Complimentary from the publishers of Population Health News February 2020

"The medication management space is streaming towards automation, with an eye on a key milestone of zero-touch distribution. At its core, zero-touch provides two major cost-improvement drivers: zero-error and complete visibility within our system. It refocuses clinician time to the patient, and removes the burden of focusing on the drug delivery process."
- Ken Osborn, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Omnicell.

New research in the February 2020 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network "showed that among those patients with HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancer, there was a 5.6% rate of cancer-specific death at 20 months for white individuals, com-pared to an 11.2% rate for non-whites. Separately, the rate of cancer-specific death for persons with health insurance was 6.2%, versus 14.8% for the uninsured. Those outcome disparities were not seen for non-oropharyngeal cancers, or prognostically less favorable HPV-negative SCCHN [squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck].”

Excerpted from: Population Health News, Volume 7 Number 2, February 2020, Industry News: "Gaps in Cure Rate Appear Linked to Race and Insurance Status for a Common HPV-Related Cancer, According to New Research.".

Social Determinants of Health: Technology and Workforce Approaches

Webinar hosted by the National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation with remarks by Rivka Friedman, CMMI; Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc, National Alliance to Impact the Social Determinants of Health; Google Health; Alan Gilbert, JD, Anthem, Inc.; and Kelli Tice Wells, MD, Florida Blue.

Kelsey Waddill: 4 SDOH Barriers Payers Can Address to Drive Access to Care

1. Access to behavioral and mental healthcare services: address by providing telehealth or a guided search tool.
2. Transportation to healthcare sites and healthy activities: address by providing access to non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) vehicles or via a third-party rideshare.
3. Cost-accessible drug pricing: address by promoting generics and biosimilars.
4. Physical and virtual medical care: address by establishing clinics in unreached areas or via a telehealth platform.

Source: HealthPayer Intelligence, February 13, 2020

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The PCMH and the Challenge of Evaluating Complex Interventions
JAMA Network Open, February 5, 2020

Components of the PCMH Associated with Perceived Access to Primary Care.
Journal of General Internal Medicine via PubMed, January 28, 2020

In the February Medical Home News Supplement:

The Medical Home And Diabetes Care: What Actually Drives Clinical Improvements?
Federally Qualified Health Centers Can Play A Decisive Role In Value-Based Care
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Considering Becoming an ACO? 5 Common Traits of Success, by Sanjay Seth

Mitigating Rural Healthcare's Geographic Penalty: How Telemedicine Helps, by Dr. Talbot "Mac" McCormick

Overcoming Payer Care Management Challenges in 2020 and Beyond, by Matt Gagalis

Thought Leaders' Corner: "How can the pharmaceutical industry improve medication adherence?"

Industry News with briefs regarding the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Caravan Health, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Humana, Operation Pathways, Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Simpson College, The Conference Board, Molina Healthcare, and Kamari

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