Contributor: It’s About Time to Realize the Full Potential of Data in Health Care
January 26th 2024Promoting health equity isn’t only about consideration of underlying health risks; it’s also about using that data to inform population care as well as give clinicians and their teams more time with the patient in front of them.
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AHIP Report Touts Medicare Advantage’s Quality Edge, but Hospital Concerns Persist
December 14th 2023A new report from AHIP shows that Medicare Advantage outperformed traditional Medicare on several clinical quality measures, including preventive screenings. However, debate continues over these plans’ cost efficiency and impact on the financial sustainability of rural hospitals.
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Biosimilars Can Create Huge Savings, but Interchangeability Needs to Be Reviewed
April 10th 2023A new report from AHIP indicates that biosimilars have the potential to garner savings of $180 billion over 5 years, but there needs to be a review of the approval process for interchangeability to encourage more approvals.
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Stakeholders Address How Digital Therapeutics Can Bridge Unmet Needs in Behavioral Health Care
June 27th 2022Two stakeholders involved in investment and development of behavioral care services discuss the potential of digital therapeutics as a cost-effective alternative to address unmet mental health needs during an AHIP 2022 session.
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What’s Next in Health Care? Panelists Highlight Data, Partnerships Post-COVID-19
June 24th 2022Panelists of an AHIP 2022 session discussed how future policy, infrastructure, and investment strategies in public health will reinforce the efforts already made during the pandemic, with partnerships and engagement key to optimize innovation.
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Alignment Between Manufacturers, Payers Key to Improving Specialty Drug Affordability and Access
June 22nd 2022Panelists taking part in an AHIP 2022 session discuss collaborative strategies among payers, manufacturers, and policy makers to address challenges regarding affordability and access of novel disease modifying drugs entering the marketplace.
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United States birth rate rises from last year but is still lower than pre-pandemic; a drug plant closure in California could affect availability of 5 essential medications; the No Surprises Act prevented 2 million potential surprise bills in first 2 months of 2022, report says.
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To Advance Health Equity, Use the Data—Don’t Just Collect Them, Officials Say
June 23rd 2021At a session of AHIP 2021 Institute and Expo Online, the head of North Carolina's health and human services department and a health equity policy advisor in the Biden administration discussed how collecting and using data to achieve health equity is ultimately a policy decision.
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Are Payment Reform Efforts Enough to Fix Future Medicare Financing Woes?
March 11th 2021During a session presented at the America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) National Health Policy Conference, Michael Chernew, PhD, the director of Healthcare Markets and Regulation Lab at Harvard Medical School, and Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, founding director at Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy, discussed the potential for Medicare innovation and reforms in 2021 and beyond.
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In American Rescue Plan, ACA Exchanges Start Clock for New Enrollees
March 11th 2021The $1.9 trillion spending package aimed at providing COVID-19 relief for those with low and middle incomes also represents the biggest investment in the exchange marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) since the landmark law was passed 11 years ago.
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Private-Public Partnerships Aim to Tackle COVID-19 Vaccine Inequity, Distribution Disparities
March 9th 2021In a session presented at America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP’s) National Health Policy Conference, federal health officials and health plan representatives highlighted successes of the country’s ongoing COVID-19 vaccine rollout, placing particular emphasis on the role equity plays in distribution.
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Complex Care in a Complex State: Lessons From California
June 26th 2018The unique composition and massive size of California’s population means that health plans and systems in the state have had to explore new ways to improve the delivery of healthcare for those with complex health and social needs, according to panelists at the AHIP Institute & Expo 2018.
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