Health equity in America is a vast topic, and I’m sure there are people much more expert in this area than I am. However, as a Black man, and as the CEO of a healthcare technology company that works with thousands of clinical organizations, I believe it’s my obligation to learn, speak out, and take…
The nonprofit National Committee for Quality Assurance has revised quality measures for health plans in the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) for measurement year 2023. NCQA has added race/ethnicity stratifications and made revisions to acknowledge and affirm member gender identity. Collecting race and ethnicity data is key to improving health disparities, NCQA said….
Over the past few years, we have seen an increase in tech-based approaches to improving maternal outcomes and the birthing journey. While most women still have in-person visits to check the progress of their pregnancy, deliver or check-in following delivery, technology can expand the reach of health care services. Digital solutions, including remote patient monitoring,…
An integrated county health system that spent more than $22 million on a social needs case management program for its adult Medicaid patients was rewarded with significant reductions in hospital admissions and a minor dip in emergency department visits, according to a new study published this week in Annals of Internal Medicine. However, reduced utilization…
The role of homecare providers is central as the industry transitions to value-based care. Rather than reimbursing providers based on the quantity of services delivered, value-based care rewards providers for the quality of their services and their impact on member outcomes. However, when considering factors that impact the health of a member receiving care in…
In potentially a sign of evolving patient expectations of care, more and more younger people are looking for their providers to ask them about their social needs, or conduct social determinants of health screenings, according to surveying from the University of Michigan. Using data from the MyVoice National Poll of Youth, the researchers determined that…
Increasingly, healthcare organizations are starting to design social determinants of health screening processes. Coming as a response to value-based care trends, social determinants of health screenings help clinicians and organization leaders understand the social issues affecting the health and wellness of the organization’s unique patient population. Those insights can inform the community health partnerships the…
Download Slides In today’s value-based care landscape, growth and success may appear different for each organization. Market conditions, resources and budgets, company goals – each of these play a role in determining the go-to-market strategy. To truly understand and define these areas, you need to first start by looking at your performance insights. …
In recent years, momentum among Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to improve health equity has increased. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ announcement of the redesigned ACO REACH contracting model to improve health equity will only accelerate this momentum. In this blog, we will help ACOs and healthcare payers understand how healthcare analytics can be used to identify health equity challenges…
As the medical industry continues to understand how social determinants of health impact overall wellness, the topics of environment and climate change have come into view. SDOH specifically refer to the environments in which individuals live, work, and play. Currently, most stakeholders are zooming in on factors like houselessness or food insecurity as leading SDOH…