Social Determinants of Health

What Are Major Payers Offering Medicare Advantage Members in 2024?

October 10, 2023 - As Medicare’s open enrollment period approaches, payers have announced new Medicare Advantage plan offerings for 2024.   Because Medicare Advantage plans receive flexibility to cover benefits beyond the traditional Medicare offerings, plans have an opportunity to differentiate themselves from their competitors with new benefits. In their...

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Alignment Health to Offer Medicare Advantage Plans That Address SDOH

by Victoria Bailey

Alignment Healthcare has partnered with Instacart to offer Medicare Advantage plans in 2024 that address social determinants of health, including food insecurity and transportation access. “Our...

Cigna Healthcare Invests $1M to Reduce Food Insecurity for Seniors

by Victoria Bailey

Cigna’s health benefits provider, Cigna Healthcare, will invest $1 million in community-based organizations to address food insecurity among older adults. “Too many people in our country,...

Top Reasons Behind Retail, Medicare Advantage Plan Partnerships

by Kelsey Waddill

Payers such as UnitedHealthcare, Priority Health, and Anthem have pursued Medicare Advantage plan partnerships with retail companies. What is the attraction to this type of partnership? Plans that are co-branded with retail companies are...

How Payers Can Reduce Emergency Department Admission Rates, Costs

by Kelsey Waddill

Members and payers do not always see eye-to-eye, but one point on which they closely align is their desire for members to stay out of the emergency department. Emergency department visits are associated with higher healthcare spending. A...

How One MA Plan Prioritized SDOH to Improve Diabetes Care Access

by Victoria Bailey

Health plans must look beyond clinical outcomes and address social determinants of health to improve beneficiaries’ health. Zing Health, an Illinois-based Medicare Advantage plan, did just that for beneficiaries living with...

Aetna Awards $250K in Social Determinants of Health Grants in MI

by Sarai Rodriguez

Aetna’s Medicaid plan in Michigan has granted $250,000 to 10 community-based organizations, aiming to address social determinants of health (SDOH) needs and advance health equity throughout the...

6 Ways That Health Plans Can Influence A State’s Health Equity

by Kelsey Waddill

With ample fiscal resources and a wide scope of influence, payers can leverage investments, purchasing decisions, network priorities, and other strategies to contribute to health equity, a report from...

Payer Invests in Helping Young Adults Find Work After Foster Care

by Kelsey Waddill

Blue Cross of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) announced a program that focuses on supporting children who are aging out of foster care through employment. “Our Apprenticeship Program provides...

CA Health Plans Commit $114M to Address Homelessness, Health Equity

by Victoria Bailey

LA Care Health Plan and Health Net have committed to investing $114 million over five years to address homelessness and improve health equity in Los Angeles County. The health plans have collaborated...

UHC Grants $275K to Address Social Determinants of Health for Foster Kids

by Victoria Bailey

UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of North Carolina is granting $275,000 to three local organizations to help address social determinants of health for children in kinship and foster care. “Caring...

Humana Funds UNF Program Expansion to Address Food Insecurity

by Kelsey Waddill

Humana has partnered with an academic institution to expand a program that assists seniors with food insecurity challenges. Meals on Wings is a program at the University of Northern Florida (UNF),...

Humana Continues to Address Housing Stability with $40M Investment

by Victoria Bailey

Humana is investing $40 million in affordable housing development, furthering its national commitment to improve housing stability for health plan members. This round of funding brings the...

Extended Medicare Advantage VBID Model Will Address SDOH, Health Equity

by Victoria Bailey

CMS has extended the Medicare Advantage value-based insurance design (VBID) model for an additional five years, with plans to implement changes that address beneficiaries’ social determinants of...

CareOregon Initiative Boosts Access to Housing for Community Members

by Victoria Bailey

CareOregon has purchased a Red Lion Inn & Suites to help increase access to housing for the healthcare workforce and underserved communities. The payer plans to convert the space in Seaside,...

How Medicaid Managed Care Orgs Can Better Invest in SDOH Interventions

by Victoria Bailey

Medicaid managed care organizations can leverage financial bonds to help increase funds for social determinants of health interventions and avoid underinvesting, according to research published in...

BCBSM Funds Community-Based Orgs to Improve Senior Wellbeing

by Victoria Bailey

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has provided grant funding to community-based organizations in Washtenaw County to help support the health and wellbeing of older adults. The payer is one of three...

NCQA Recognizes WI UnitedHealthcare Plan for Health Equity Efforts

by Victoria Bailey

UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Wisconsin has been recognized by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) for its efforts to advance health equity and address care disparities. The NCQA...

New Humana Community Partnerships to Strengthen Health Equity

by Sarai Rodriguez

Humana, and its philanthropic arm, the Humana Foundation, have advanced its commitment to health equity by unveiling an advanced strategy that focuses on addressing social determinants of health (SDOH)...

Aetna Funding Improves Healthcare Access for Domestic Violence Survivors

by Victoria Bailey

Aetna’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) organization, Aetna Better Health Kids, has contributed $50,000 to help increase access to trauma-informed, affordable healthcare for...

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