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Equiva Health, Gilda's Club, healthcare providers leverage affordable broadband funding

Healthcare It News

Gilda’s Club Twin Cities, part of the national non-profit Cancer Support Community network, and Equiva Health, a digital patient engagement company, are partnering to provide stand-alone devices configured for at-home use as part of an oncology-specific initiative to address health disparities through discounted broadband funded by a $14.2

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Cityblock Expands Access for High-Risk Medicaid Members in Ohio

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – Buckeye Health Plan and Cityblock are teaming up to provide integrated, community-based care to approximately 10,000 underserved Medicaid recipients in the Cleveland-Akron-Canton area.

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Pilot Programs Tackle Insulin-Requiring Diabetes Challenges for Medicaid Beneficiaries

HIT Consultant

These factors can significantly impact their ability to effectively manage their condition and achieve optimal health outcomes. – Recognizing this critical need, the Medicaid Innovation Collaborative (MIC) has launched pilot programs in Iowa, Kentucky, and New York, targeting these very issues with innovative tech-enabled solutions.

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Uber Health to add OTC meds, food delivery to its logistics platform

Healthcare It News

Uber Health says delivery is especially necessary for homebound patients or those with limited transportation or access to food and healthcare resources – social determinants of health that influence chronic conditions affected by nutrition, like diabetes, and impede value-based care.

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CMS Augments “In Lieu Of Services” Medicaid Guidance to Support State Medicaid Managed Care Efforts to Address Social Determinants of Health

Sheppard Health Law

Research has indicated that healthcare systems that connect patients to basic resources have observed improvements in population health metrics, fostered trust with their patient base, and experienced reduced hospitalization costs. ILOSs must advance the objectives of the Medicaid program.

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Unite Us Partners with Paralyzed Veterans of America

Healthcare It News

New York City-based Unite Us focuses on building equity in population health management through coordinated care networks of health and social service providers – the infrastructure of care. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. ON THE RECORD.

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Medicaid and Health Equity: CalAIM’s Bold Experiment

Sheppard Health Law

More than 13 million people were enrolled in Medi-Cal in California in September 2021, making it the largest Medicaid program in the nation. We will continue to monitor CalAIM’s progress to understand how the coordination of care through programs like ECM and ILOS may improve on cost, quality, and access to healthcare.