Economics of a Health System’s Direct-to-Consumer Telemedicine for Its Employees
A direct-to-consumer telemedicine service resulted in lower per-episode unit costs for care within 7 days and only marginally increased the use of services overall.
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Fostering Primary Care Use May Hold Key to Value and Quality
May 24th 2023At the 2023 Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health, panelists described the ways their organizations are promoting access to primary care in hopes that it can be part of the progress toward achieving the Quadruple Aim of lower costs, better outcomes, patient satisfaction, and clinician experience.
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Fendrick: Embrace of VBID Even More Crucial Amid Equity Conversations, Braidwood Ruling
May 24th 2023Kicking off the 2023 Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health annual conference, Mark Fendrick, MD, of the University of Michigan, delivered a keynote exhorting the audience of employers and payers to implement the principles of value-based insurance design (VBID) in order to improve individual and population health and drive toward equity.
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Building Equity Into Value Assessments Requires Changing the Rules of the Game
April 7th 2023Equity has to be made front and center in conversations about value assessment, otherwise all stakeholders will continue waiting for someone else to make the first move, said one panelist at the Value-Based Insurance Design Summit.
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Mental Health Diagnoses and Services Utilization Vary by Wage Level
Insured lower-wage employees had lower prevalence of mental health conditions but greater severity, with more hospital admissions and emergency department visits than high-wage employees.
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Contributor: Employers Are Turning to Virtual Care Options to Mitigate Costs
February 5th 2023Virtual care not only means saved time and costs for employees, but improvements to employers' bottom lines, through more proactive management of health concerns, notes UCM Digital Health CEO and co-founder Keith Algozzine.
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Redesigning Benefits, Value-Based Agreements With Better Cancer Care in Mind
October 29th 2022The quest to deliver better cancer care—with better outcomes and patient experience—is not a one-size-fits-all journey, as seen in panels during the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) Payer Exchange Summit, held in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia.
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Contributor: Providers and Employers Need to Collaborate More to Avoid a Greater Crisis
July 12th 2022It can be hard to think about the bigger picture while in the middle of a crisis, but providers and employers should use this opportunity to work together on new and alternative models of care delivery and financing that directly affect cost, outcomes, and experience.
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Ashok Subramanian on Considerations for Employers Designing Value-Based Care Frameworks
June 8th 2022Ashok Subramanian, MBA, founder and chief executive officer, Centivo, speaks on the limitations of traditional employer-based health benefit plans in the pursuit of value-based care and what employers should consider in designing these incentives on a community level.
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Jessica Brooks Discusses Her Keynote Address on Health Equity at 2022 GPBCH Annual Conference
May 26th 2022Jessica Brooks, MPM, president and chief executive officer, Pittsburgh Business Group on Health, spoke on the core themes of her keynote address related to diversity, equity, and inclusion at the 2022 Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health annual conference.
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Neil Goldfarb Previews Theme, Potential Takeaways of 2022 GPBCH Annual Conference
May 18th 2022Neil Goldfarb, president and chief executive officer of Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health (GPBCH), provides an overview of the core discussion points and other aspects in-person attendees can look forward to at the 2022 GPBCH Annual Conference.
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Taking Action Against the Rising Mental Health Crisis: Efforts From Health Plans, Congress, and More
May 10th 2022Marking Mental Health Awareness month, stakeholders involved in the delivery of behavioral health care services discuss current efforts underway—spearheaded by the novel 988 emergency hotline—to address the growing mental health crisis.
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Disparities in Health Care Use Among Low-Salary and High-Salary Employees
Lower-salary employees in high-deductible health plans underutilize outpatient care and overutilize emergency departments.
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Spotlighting Health-, Cost-Related Benefits of Genomic Testing and How Employers Can Drive Adoption
April 20th 2022Key opinion leaders addressed cost, accessibility, and other barriers limiting use of comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP), and how employers can help drive preventive care and precision medicine through CGP.
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Employer Utilization Management Prioritizes Health Benefit Cost Over Patient Care, Survey Finds
April 13th 2022Findings of a survey of large employers indicate that utilization management tools are ineffective in controlling health care costs for employees and may lead to barriers to treatment.
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How Employers Can Achieve High-Value, Cost-Effective Oncology Care Through Genomic Profiling
February 26th 2022A webinar by the National Cancer Treatment Alliance discussed current use and diagnostic/therapeutic benefits of comprehensive genomic profiling in oncology, as well as recommendations for employers and benefit consultants considering biomarker testing.
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Experts Discuss How Employers Can Take on HSA HDHP Challenges While Encouraging Value-Based Care
February 20th 2022Speaking during a webinar presented by the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, experts weighed the pros and cons of employer high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) and outlined steps to address challenges raised.
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