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Newly Released Report Details How Utah Can Reduce Health Disparities During COVID-19 and Beyond

Salt Lake City, December 14, 2020—Today, Leavitt Partners released “Addressing Health Disparities Among Racially & Culturally Diverse Populations in Utah During COVID-19,” a final report discussing the spotlight COVID-19 has put on health disparities in Utah and around the nation. The report was conducted in partnership with the Multicultural Advisory Committee of Utah’s COVID-19 Response … Continue reading

Access to New Cures & Innovative Care for Medicaid Patients 

Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) are some of the most promising and exciting medical advancements taking place today. Some existing CGTs treat previously untreatable rare diseases, and there are hundreds of CGTs in clinical development to treat various types of cancer, hemophilia, sickle cell and other blood disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, and numerous rare conditions. The … Continue reading

Governor Mike Leavitt, former U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services will Testify Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Salt Lake City, June 22, 2020—Tomorrow, Governor Michael O. Leavitt, former U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS), will testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP). The hearing is titled “COVID-19: Lessons Learned to Prepare for the Next Pandemic.” Governor Leavitt will share insights from his time as … Continue reading

COVID Hotspots

Salt Lake City, June 25, 2020—Today, Leavitt Partners released “COVID-19 Hotspots,” a white paper that informs policymakers, industry leaders, and other key stakeholders to quickly assess where to deploy resources during the ongoing pandemic, and the accompanying, free tool that provides a daily updated map of where COVID-19 hotspots are forming in the United States. … Continue reading

New Analysis Explores Ways for Accountable Care Organizations to Reduce Costs Through Less Expensive Drugs for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Salt Lake City, May 12, 2020 – New analysis from Leavitt Partners and CareJourney explores ways in which accountable care organizations (ACOs) can reduce health care costs without potentially impacting their beneficiaries’ quality of care.  One such opportunity for ACOs lies in switching patients to similarly effective but less-expensive medications for particular conditions. Our analysis … Continue reading

Assessing Current and Expected Growth of Alternative Payment Models: A Look at the Bold New Goals for Downside Risk

Ambitious Goals for the Future of ValueThe Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (HCP-LAN or LAN) recently released aggressive new goals for moving the broader market from fee-for-service (FFS) to value-based payment (VBP). The new goals aim to shift all Medicare payments and half of Medicaid and commercial health care payments into downside-risk models … Continue reading

November 2019 Political Checkpoint Webinar

On November 6, Leavitt Partners held its biannual Political Checkpoint webinar hosted by Health Intelligence Partners (HIP) and the Leavitt Partners’ Federal Insights and Advocacy team. Governor Mike Leavitt and Vince Ventimiglia previewed Leavitt Partners’ 2020 presidential election scenarios and likely impact on health policy. The three most likely election scenarios: As health care weighs heavily on … Continue reading

Leavitt Partners Releases “Taking Action on Social Determinants of Health” Report

Salt Lake City, October 22, 2019— Today, Leavitt Partners released “Taking Action on Social Determinants of Health,” a white paper based on research conducted through the firm’s Health Intelligence Partners (HIP)*, to learn about what employers and physicians are doing to address social determinants of health (SDOH) in their communities. These surveys were conducted with … Continue reading

New Research Shows Impact of Recent Policies on ACO Growth

Salt Lake City, October 21, 2019— Leavitt Partners and the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy released “Spread of ACOs And Value-Based Payment Models In 2019: Gauging the Impact of Pathways to Success,” which leveraged data from Torch Insight, a robust, market-centric data integration and analytics platform developed by Leavitt Partners Insight. This annual paper summarizes the … Continue reading

Leavitt Partners Welcomes Mark Hendrickson to the Firm

Salt Lake City, July 17, 2019 –Today, Leavitt Partners welcomes Mark Hendrickson as a Senior Director based in our Washington, D.C. office. Mark comes to Leavitt Partners with more than 20 years of experience in health care policy and government affairs roles in Washington, D.C. advocacy. Mark most recently served as Senior Director of Sciences … Continue reading

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