majority of medical needs for employed adults and their families and has been lauded as a necessary negotiator for patients and providers, in order to deliver high-quality, patient-specific care. But according to a new study,...Arizona News
West Health and the University of North Carolina developed a new guide intended to serve as a resource for providers, clinical staff, and healthcare administrators working in acute care settings that offer care to a wide population of patients regardless of ability to pay. The guide offers a step-by-step approach for organizations to...Arizona News
Arizona dropped 7 rankings between 2013 and 2019 in the United Health Foundation’s annual America’s Health Rankings Senior Report, with social seclusion cited by advocates as one of the biggest reasons for the change.
With Arizona’s ever-rising senior population, and the national population of seniors expected to double by...Arizona News
Hospice advocates are calling for a delay to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) Medicare Advantage (MA) carve-in demonstration set to begin in Jan. 2021.
Earlier this year, the agency announced it would start testing hospice care coverage through MA plans in 2021 with the intention of increasing care...
