To ensure continuous coverage after pregnancy, a temporary option in #ARPA to ⬆️ #Medicaid postpartum coverage from 60 days to 1 year recently went into effect. But but some states aren't adopting the full extension, via Meghana Ammula and KFF bit.ly/3vSpq8I #healthequity

Some great tips for incorporating #equity into improvement projects to help designers avoid blind spots that inadvertently lead to worsening #HealthInequities, via Linelle Campbell, MD, MS, @DrEricWei, michellemorse, Komal Bajaj MD, MS-HPEd, and Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) #HealthEquity ihi.org/communities/bl…

Medi-Cal is expanding coverage for people aged 26-49 regardless of immigration status starting in Jan. 2024. This type of universal coverage is similar to that of countries like Norway, with some of the best #healthcare outcomes in the world, via Department of Health Care Services x.com/DHCS_CA/status…

Today, CMS announced that the Accountable Care Organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program saved #Medicare $1.66 billion in 2021. This marks the 5th consecutive year the program has generated overall savings. Learn more: cms.gov/newsroom/press…

A brief by Healthy Eating Research shows that the P-EBT and grab-and-go meal programs that provided meals to children during the pandemic were successful. However, that success was not evenly distributed. Dept. of Agriculture Jim Krieger University of Washington School of Public Health Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health #SDOH healthyeatingresearch.org/research/pande…

These numbers from the Commonwealth Fund are interesting, but the one that jumped out at me is the percentage of #Medicare beneficiaries aged 60-64 who skipped the dentist due to costs. This presents a real access to care issue. #SDOH #Equity commonwealthfund.org/medicare-data-…

Here's a great primer I just found on what #PopulationHealth measures are and why they're important: youtu.be/6M5hn9q_9xU #CMS #SDOH #HealthEquity

(THREAD 🧵): AHA President/CEO Rick Pollack during opening remarks at the 2023 #AHARuralHealth Leadership Conference: "Rural hospitals have the ability to harness new technologies such as #telehealth that provide access in new and unique ways to serve patients." (1/4)

Interesting CDC Preventative Medicine Grand Rounds presentation by Samareen Shami, MPH. Incentivizing providers to collect SDOH data to facilitate upstream health interventions + eliminate #healthcare disparities is the future: youtu.be/_HkN3Isb9m8

Enlightening conversation about housing stability and health sponsored by NASEM Health. COVID revealed just how much these two concepts are linked Tim Thomas Meyers Lab at UT Austin John Lumpkin @william_goedel youtu.be/1qSvWt0HTEU

As Singapore adopts a #PopulationHealth strategy, experts discuss how to optimize implementation of capitated models, forge bonds between healthcare and community orgs, and prioritize quality measures. BISI Dawn Alley youtu.be/UPaIv-nBLZo

The demo video for Copilot is the most amazing thing I’ve seen in tech since the iPhone introduction. Watch it. Apple and Google need to get their acts together. Pretty soon NO ONE is going to buy a product that doesn’t include ChatGPT-like features.

Interesting proposals by The Brookings Institution for increasing competition in healthcare mkts. 340B pmt reform seems promising -- drug makers give DSHs et al. discounts on drugs, but the latter aren't required to pass savings on to patients: bit.ly/3JOkbhs #SDOH

Several health insurers have caught on to the notion that addressing negative #SDOH makes sense not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because there’s a solid business case to be made for such an approach. My latest: christopherhobson.com/blog/

A new JAMA article finds that incorporating the Area Deprivation Index into a risk adjustment model of MA beneficiaries using demo + clinical chars didn't significantly ⬇️ #inequities for rural folks + those with social needs. brian powers Jose Figueroa, MD, MPH bit.ly/411Lpai

This sounds like an awesome webinar series on #PopulationHealth from Boston University School of Public Health and Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly: bu.edu/sph/public-hea…

Deprivation indices are helpful tools for assessing discrepancies in #health outcomes for different populations. Unless used with care, however, they can reinforce inequalities. Check out my latest blog post #healthcare #populationhealth bit.ly/3Lolnro

Italy has one of the lowest suicide rates among OECD countries, and their community-based mental health care model has a lot to do with it. The U.S. should learn from this success by properly funding health-related social needs. #healthcare #sdoh linkedin.com/pulse/italian-…

A study in Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly Quarterly found that in the 5 states that specify a minimum spending level for nonprofit hospitals on community benefits, ≈10% fewer types of social care svcs are offered than in hospitals in states with no spending min. University of Michigan School of Public Health bit.ly/43ISqhI

Dr. Pearl shares his journey in healthcare leadership and his vision for how AI can transform and improve healthcare outcomes. He also discusses his collaboration with ChatGPT in writing his book, providing valuable insights into the future of healthcare: bit.ly/3Qx3UjR