Accountable care organizations (ACOs) and their practices have taken on the full focus of Medicare's value-based care initiatives through the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) and the ACO Realizing Equity, Access and Community Health (ACO REACH) programs.
A new study published in the JAMA Health Forum looks at survey results from...
Medicare Advantage now manages the care for 45% of all Medicare beneficiaries, which demonstrates a +3% point improvement in penetration over 2021 and 9% increase in total enrollment year-over-year. Due to these rapidly increasing enrollment numbers, the program is dynamic and under regulatory scrutiny as it responds to patient...
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) has released the second Arizona Diabetes Action Plan, which recommends statewide initiatives intended to ease the burden of diabetes on Arizonans.
According to Americas Health Rankings, In the United States, 34.1 million people – 13% of the population – are living with diabetes....National News
The Biden administration has been outspoken about addressing health disparities, and CMS says it’s taking action on that front with its newly released end stage renal disease (ESRD) payment rule. The newly finalized rule will go into effect January 2022.
The rule places an emphasis on equity with updates to the ESRD Treatment...National News
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) may have a more significant influence on health outcomes than clinical care. The focus on SDOH reflects broader trends in the U.S. healthcare system.
Food access, transportation options and other SDOH account for up to 55% of an individual’s health outcomes. To better understand these factors,...News
A new KFF analysis found that Black Medicare beneficiaries are more likely to have cost-related problems with their healthcare than White beneficiaries; the racial disparity persisted among beneficiaries in both traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans.
About 28% of Black beneficiaries reported healthcare cost-related...National Reports & Surveys
The systems embedded into society that create racial inequities have a profound impact on minority health and health disparities. The interconnected systems perpetuating racism and other forms of discrimination must be addressed in order to reduce and end health disparities, according to the Ethnicity & Disease...Arizona News
Valleywise Health is piloting innovative healthcare technology developed by local startup, LiteraSeed, to reduce medical misdiagnoses by improving communication between underserved patients and medical providers.
The web‐enabled, smartphone-based LiteraSeed platform empowers patients with a visual guide to help them describe...National Reports & Surveys
Over the course of two years, companies spent $2.5 billion to treat employees' asthma, diabetes, back disorders, hypertension, mental health and substance abuse, according to a new study by UnitedHealthcare and Health Action Council.
UnitedHealthcare reviewed all claims issued by the Health Action Council's 57 nationwide employer...Arizona News
As the Affordable Care Act looks to go before a decidedly different Supreme Court, people across the country are grappling with the ripple effects of the law's potential demise.
While the elimination of the ACA would likely impact the vast majority of Americans in some way, it would hurt some more than others.
According to an...Arizona News
As the pandemic continues to disproportionately ravage certain segments of the American population, a newly published analysis of large-scale survey data found only 40% of internal medicine residency programs’ curricula featured training on health disparities.
The 2015 survey results are timely as the COVID-19 pandemic has...Arizona News
The AHCCCS insurer manages the care for 156,000 Medicaid patients and expects the agreement will expand its provider network, enhance services and better meet the care needs of its culturally diverse members.
Using Equality Health's proprietary CareEmpower platform to manage patient health information and a network of doctors trained...