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June 14, 2024 / By Michelle Badore
Social determinants, or drivers, of health (SDoH) are the non-medical factors that influence our health outcomes and play a vital role in shaping the well-being and quality of life for […]
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Feb. 14, 2024 / By Flora Coan
The average length of stay, or ALOS, is the average number of days patients spend in an acute care hospital. The annual ALOS in the U.S. varies between 4.5 to […]
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Feb. 5, 2024 / By Megan Carr, Courtney Howell-McAnelly
I sat down with the 3M Health Information Systems Vice President of Regulatory and Payer Solutions Megan Carr to explore maternal health disparities and current U.S. approaches to addressing and […]
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Dec. 6, 2023
As another year comes to a close, we reflect on the many issues, changes and challenges affecting health care. We’ve enjoyed sharing insights and points of view from our subject […]
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Oct. 9, 2023 / By Michelle Badore
Following the latest social determinants of health (SDoH) rules released early August, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released an updated infographic on the importance of data […]
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Sept. 27, 2023
One of the most important ways that identifying social determinants of health (SDoH) can improve health care is by improving access to care. Individuals who live in poverty, have low […]
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Aug. 2, 2023 / By Michelle Badore
Keeping current on the massive amount of change in the social determinants space requires tenacity. There are new codes released constantly, new mandates to comply with and an increase in […]
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July 19, 2023 / By Aimee Wilcox
In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law, which requires the provision of health care coverage to the most vulnerable population, including those who never had coverage […]
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July 13, 2023 / By Megan Carr, Sara Brown
I sat down with the 3M Health Information Systems Vice President of Regulatory and Payer Solutions Megan Carr to reflect on health care trends and how having access to data […]
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May 1, 2023 / By Yichen Zhang, PhD, Dawn Weimar, RN
In 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new roadmap urging states to address equity and social determinants of health (SDoH) to improve outcomes. Many state […]
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Jan. 23, 2023 / By Melissa Clarke, MD
In part one of this series, I talked about how value-based care can allow for greater flexibility in services, while providing accountability for sustainable population health improvements. In part two, […]
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Nov. 28, 2022 / By Melissa Clarke, MD
I was recently interviewed for an Inside Angle blog post on population health and its potential impact on physician burnout. In this post, I will address how the move toward […]