Individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (I/DD) face unique challenges in equitable access to high-quality health care and experience poorer health outcomes. These challenges are compounded by difficulties that clinicians face in providing care to this population, with barriers impacting clinician-to-patient time, time to prepare for visits, coverage and payment for services, infrastructure and accommodation … Continue reading
Jackie Debusschere
Increasingly, attention and resources are being focused on addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) as awareness grows that SDOH, or the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, are a primary driver of health outcomes. However, collection and exchange of SDOH data is lagging, hampering efforts to address SDOH. Leavitt Partners … Continue reading
Background and Problem Statement As a consequence of recent progress in interoperability and healthcare data exchange, the data quality problem is no longer isolated to local organizations and businesses; it is systemic and more evident than ever. It negatively affects patient care, patient safety, public health, clinical research, insurance claims processing, and the administrative cost … Continue reading
With months to go, the 2024 election cycle has already been filled with many twists and turns, creating uncertainty about the outcome and its impact on governance. Join three Leavitt Partners experts with significant DC policy experience as they sift through the noise to analyze the current state of play and what it means for … Continue reading
While legal experts assess the recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, federal and state agency leaders face significant questions about how their agencies and their responsibilities will be impacted. This webinar featured insightful discussions with former federal and state agency leaders exploring the known and yet-to-be determined impacts of recent rulings on federal regulations, rulemaking and … Continue reading
Employers generally want to provide comprehensive medical and pharmacy benefits to their employees, but many organizations and their employees are struggling to cover healthcare costs. In 2018–2023, the average annual premium for family coverage in the commercial market increased by 22 percent. In 2024, employer healthcare costs are expected to continue increasing. In recent years, … Continue reading
Future Visions of Reform: Policy Options for The Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Program and Star Ratings In this report, Leavitt Partners has identified a set of eight policy options to reform the Medicare Advantage (MA) Quality Bonus Program (QBP) and the Star Ratings System. These policy options are intended to improve the MA program for … Continue reading
25 Tribal Organizations, Medical Schools and Others to Advocate for Policies that Empower New Physicians to Practice in Tribal Communities. Today, 25 urban and rural Tribal organizations, medical schools, health plans, teaching hospitals, medical residencies, and physician advocates launched the American Indian Medical Education Strategies (AIMES) Alliance. The AIMES Alliance, whose mission is to address … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading