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Payer
Spotlight: Healthfirst's unique approach to Value-Based Insurance Design
The payer is one of only two Medicare Advantage plans focused solely on social drivers of health in its CMS...
Clinical Care
Federal Funding for Social Needs Interventions Inadequate, Study Finds
Researchers examined four social needs screened at primary care practices: food insecurity, housing insecurity, transportation insecurity, and care coordination needs.
Telehealth
Arizona OKs Telemedicine Care for Pets
The state is one of the first to fully sanction veterinary telemedicine, a growing trend since the pandemic that has...
Innovation
NYC Program Helping Expectant Mothers Gets $2M to Expand Reach
The grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust will help NYC Health + Hospitals' innovative HoPE program expand its reach to...
Clinical Care
5 Trends We Are Tracking at the Chief Medical Officer Exchange
Physicians? Hard to find them. Harder to keep them happy.
Innovation
Atrium Health Expands Virtual Care Footprint Into a Housing Complex
In an effort to address social drivers of health that hinder healthcare access, the North Carolina-based health system is locating...
Clinical Care
How to Address Social Determinants of Health at Your Practice
The main steps to addressing social determinants of health are collecting data from your patients and designing a referral process.
Payer
New NCQA Race and Ethnicity Network One of Many Efforts to Improve Health Equity Data
From accrediting organizations to payers, stakeholders seek often-illusive intel on healthcare's most vulnerable populations.
Clinical Care
Gun Violence Costs U.S. Healthcare $1B+ Annually
That figure does not include hundreds of millions of dollars spent for patients' months-long recovery costs.
Telehealth
RAND Study Finds Continuing Value in Audio-Only Telehealth Services
The study found that California FQHCs were still conducting 20% of primary care visits and 40% of behavioral care visits...
Payer
The Exec: Getting Real with CareFirst President and CEO Brian Pieninck
The Blues executive outlines the broader role that health plans and their leaders must play for equitable economic growth.
Innovation
Community Health Workers Are Vital to a Connected Community of Care
The Dallas-based Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation saw great success with its Accountable Health Communities (AHC) program, thanks to the...