Payer Partners with Nonprofit to Improve Prenatal Care Access
The United Health Foundation has announced a partnership with the nonprofit organization CAMBA, Inc. to improve health outcomes and increase prenatal care access for women in Brooklyn. The United...ARP Boosted Funding for Home, Community-Based Services, SDOH
The American Rescue Plan boosted the federal matching rate (FMAP) for Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS), thereby increasing federal spending on social determinants of health, according...How MA Plans Can Build on COVID-19 Home Healthcare Strategies
After a year of accelerating home healthcare services, payers can build on their coronavirus home healthcare strategies to bolster their home healthcare programs more permanently. Hospital...UHG Reviews Senior Social Determinants of Health Pre-Pandemic
While some social determinants of health factors such as food security and high-speed internet access have improved in recent years, seniors experienced an increase in factors such as poverty and...Bold Goal Saw Better Medicare Advantage Health Outcomes in 2020
In 2020, Humana’s Bold Goal program saw better Medicare Advantage health outcomes in physical and mental healthcare than the payer's Medicare Advantage community overall, Humana’s most...Cigna Funds Education, Workforce to Improve Social Determinants
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...Blue Shield Aims to Reduce Mental Health Racial Care Disparities
To help combat racial care disparities in communities of color, Blue Shield of California (Blue Shield) provided $300,000 to 12 different...Sponsored Article
Data Science & Healthcare: Why Health Plans Must Do Better with Data
After a year deep in the pandemic, healthcare is ready for an age of digital transformation, and health plans have a significant opportunity to lead that transformation. Healthcare technology is the...Cigna Includes Employees in Coronavirus Vaccine Uptake Efforts
Cigna announced that it will offer financial rewards to employees who receive the coronavirus vaccine. “Even as vaccination rates increase, we are in a race against more contagious variants, and...Payer Community Health Partnerships to Address Food Insecurity
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...Sponsored Article
Addressing Social Determinants of Health Through Improved Digital Engagement
Social determinants of health play an outsized role in how individuals and communities are able to access and afford care and non-medical services. And the pandemic has further exacerbated these...Payers Fund Community Health Centers to Aid Population Health
By directing funds towards health centers that serve vulnerable communities, payers can reinforce population health management strategies in those areas, as exemplified in CareSource’s recent...Payers Partner with Lyft to Expand Coronavirus Vaccine Access
Updated 4/1/2021: This article has been updated to say that the League has 52 community health centers in Massachusetts. A previous version mistakenly stated that the health centers were located...Sponsored Article
