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Social Determinants of Health Generate Drastic Cost Reductions

BHM Healthcare Solutions

New research released by WellCare Health Plans, Inc. New research released by WellCare Health Plans, Inc. The study examined medical expenditures associated with 2,718 WellCare Medicaid and Medicare Advantage plan members who accessed WellCare’s Community Assistance Line—a toll-free, nationwide line open to the general public.

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Why Every Child Should Be Tested for Type 1

Insulin Nation

North Carolina legislators introduced identical bills in the state’s House (HB 20, January 28, 2015) and Senate (SB 27, February 3, 2015) to require medical practitioners who provide well-child care to ensure that diabetes screening is performed upon each child at birth, and then at ages one and two. She died two months later.

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The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

Health Populi

A few of the mainstreaming-of-SDoH signposts in 2019 were: Cigna studying and focusing in on loneliness as a health and wellness risk factor. Humana’s Bold Goal initiative targeting Medicare Advantage enrollees. In 2019, there was a major sentinel event for public health made by a huge private sector force in America: Walmart.