Implementing a public insurance option would not significantly impact hospital spending, nor would it exacerbate racial disparities in care access for Black and Hispanic populations, an Urban Institute...
Humana has partnered with an academic institution to expand a program that assists seniors with food insecurity challenges.
Meals on Wings is a program at the University of Northern Florida (UNF),...
Humana is investing $40 million in affordable housing development, furthering its national commitment to improve housing stability for health plan members.
This round of funding brings the...
CMS has extended the Medicare Advantage value-based insurance design (VBID) model for an additional five years, with plans to implement changes that address beneficiaries’ social determinants of...
Total Medicaid expansion could prevent massive coverage losses in nonexpansion states as Medicaid redeterminations restart, an issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation found.
The researchers used...
CMS has finalized a Medicare Advantage rule that aims to increase marketing oversight, streamline prior authorization requirements, and improve access to affordable prescription drugs.
“The...
After becoming unemployed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicaid coverage gains helped offset private insurance losses for White individuals but not for Black and Hispanic individuals, highlighting...
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has an opportunity to improve race, ethnicity, language, sexual orientation, and gender identity data collection practices and health equity nationwide by...
UnitedHealth Group’s philanthropic group, the United Health Foundation, has committed $2 million to help improve health equity and boost access to mental healthcare for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ youth in...
While insurance coverage rates improved for Black, Hispanic, and White adults during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the gains were more significant in states that had implemented...
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has recognized 10 healthcare sites that provide inclusive care tailored to meet the needs of the LGBTQ community.
The recognition comes in the form of an...
Health insurance coverage may help mitigate racial inequities in advanced-stage cervical cancer diagnoses, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Undergoing regular cervical cancer...
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Wisconsin has been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for its efforts to advance health equity and address care disparities.
The NCQA...
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (BCBST) has published its first health equity report, revealing the racial care disparities that Tennessee residents face in behavioral healthcare, maternal...
Humana, and its philanthropic arm, the Humana Foundation, have advanced its commitment to health equity by unveiling an advanced strategy that focuses on addressing social determinants of health (SDOH)...
The US non-senior uninsurance rate declined from 11.1 percent in 2019 to 10.5 percent in 2021, with low-income and historically underserved demographics seeing the highest growth in health insurance...
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) is awarding $740,000 to 11 community-based organizations that address health inequities by improving access to stable housing.
The funding is part...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and CMS released guidance for state Medicaid programs’ in lieu of services or settings (ILOS) to improve the quality of Medicaid social...
A United States district court has ruled against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL), stating that the payer cannot exclude coverage for medically necessary gender-affirming care in its...
Over the phone, a Spanish-speaking senior explains to an Anhelo Salud (Anhelo) representative her recent history with Medicare.
During the conversation, the representative realizes that different health plans have enrolled the senior in a...
