Community engagement is a powerful tool that can build trust, advance race equity and health justice, create cost-savings and efficiencies for health systems, and lead to healthy and thriving communities. …
Due to the predicted growth in the population eligible for long-term services and supports (LTSS), states continue to explore ways to reduce budget risk, improve the delivery of services, and…
Oral health is critical to overall health, impacting physical, mental, social and emotional well-being. Despite its importance, millions of people in the U.S. lack access to dental care. With the expansion…
Family caregivers are often overlooked and undervalued in our society – we’re working to change that. Every day, millions of people in communities across the country care for their loved…
Glaring Gaps in Dental Coverage and Access The current patchwork of limited and inconsistent dental coverage is compounded by significant oral health workforce shortages that disproportionately impact rural, Tribal, and…
Health plans serving rural service areas confront significant health care delivery challenges, including lack of access to health care, provider workforce shortages, food deserts, poor transportation infrastructure, and inconsistent Internet….
Far too much of the health care industry puts profits above people, with a large assist from the tax code. The unfettered, profit-driven corporate evolution of health care is behind…
Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan (D-SNP) Enrollee Advisory Committees (EACs) are tasked with working to improve access to covered services, coordination of services, and health equity for underserved populations under…
A Partnership Approach to Advancing Racial Equity and Health Justice in Home and Community-Based Services When the the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) passed in 2021, it sent a…
Too frequently, health and social care quality measures are designed with provider or payer perspectives in mind, rather than the perspectives of the people receiving care. Accordingly, decisions about funding,…