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Complimentary from the publishers of Population Health News April 2022

"Over 10 million people misuse opioids each year, yet extreme stigma, lack of accessibility, and the cost of treatment prevent them from reaching recovery. It’s critical that we as a society not only provide better treatment options that fit into the daily lives of those with opioid use disorder – but also that we are shifting the cultural conversation around how they recover."
- Ankit Gupta, CEO and founder of Bicycle Health

According to a report from the Urban Institute, just 22.2% of Black adults reported being the same race as their healthcare providers, compared to 73.8% of White adults and 34.4% of those of other races. The report also found that while 70.4% of White adults reported having a usual healthcare provider, only 55.8% of Hispanic adults and 65.6% of Black adults did so.

Source: "Racial, Ethnic, and Language Concordance Between Patients and Their Usual Healthcare Providers," Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, March 23, 2022.

4 Policy Steps Doctors Deem Important to Improve Outcomes, Ensure Quality

1. Reimbursing physician-directed efforts to address social determinants of health (SDoH): 86% of respondents
2. Incentivizing payors to invest in availability and quality of community resources to address patients' SDoH: 84% of respondents
3. Providing greater flexibility for Medicare Advantage to reimburse for addressing SDoH: 81% of respondents
4. Integrating SDoH into payment policy: 75% of respondents

Notes: From "The Physicians Foundation 2022 Physician Survey: Part 1," a survey of over 1500 physicians conducted in February 2022.

Source: Physicians Foundation, April 5, 2022

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Social Determinants of Health and Heart Failure: Lessons from the Field

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