CareOregon and the Alliance for Culturally Specific Behavioral Health Providers have developed an alternative payment model that seeks to empower culturally specific provider services.
The newest...
What are employer-sponsored wellness programs and how are employers using these programs to advance employee wellness?
The need for greater employer involvement in employee health and wellbeing is well-documented.
At the beginning of...
Independence Blue Cross (Independence) is partnering with a nonprofit dedicated to colorectal cancer awareness and research in order to improve preventive care and health equity for colorectal...
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies have urged the healthcare industry to adopt national health equity data collection standards.
The companies...
Applying an out-of-pocket spending cap to Medicare Part D could be a tool for promoting health equity, according to an insight from Avalere.
Avalere researchers leveraged 2019 Medicare Part D Drug...
Medicare beneficiaries in low socioeconomic status (SES) areas had higher rates of avoidable hospital admissions and emergency department visits but lower instances of physician and care management...
When it comes to obesity and diabetes benefit design, employers can—and should—adopt a health equity mindset, according to a flipbook from the Northeast Business Group on Health...
California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, and Massachusetts pursued different Affordable Care Act marketplace strategies in order to improve health equity for underserved populations,...
CMS has released its strategy for health equity, which is the first pillar in the agency’s strategic vision.
“Advancing health equity is the core work of the Centers for Medicare &...
The Business Group on Health has announced the winners of the Business Group on Health Best Employers Award for Excellence in Health & Well-being for providing strong employer-sponsored wellness...
UnitedHealthcare announced that it will expand a program to advance maternal health equity in for minority communities in North Carolina.
“Access to quality maternal health care will help close...
The CMS national coverage determination for the Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, or aducanumab, may fail to support health equity, as underrepresented populations may have limited access to clinical...
CVS Health and its payer arm, Aetna, aimed to make strides in the healthcare industry in 2021 by delivering affordable healthcare services to members, increasing access to virtual and mental...
Large employers are investing more in their wellness program design in 2022 and their programs revolve around hybrid work environments, job satisfaction, and equity, the Business Group on Health found...
Members of the Core Quality Measures Collaborative (CQMC), including AHIP, have identified multiple quality measurement gaps and recommended new digital quality measures and health equity quality...
The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) has awarded Centene the Innovation Award for Health Equity for the company’s Health Equity Improvement model.
“Advancing health equity...
Maternal healthcare costs in the US are too expensive, but value-based care may provide a solution, according to a brief from AHIP.
“Americans need and deserve safe, high-quality, equitable and...
UnitedHealthcare is offering $169,500 to fund efforts to provide sickle cell disease care to children and the community, the payer announced.
The payer determined that the funds would go to the...
Over nine in ten counties boasted a medium- or high-quality health plan as their highest-rated plan on the Affordable Care Act marketplace in 2020, according to a Health Affairs article.
Researchers...
After Congress zeroed out the Affordable Care ACct's individual mandate, the Latino community experienced a rise in uninsurance that coincided with a deterioration in other important quality of...
