by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Last year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) started using the area deprivation index (ADI) to adjust payment rates and quality incentives in some models to encourage participating providers to offer care to disadvantaged populations, but providers...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Health care companies pursuing mergers would have to disclose more information about the transactions under a new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposal that could slow health care deal-making. The antitrust agency voted Tuesday to publish a proposed rule that would,...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Racial disparities in food insecurity persist among low-income households that don’t participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), but not among those that do, according to a new study. Food insecurity is considered a critical public health...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 31, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
OptumRx launched initiatives designed to expand the services available at community and rural pharmacies amid a looming legislative crackdown on pharmacy benefit managers’ business practices. The PBM, which is owned by UnitedHealth Group, will work with pharmacies in...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 12, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Payers can and should be doing more to address health inequities, a new report by the United Hospital Fund says. The New York-based nonprofit aims for the report to serve as a road map for payers looking to do the work of elevating equity. Payers are uniquely...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 11, 2023 | Inequities and SDOH, Tea Leaves
Seventeen health systems including big names like CommonSpirit Health and Providence have signed onto a pledge that at least 10 percent of their new hires will hail from “economically disadvantaged areas” by 2027, according to a release from social determinants of...
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