Population Health

Cutting down on negative physician bias towards obesity could yield better treatment, patient outcomes.

Only about 20 percent of health outcomes are determined by clinical care, yet it accounts for the majority of healthcare investments, report says.

Wolf, who most recently worked for Chartis, spent 10 years as chief operating officer of Kaiser Permanente's Federation, where he focused on care delivery, data governance, population health management and more.

Social determinants, including where a person was born, grew up, lives, works and ages, determine 80 percent of health outcomes, Deloitte said.

Adverse changes, such as losing a job, living conditions and socialization are big determinants of health, expert says.

In most cases, PCMHs resulted in cost reduction, quality improvement and utilization, although in some areas results were mixed.

With the protections of ACA, doctors screened for diseases feeling confident it wouldn't affect insurability. Now, many are concerned it will.

Medicaid pays for about two-thirds of 1.4 million elderly in nursing homes; it covers 20 percent of Americans, 40 percent of elderly poor adults.

Health law experts caution coverage gap fix for these very low earners would likely be largely undercut by two other changes in the bill.

The co-signers included Children's Hospital Colorado President and CEO Jena Hausmann, Colorado State House Majority Leader KC Becker.