Kara Hartnett

<p>Federal and state authorities and private accrediting organizations such as the Joint Commission are ingraining health equity into the healthcare system via regulations, financial incentives and other tools.</p>

As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services seeks to invest more resources in disadvantaged populations, providers are concerned the tool it uses to assess social risk misses the mark.

Northwell Health is using an artificial intelligence tool to conduct assessments and stay engaged with high-risk pregnant patients.

The U.S. spends billions on healthcare every year, but areas that rank worst on the CDC’s social vulnerability index suffer from the system’s many shortcomings.

Examining over-policing as a social determinant of health and what healthcare organizations can do about it.

The former president of Humana’s group and military division, Christopher Hunter, will succeed Debbie Osteen in running the 238-facility behavioral health system

The trade group most recently contributed an undisclosed amount to SteelSky Ventures as part of its broader push to support initiatives led by women and people of color.

Amid calls to distribute aid more quickly, 89% of Phase 4 applications have been processed and $6.5 billion remains.

Patients became sicker as diseases progressed undetected during the COVID-19 pandemic. A shrinking field of clinicians suffering from severe burnout is playing catch-up.

University of Cincinnati researchers pitch insurance reimbursement for legal services, addressing social determinants of health in low-income patients.