Kathleen McAdams was by her mom Ruth’s side as she waged her battle with breast cancer, first with surgical removal of the cancer and then chemotherapy and radiation. The treatment, though successful, was difficult. “It was hard for me to watch her go through that and what it did to her body,” Kathleen said. After mentioning her mother’s diagnosis to […]
Across the country, agencies and organizations are taking action on data concerning the social determinants of health. In 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched its latest framework for the Healthy People 2030 initiative, and SDOH was one of its priorities. A data network project targeting heart health equity in New York City launched in September 2022 […]
Three in four people in America grade health care costs a #fail, at grade “D” or lower. This is true across all income categories, from those earning under $24,000 a year to the well-off raking in $180K or more, we learn in Gallup’s poll conducted with West Health, finding that Majorities of people rank cost and equity of U.S. healthcare negatively. […]
Desert Oasis Healthcare will be piloting Google Health’s (Nasdaq: GOOGL) clinical software Care Studio. The Palm Springs, California-based Desert Oasis Healthcare is an integrated care delivery model comprising a medical group and an Independent Practitioner Association. The organization serves roughly 30,000 seniors, often in their homes. “In California, we’re delegated to take full risk for our members, which means we […]
National health policy expert Seema Verma joins the Carrum Health Corporate Advisory Board. Verma will offer her expertise as the company expands its national network of COE providers and partners with self-insured employers to adopt value-based care programs to reduce healthcare spend. “The fee-for-service payment model fails to incentivize quality and comprehensive care coordination and has led to inefficiencies in […]
A federal judge’s ruling in Texas has thrown into question whether millions of insured Americans will continue to receive some preventive medical services, such as cancer screenings and drugs that protect people from HIV infection, without making a copayment. It’s the latest legal battle over the Affordable Care Act, and Wednesday’s ruling is almost certain to be appealed. A key […]
Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News Photos by Heidi de Marco A growing number of hospitals are outsourcing often-unprofitable outpatient services for their poorest patients by setting up independent, nonprofit organizations to provide primary care. Medicare and Medicaid pay these clinics, known as federally qualified health center look-alikes, significantly more than they would if the sites were owned by hospitals. Like […]
Perhaps not, but there is some sobering news from the United Nation’s 2021/2022 Human Development Report that was released this week. BBC reports: Over the past two years, nine out of 10 countries have slid backwards on the UN’s Human Development Index. Covid-19, the war in Ukraine and the impact of climate change are blamed for putting global development in reverse. […]
The American Medical Association (AMA) and three other health organizations warned on Thursday that patients’ health is at risk in the aftermath of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and called on state officials across the country to give “clear guidance” on the interpretation of their abortion laws. The AMA, American Pharmacists Association, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and National […]