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This summer, Adventist Health began a three-year partnership with Emcara Health, a primary care provider group that deploys community health workers into the places people live. Five months later, Emcara is saying that the program is seeing significant engagement and improving patients’ ability to keep up with their care plan.

The majority of health systems now offer some sort of home-based care program, according to a new survey of hospital leaders. The biggest goals of these programs are to improve patient outcomes through reductions in readmissions, hospitalizations and emergency room visits, the report found.

CMS hopes the changes will increase healthcare access for underserved populations, streamline the plan selection process and simplify enrolling in Marketplace coverage.

About 62% of Americans don’t trust their health plan when it comes to finding care, a Ribbon Health survey found. Providing more accurate information on provider directories could repair this trust.

While most targeted protein degradation drug research has focused on cancer, Kymera Therapeutics’ Phase 1 data bring validation for this approach in treating inflammation. Kymera partner Sanofi has elected to advance the biotech’s program to mid-stage testing in two inflammatory skin disorders.

Prevention is critical, and the ideas put forth in the White House’s proposal will likely help many Americans—particularly children—avoid weight gain as well as the downstream effects of obesity and its comorbidities. But more than 42% of U.S. adults already have obesity, and they need help now.

Here are four must-know key performance indicators that providers should know and use when looking to improve outcomes and the patient experience.

To effectively reduce disparities and improve the quality and coordination of care, government, providers, and healthcare organizations are beginning to collaborate on how to best address the factors driving gaps between populations.

Gun violence is a public health crisis, and lawmakers are taking small steps toward treating it that way, said Kris Brown, president of gun violence prevention nonprofit Brady United. But there is still a long road ahead in the fight to protect American communities against gun-related injuries and fatalities, she said.

Poplin sells tests for couples looking to know more about their health before they start trying to get pregnant. After traditionally offering their tests in labs, Poplin is partnering with Getlabs to reach consumers in their homes.