Community Benefit
Hospital closures represent a not-often reported social determinant of health, as they stress patient resources.
Because access to health services can be an issue in rural locales, rural hospital closings had a profound impact.
The Community Well-Being Index will show how the environment affects access to health resources, readiness to change and overall health risk. Private sector and academia collaboration
With value-based care, there are more incentives for providers to take SDOH factors into account, but few have a good handle on it.
Since 2016, the proportion of employers using health-related mobile apps has risen by 46%.
Many schools in the U.S. have programs and partnerships offering food and nutrition support, which Cigna is seeking to augment.
The price of plans will be included to create competition in the market that opens for 2020 starting November 1.
Medicare began reimbursing physicians for advance-care planning counseling in 2016, but only about a third of adults have such a document.
The impact of legislation to curb surprise medical bills would be pronounced for those with lots of interaction with out-of-network patients.
Not only were there no employment changes, but Medicaid coverage rates have been dropping due to confusion and lack of awareness.