CVS Health Contributes $9.2M to Address SDOH, Homelessness in DC
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...Sponsored Article
What Member Engagement Means to Today’s Healthcare Consumers
Members view payers as instrumental in improving their health as well as their experience navigating the healthcare system. However, far too many still think health plans can do more to support...Humana Announces Changes To Veteran Population Health Management
Humana has announced new efforts to improve veteran population health management. The payer will introduce the veteran community into its Bold Goal communities, giving them the same kind of population...Sponsored Article
Addressing Health Literacy to Improve Member Health, Outcomes
Health literacy, the ability for individuals to access and understand basic health information, has a significant impact on health outcomes, especially as the coronavirus pandemic continues to have a...More Medicare Advantage Plans Offer SDOH Benefits With $0 Premium
More Medicare Advantage health plans will deliver social determinants of health and non-medical supplemental benefits in 2022 and the existence of $0 premium plans continues to grow, an Avalere study...Expanding Social Determinants of Health Benefits Among Public Payers
HHS needs to expand the list of social determinants of health that public payers can cover and hold public payers accountable to covering preventive services that can help address social determinants...Payers Share Benefits Before Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment
As the 2022 Medicare Advantage open enrollment period approaches, payers are revealing their 2022 Medicare Advantage benefits. Five major payers shared the updates to their benefit offerings for the...Sponsored Article
How Data Aggregation, Sharing Improves Specialty Patient Outcomes
Patients create numerous data points throughout their healthcare journey, each contributing a piece to a patient’s overall picture of health. But the inability historically to bring these bits of...UPMC Partners with Meal Delivery Service, Improves Health Outcomes
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Health Plan partnered with a meal delivery service to improve patient outcomes, decrease healthcare costs, and reduce emergency department visits for...The State of Payer, CBO Social Determinants of Health Contracting
Social determinants of health contracting with community-based organizations remains a complex and challenging task for payers as the demand for answers grows more pressing. As the industry’s...3 Strategies for Sustaining Payer Innovation Momentum Post-COVID
The coronavirus pandemic set off a whirlwind of payer innovation, largely out of necessity. In the health insurance world specifically, payers continued to advance new products during the pandemic....Sponsored Article
How Specialty Pharmacies Connect the Dots for Patient-Centered Care
Specialty pharmacists are able to coordinate services and address social determinants of health, leading to improved medication adherence and health outcomes. Specialty pharmacies play a pivotal role...CMS Announces Historic Navigator Grant Funding for 2022-2024
A significant amount of Navigator grant funding is available for Navigator organizations to help employ more individuals to guide Americans through the 2022 plan year, CMS announced. “Our local...ACHP: Health Equity Success Requires Holistic, Integrated Approach
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...Sponsored Article
How Specialty Pharmacies Address Social Determinants of Health
Specialty pharmacies play an integral role in ensuring patients receive, understand, and adhere to medications prescribed by their providers. This role also includes coordinating the numerous aspects...Payer Virtual Care Management Platform Prioritizes Holistic Care
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) has introduced a new virtual care management platform to offer a more convenient way for members to receive care coordination services and to improve...Tracking Social Determinants of Health Data in Medicare Advantage
Gathering social determinants of health data continues to be a challenge for Medicare Advantage health plans, according to a report that NORC at the University of Chicago (NORC) compiled for Better...UHC Funds Community-Based Social Determinants of Health Efforts
UnitedHealthcare is aiming to address social determinants of health and increase access to care by granting $11.4 million to community-based organizations throughout the country. As a part of its...Sponsored Article
