Insights

New Report: Analyzing the Expanded Landscape of Value-Based Entities – Implications and Opportunities of Enablers for the CMS Innovation Center and the Broader Value Movement

New Report Analyzes the Expanding Landscape of Value-Based Entities     Research from HMA and LP VBP experts segments and sizes the growing enabler market, considering benefits and risks, and proposing guiding principles and policy recommendations for the CMS Innovation Center A new in-depth HMA report analyzes the landscape of emerging value-based entities and the implications … Read more

State Innovation Waivers, the Next Wave of Health Care Reform?

It’s clear the President-elect and members of Congress are intent on repealing and replacing the ACA, the specifics of which are still in development. However, it is likely that a potential replacement strategy could include punting health care reform to the states. One plausible way the incoming administration could accomplish this is by significantly relaxing … Read more

New White Paper: A Vision for the Future of Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefits: Advancing Value, But Validating Results

Medicare Advantage plans in the United States continue to explode in popularity, now reaching over 30 million Americans, due to the broad appeal of supplemental benefits that can be offered by plans to enrollees. What started off as a core set of benefit offerings, including dental, vision, and over-the-counter medications, has recently been expanded by … Read more

New Task Force Endorses Legislation to Save Rare Disease Treatments 

The Save Rare Treatments Task Force, a new multi-sector public policy and advocacy collaboration convened by Leavitt Partners, an HMA Company, publicly launched this week and today released a letter of support for recently introduced, bipartisan, bicameral legislation. The Task Force is comprised of organizations representing persons living with rare diseases, biopharmaceutical innovators, and other … Read more

New white paper from Medicines Development Modernization Initiative

Data science and digital health in clinical development and operations: impact, challenges, and calls to action for the drug development ecosystem In this paper, the Medicines Development Modernization Initiative discuss how three medicines development tools (MDTs) – artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms, digital health tools (DHTs), and augmentation of randomized controlled trial … Read more

The Role of ACOs in Advancing Health Equity: A Comparison Between MSSP and ACO REACH

CMS’s recent integration of health equity into its new and existing value-based payment (VBP) programs (as outlined below) signals a strong commitment to equitable care delivery. We expect health equity to be incorporated into additional federal programs and for private payers to follow CMS’s example in designing their own plans for managing the diverse needs … Read more

Health Management Associates Acquires Wilson Strategic

LANSING, MI – Today, Jay Rosen, founder, president, and co-chairman of Health Management Associates (HMA), announced the firm’s acquisition of Wilson Strategic, a Washington state-based company that operates State of Reform health policy conferences. DJ Wilson founded State of Reform in 2010 with the goal of bridging the gap between healthcare and health policy. State … Read more

How 4 Health Plans Are Taking Innovative Approaches To Addressing Food As Medicine

Nutrition’s role in better health outcomes (both physical and mental) and potential cost savings is spurring increased innovation within the healthcare sector. Providers are increasingly interested in how to best connect their patients to quality food, which means that health plans are figuring if (and how) they will reimburse for increasing nutrition security. Here are … Read more

Leavitt Partners Political Checkpoint Update

On April 16, 2021, Leavitt Partners held its bi-annual Political Checkpoint webinar, featuring Governor Mike Leavitt, Andrew Croshaw, Clay Alspach, and Sara Singleton. The topic of the discussion was focused on how the future direction of U.S. health policy has been changed by the events of the past year. Governor Leavitt provided a flyover of 20 … Read more

6 Ways to Reduce Health Inequities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Although the traumatic circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated existing health inequities, it has also fueled an immediacy to address them. The CDC recently released two grant-funded initiatives for state and local health departments to mitigate COVID-19 related health disparities: With a combined estimated total program funding of $2.5 billion, many health departments will … Read more