The provision of Qualified Health Plans, or QHPs, that meet the requirements of the Affordable Care Act has become an integral part of many health plan offerings. Now that numerous repeal requests and lawsuits filed against the ACA over the years have failed, health plans can finally invest with confidence in this line of business. …
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Vermont lawmakers are considering bills to protect health care providers who provide reproductive and gender-affirming care from legal threats that originate in other states. Doctors, nurses and support staff fear they could face legal exposure or harassment if they treat patients who travel to Vermont from the growing number of states where services are banned …
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Traditionally offering virtual assistance and navigation services to employers, inclusive health is now moving into the health plan space. It is partnering with Point32Health to serve its commercial members in the LGBTQ+ community, companies announced Wednesday. Based in San Francisco Health included offers patients access to virtual and in-person urgent care, primary care, behavioral health, …
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New data reveals that 28% of Americans have gotten sick or injured while on vacation. Illness and injury are among the worst-case scenarios when traveling, because in addition to ruining our plans, we are far from our medical team and perhaps even from the comfort of family, friends or colleagues who could help us. If …
Social, economic and geographical disadvantages create significant disparities in health care, such as lower quality of care and lower health outcomes. To help improve these issues, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) redesigned the global and professional direct contracting model under the new name, the Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community …
A disabled elderly African American man is getting out of a car, in his wheelchair. His wife is helping him, holding the door open. Focus on the man. Healthcare needs better infrastructure. Millions of Americans, covered by the nation’s safety net programs that span Medicare Advantage and Medicaid Managed Care, rely on transportation to access …
Achieving health equity benefits both payers and members of health care. Culturally diverse publics experience disparities in access to health care and health outcomes. Patients with poor English proficiency (LEP) experience poor health outcomes across the board, including emergency room visits and above-average hospital stays. Most healthcare leaders agree that we need to work to …
Ask any healthcare organization what their top priority is today and many will say healthcare equity. But when it comes to creating real change, lip service isn’t going to cut it, said one executive. “It’s a virtue signal,” said Sachin Jain, CEO of SCAN Health Plan, in a recent interview. “It’s fashionable to say that …
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The early postpartum period is a critical time. While the period has a huge impact on the health of mothers and babies, health care workers pay less attention compared to the prenatal period and childbirth. On Thursday, Mayo Clinic announced that it was team up with the San Francisco-based digital healthcare platform Health Memorandum to …
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Kaiser Permanente it’s a couple of months into a one-of-a-kind community program that focuses on helping Americans build their credit. In examining the different social barriers to health, Kaiser realized that it was necessary to address the factors that negatively affect Americans’ financial mobility, according to Stephanie Ledesma, vice president of the national health system …
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