CVS Health is investing $9.2 million in affordable housing for Washington DC residents to help address social determinants of health and racial care disparities, including housing insecurity and...
CMS announced that Virginia is expanding its postpartum Medicaid coverage.
“It is a privilege to partner with the Commonwealth of Virginia to expand access to life-saving postpartum coverage and...
With the Affordable Care Act marketplace open enrollment season around the corner, CMS has announced changes to its outreach and enrollment processes in a marketplace 2022 open enrollment fact...
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) has provided $175,000 to medical practice UWH of North Carolina to support group prenatal care and boost maternal health outcomes for pregnant people across the state.
UWH of...
Updated 10/13/21: This article has been updated to include a statement from Andy Marra, executive director of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF).
Colorado has received...
Black beneficiaries are less likely to live in counties with a high enough Medicare Advantage quality performance to be eligible for Medicare Advantage double bonus payments, a Health Affairs report...
Advanced primary care can help employers control costs and coordinate care, but many employers do not know how to start and scale such a solution in their employer-sponsored health plans, according to...
In order to achieve health equity, payers must holistically address care disparities and inequities on the individual, community, and systemic levels, according to an Alliance of Community Health Plans...
Medicare eligibility may reduce racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare coverage, according to a JAMA Network study.
The researchers used the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and the...
UnitedHealth Group’s 2020 Sustainability Report revealed several ways that payers are helping the healthcare system advance to improve health equity, access to care, and other key...
JPMorgan Chase has launched its new healthcare business unit, Morgan Health, which will aim to improve employer-sponsored health plan benefits among other goals.
The employer will invest $250 million...
The Cigna Foundation has announced a new grant program that will center on addressing academic and workforce needs in order to reduce social determinants of health barriers and care...
In pursuit of health equity, CVS Health announced an expansion of the company's no-cost, community-based health program, Project Health, which helps address care disparities by providing preventive...
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) announced a national health equity strategy that focuses on measuring racial health disparities, forming community and clinical partnerships, scaling...
On the path to value-based care, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) has announced a new long-term plan to improve community health outcomes by addressing social determinants...
