The Population Health Care Delivery Model presents delivery systems with a framework for developing, piloting, and implementing population health programs across the continuum of care. Objectives: ...

CMS is launching a new population health-focused payment model aimed at addressing chronic disease, behavioral health and overall improvement of care management for states’ populations. The agency ...

Building Capacity for Research on Cancer, Older Adults, and Under-Represented Populations: Methods and Lessons Learned From the Development of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Accountable Care for Population Health, featuring analysis and discussion of how to understand, design, support, and measure ...

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The objective of risk adjustment is not to predict spending accurately but to support the social goals of a payment system, which include equity. Setting population-based payments at accurate ...

Population health nursing is where nursing and public health come together. These nurses help connect everyday clinical care with key public health activities — like assessing community needs, ...

At all levels, greater efforts are needed to promote a culture of health literacy in order to foster equitable access to healthcare for all, including people in vulnerable situations. In practice, ...

Public policy can be a powerful tool for improving health and well-being at the community and societal levels.1 Policies profoundly shape the context in which health happens. They do so by shaping the ...

This study explored the statistical association of key social determinants of health with specific health outcomes to validate impact and then created weighted categorical matrices. Objectives: This ...