Affordability
Health System Resilience
Post pandemic, employers feel the urgency to address unsustainable health costs
Nearly 9-out-10 of employers say that within the next five years, the cost of providing health benefits will become unsustainable. As such, employers are looking to government intervention, direct contracting with health systems and other methods to reverse this trend.
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Health Equity
Is the concept of ‘social determinants of health’ inhibiting equity?
Despite positive intentions to understand social determinants for improving outcomes in underserved communities, the mindset may be defeatist and enables the status quo in which the U.S. health system is underperforming for certain groups of people.
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Leadership
Top 5 Health Evolution articles in March
Our most-read articles this month — plus a look at the upcoming Health Evolution Confab, what’s new in our Innovation Lab and relevant CEO reports.
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Affordability
The switch to value-based care is driving unique partnerships
Arrangements, such as the one between Monogram and Humana, are becoming increasingly common as payer and provider organizations shift towards value-based care to improve outcomes and lower costs for challenging patient populations.
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Affordability
As investments into ASCs soar, health care leaders must navigate a new landscape
Investing in ASCs is all the rage for health care organizations, according to recent survey data. But enterprises moving into the space must understand it’s not a walk in the park or an easy revenue stream.
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Next-Generation IT
Innovator CEO profile: Apervita’s Kevin Hutchinson
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In this Innovation Lab interview series, Hutchinson explains why value-based care tools are now ready for wider use, the work needed to improve digital quality measures, his predictions for 2021, and more.
COVID
Health Evolution’s most memorable quotes of 2020
If ever there was a year for health care leaders to come together, albeit virtually, share perspectives and learn from each other, this was it. Here’s a look at some of the most-telling quotations from the last 12 months.
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Leadership
3 challenges for CEOs and boards during the COVID-19 Dark Winter ahead
Guest contributor Paul Keckley advises hospital chief executives about preparing for problems related to vaccines, workforce and capital as the second surge continues into the winter season.
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Policy
President-elect Biden’s challenges and opportunities to move past partisan gridlock
While experts are saying that in all likelihood it will be difficult for Biden to enact short-term policy changes, there are Trump administration moves he could roll back.
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Affordability
The five components of a consumer-centric strategy for driving the transition to value-based care
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Executives from Optum, UnitedHealth Group and SSM Health share perspectives and experience in moving toward wellness by engaging patients, taking on risk, and committing to work toward a more equitable health care system.
COVID-19 Innovation Guide
The first report in a three-part series on COVID-19 innovation lessons learned by Providence, the pandemic's original ground zero in the U.S. Read the report.
