Elevance Health: Improving Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data by Health Plans Can Advance Health Equity

Data on health plan enrollees’ races and ethnicities (R/E) remain inconsistent and incomplete, making it difficult to track and evaluate efforts to reduce health inequities. Multisector collaboration is necessary to reduce barriers in collecting this data, including building consumer trust, addressing legal concerns, and updating data collection standards. The Urban Institute, the American Benefits Council, and the Deloitte Health Equity Institute, with support from Elevance Health, led a multi-pronged research engagement to understand the challenges to collecting R/E data and identify possible solutions for improving its collection and use.

Aveus: What Does it Take to Engage the Digital Senior?

The recent pandemic has increased digital usage among everyone, including those 65+.  Several trend watchers have listed “digital seniors” as a top-10 global consumer trend for 2022. This digital use increase can be hugely valuable for improving seniors’ health, including access to drug supplies, chronic care management, and caregiver communications. Please join WBL’s EIE on 10/27, “What does it take to engage the Digital Senior?” where Aveus will discuss recent findings about digital seniors. No matter which part of the healthcare ecosystem you are in, join us to learn and share best practices and ideas on how to leverage this trend for your business.

Who Cares About the Caregiver?

In this podcast, host Chris LaVictoire Mahai sits down with Tia Newcomer, CEO of CaringBridge, to discuss those who are critical to the health and wellness of our inner circles and broader communities yet often left out of the conversation: caregivers.

West Monroe: Understanding Major Trends in Healthcare M&A and Investment

West Monroe’s annual healthcare M&A report examines how activity around platforms, products, data sets, and analytics is shaping value across the healthcare landscape.

How Healthcare Payers Can Take Action to Compete in Today’s Digital World

Becoming an adaptive, resilient, digital-first organization is a major transformation for any payer organization. But it’s also a necessary one—and there is a recipe for success. In this new report, West Monroe outlines seven guiding principles for healthcare & dental plans to build a digital business.

CommonSpirit Health: Compliance Program Benchmarking Survey, Developed by Health Care Industry Compliance Officers, Launched and Available to Other Participants

Compliance officers from 26 of the nation’s top health care organizations and systems have worked together to develop a comprehensive Compliance Program Benchmarking Survey. It is innovatively configured so additional health care organizations can choose to participate in the survey for a nominal fee and have access to the benchmarking results. Now, for the first time, participating compliance officers will have access to comprehensive and objective data that can be reviewed with their respective management and board oversight committees.

ProgenyHealth: Innovations in Maternity Care

One of every ten babies in the United States is born prematurely. Despite advances in medical technology that improves the rate of successful births, maternal morbidity and costs associated with pregnancy and postpartum complications continue to climb. Today, integrated maternity care management programs are helping organizations reduce premature births and congenital disabilities, lower pregnancy, and postpartum-related costs, and improve health outcomes for the mother and newborn.

UnitedHealth Group: 2022 Health Of Those Who Have Served Report

Since 2016, America’s Health Rankings has examined important differences in the health of those who have served in the U.S. military compared with those who have not. The Health of Those Who Have Served Report continues to identify profound differences served across health behaviors, social and economic factors, clinical care, and health outcomes. Visit the Health of Those Who Have Served Report Action Toolkit to access additional resources that can help you share the data with your colleagues and communities and enact change.

Tabula Rasa HealthCare: Physical and Mental Health: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Despite a recent rise in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness in the U.S., it remains overwhelmingly under-treated. Although the stigma of seeking care remains an obstacle for many, U.S. attitudes surrounding mental illness have grown more accepting. But mental health is intrinsically linked to physical health. Each represents an important part of patient health and must be addressed equally in a whole-person approach to care. Pharmacists can play a role in promoting a more holistic approach to improve mental and physical health outcomes.