Green space, an increasingly recognized social determinant of health, has been linked to lower racial health disparities related to the novel coronavirus, according to researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. These findings offer another view of the racial health disparities seen during the pandemic. Thus far, most investigations into COVID-19 racial health disparities have looked…
Central to the controversy about ACOs’ potential for Value-Based Care is whether they actually save enough money and reduce costs fast enough. Researchers and advocates have produced various independent studies of ACO savings, the most generous estimating $1.8 billion in cumulative savings over the first three years of the program, almost double CMS estimates. Many…
A robust hospice mergers and acquisitions market is showing no signs of slumping as interest among strategic buyers and private equity investors ramps up. A provider’s performance within evolving value-based payment models may become a factor that potential buyers consider when eyeing a hospice acquisition, particularly as it pertains to their quality and outcomes data….
The World Health Organization (WHO)Trusted Source defines social determinants of health as “the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life.” Social determinants of health are an extensive range of factors that exist throughout all aspects of society….
In April 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a report featuring evidence that in the month of March 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was not an equal-opportunity killer. Within just a couple of months of COVID-19 emerging in America, it became clear that health disparities were evident in outcomes due to complications from the…
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One of the enduring conflicts in healthcare, really going back to the early 1970s when the first HMOs were formally recognized under the Health Maintenance Organization Act off 1973, has been the longstanding set of tensions between providers and private health insurers. Of course, there has been tension between providers and the Medicare and Medicaid…
A little more than 10 years ago, the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) set the nation’s badly broken healthcare system on a new path. In its bold shift away from the traditional fee-for-service (high volume-focused) payment model, the ACA set the stage for new value-based payment (VBP) models designed to reduce the rate…
Henry Ford Health System is seeking out new ways to address health disparities with digital technology, including a focus on the digital divide, the Detroit-based system said Tuesday. The system’s Henry Ford Innovations arm on Tuesday unveiled the digital inclusion challenge, a competition it’s hosting in partnership with Google Cloud and Novi, Mich.-based information-technology firm…
Earlier this month, Premier hosted a panel on value-based care (VBC), with providers from across the healthcare continuum discussing its merits and pitfalls. In attendance were members of Congress and their staffers to hear how precisely VBC has been effective and policy changes needed to continue its forward progress. One message came through above all…