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Factoid
  For the 2020 benefit year, fewer than seven percent (7%) of Medicare Advantage enrollees will receive bathroom safety/home modification benefits, only about four percent (4%) will receive in-home support benefits and less than two percent (2%) will receive caregiver support.

Excerpted from: Population Health News, Volume 11 Number 12, December 2019, "An Exciting New Frontier for Medicare Advantage Plans," by Hank Osowski.
 
What's News
  Population Health Alzheimer’s Study Launches
Managed Healthcare Executive, December 5, 2019
 
     
  Humana, Philips Advance Population Health Management for Members
Health IT Analytics, December 4, 2019
 
     
  Food delivery service reduces hospital admissions by 28%
Becker's Hospital Review, December 3, 2019
 
     
  With PH analytics, Bridges Health Partners MSSP ACO saves $8M in first year
Healthcare IT News, December 2, 2019
 
     
  Screening Children for Social Determinants of Health: A Systematic Review
Pediatrics, abstract only, December 1, 2019
 
     
  Structural Urbanism Contributes To Poorer Health Outcomes For Rural America
Health Affairs, abstract only, December 2019
 
     
  Variation in EHR Documentation of SODH Across a National Network
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, December 2019
 
     
  Social Determinants of Health Limit Pediatric, Family Health
PatientEngagement HIT, November 19, 2019
 
     
  How Hospitals Can Impact the Social Determinants of Health
U.S. News and World Report, November 18, 2019
 
Insights
Applying a Population Health Model to the Opioid Abuse Crisis
Healthcare Mangement & Administration Blog/HealthStream, December 5, 2019

Harvard Pilgrim partners with Ride Health to provide free medical transport
Becker's Hospital Review, December 5, 2019

Supporting Nurses to Address the Social Determinants of Health
Patient Engagement HIT, December 4, 2019

Addressing Social Determinants to Improve Population Health
JAMA Network, December 2, 2019

Population Health Management Models Spark Interest
Provider Magazine, December 1, 2019

Pharma’s Role in Addressing Social Determinants of Health
Managed Healthcare Executive, November 20, 2019

Providers take next step in social determinants: hyperlocalism
Healthcare Dive, November 19, 2019

Untangling The Relationship between Social Service & Health Care Spending
Health Affairs Blog, November 18, 2019

This Month in Population Health News
 
  • How could taking a population health management approach support English primary care to achieve its vision, by Dr Simon Munk, Dr Steve Laitner, Toby Lambert and Ben Richardson
  • Improve Practice Performance Using Population Health Data, by Karen Peachey PhD, Product Management, Population Health at Greenway Health
  • An Exciting New Frontier for Medicare Advantage Plans, by Hank Osowski
  • Thought Leaders' Corner: "What are the Most Effective Strategies to Reduce Inequality in the Health Care System?"
  • Industry News with briefs regarding ProMedica, USDA, The Center For Health Affairs, RAM Technologies, Workit Health, ACGME, and NextGen Population Health
  • Catching Up With Jodi Smith, RN, MSN, ND

In the upcoming December Medical Home News Supplement:

  • CareFirst Concludes Medical Homes Can Help Control Chronic Kidney Disease by Ron Shinkman
  • PCMH Project Yielded Big Savings For Michigan Medicaid Enrollees by Shaohui Zhai, Rebecca A. Malouin, Jean M. Malouin, et. al.
  • Click here to view page one of this issue
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