Samaritan provides financial and social support to those without a home. The company was recently crowned winner of the payer/provider track of MedCity News’ INVEST Pitch Perfect contest.
Companion care company Papa has created two programs for health plans: one that addresses social drivers of health and one that aims to improve health plans' star ratings.
In an era of escalating healthcare costs and a growing preference for natural, holistic approaches to health, The Impact Brands emerges as a collective of diverse brands dedicated to supporting overall wellness through natural means.
Through a new partnership, payers and providers will be able to leverage Socially Determined’s social risk data to identify which patients have barriers to accessing healthcare and what those barriers are. Uber Health will then be able to offer its services to support those patients’ specific needs, whether it’s non-emergency medical transportation, same-day prescription delivery or grocery and over-the-counter item delivery.
Medicare needs to incentivize providers by reimbursing them for identifying and addressing social determinants of health. Doing so will ultimately improve patient health outcomes and simultaneously save risk-bearing organizations money.
A new survey from Alignment Health found that economic instability, food insecurity, lack of support and transportation access are the biggest social barriers for seniors.
As the U.S. healthcare system works to focus on the move to preventive, personalized care for patients, it’s time to turn the tide on diabetes by addressing the three Cs of chronic disease care: compassion, coordination, and community.
Abarca executives see plenty of potential for new technologies but note the need to strike the right balance between tech and human intervention.
UnitedHealthcare awarded grants to 66 nonprofits across 12 states. The grants will support those struggling with social isolation, behavioral health, food insecurity and other social determinants of health.
The average income of a traditional Medicare enrollee is $85,085, versus $76,720 for a Medicare Advantage enrollee, according to a whitepaper done in partnership between Harvard Medical School and software solutions company Inovalon.
A Humana study in Health Affairs found that 80% of dual-eligible beneficiaries had at least one health-related social need in 2019, compared to 48% of non-dual-eligible enrollees. While prevalence was higher in dual-eligible enrollees, non-dual-eligible enrollees shouldn't be overlooked, researchers said.
Twelve short years ago I was a single mother, pregnant and surviving off of food stamps where I relied on the support of the SNAP program. Now, I’ve been given the opportunity to build a platform where I can give a voice to those in similar positions that I once was in and advocate for their needs.
A new eBook from HLTH and MedCity News captures how health insurers and their partners are using health tech to improve the patient experience.
A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine discovered that the cost of providing evidence-based solutions for food, housing, transportation and care coordination is $60 per member per month on average. Existing federal funding covers $27 per member per month, less than half of the total cost.
Health equity strategies need to take factors like racism and lack of power into account, said Dr. Shreya Kangovi, executive director of the Penn Center for Community Health Workers. She made these comments last week at the MedCity INVEST conference in Chicago.
Health disparities are often a result of other socioeconomic factors like housing and nutrition. Because of this, the healthcare industry needs to work with other sectors to improve health equity, said Hans Kluge, regional director for Europe of the World Health Organization, at the HIMSS 2023 conference.
Papa's Social Care Navigation offering provides users with a team of social care navigators, including social workers, registered nurses, case managers and dieticians. This team can help with social issues the patient may be experiencing, including housing, paying for groceries and overdue health screenings. After only offering the program to a select group of health plan clients last year, Social Care Navigation is now available to all of Papa's payer customers.
Georgia policymakers, county officials and the NAACP are asking the federal government to investigate Wellstar Health System’s closure of two Atlanta-area hospitals in predominantly Black neighborhoods. Complaints have recently been filed with the DOJ, IRS and HHS' civil rights office.