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Possible strategies for employers to reduce disparities include addressing social determinants of health, improving care navigation, leveraging virtual care and upgrading plan offerings, the authors of a Harvard Business Review report said.

Gilead Sciences is building up its autoimmune disease drug pipeline by turning to EVOQ Therapeutics, a startup with technology that takes a novel approach to restoring immune tolerance. For EVOQ, the Gilead deal is its second with a big pharma company.

Financial analysts have said that 2022 may have been the worst year for hospital finances in decades. This year looks like it will be yet another year of financial underperformance, with rural providers in especially dire circumstances.

As a possible recession looms, the unemployment rate will likely rise, meaning employers won’t have to work as hard to find workers. Therefore, they’ll likely be cutting down on the digital health companies they work with, and tech vendors will really have to prove their worth in reducing costs, one expert says.

Healthcare leaders now need to strike a delicate balance that requires managing financial and growth metrics, increasing the speed of transformation, and building the health systems of tomorrow. So how do we redefine compensation models to reward all these behaviors?

About 31% of women ages 18 to 64 with health coverage said that in the last year, they or a family member received care that their health plan did not cover at all or paid less than expected. In comparison, 26% of men said this, according to a KFF survey.

With the right technology, healthcare organizations in the year ahead can become more efficient, make quality care accessible to more people, reduce their recruiting and hiring costs, prevent mistakes, and deliver better outcomes for themselves, their workers and their patients.

Having a streamlined process to get customer feedback, adhere to regulations, and automate processes not only helps make sure a business delivers the best quality products, but also helps ensure that customers are satisfied.

About 11.5 million people have selected a health plan through the ACA Marketplace as of December 15. This is 1.8 million people more than the same period last year, representing an 18% increase, CMS said.

Our research has found that to advance ongoing work, community health ecosystems likely will need additional partners, shared goals, technology, and metrics. But most importantly, they will need the participation and leadership of more community members.