A key issue facing the American healthcare system is the impact of social needs, social risks, and social determinants of health (SDoH) in healthcare. For employers, understanding these impacts within the context of a population health strategy can foster a broader approach to closing gaps in...
NationalAlliance_Action Brief_CDC SDOH_2.22 FINAL.pdf
The disease of obesity, a serious chronic condition, affects 42% of Americans and costs our healthcare system $150 billion annually. Even with this tremendous burden on the health and financial wellbeing of individuals and organizations, employers grapple with how to offer benefits and solutions...
NationalAlliance_AB_Obesity_FINAL.pdf
Depression costs employers an estimated $44B each year in lost productivity alone. But it is also a major cause of disability, absenteeism, and presenteeism, in part because about half of employees with depression do not receive treatment. With proper treatment, it is highly likely people will...
NationalAlliance_AB_MDD_E.pdf
The increasing prevalence of HDHPs has been somewhat successful in improving consumer engagement and lowering employer healthcare spending. But cheaper insurance premiums come with a worrisome and unintended consequence: Lower utilization of needed care, resulting too often in poorer health...
NationalAlliance_AB_HDHP_E.pdf
Medical imaging is essential for providing accurate diagnosis, assessing disease, and monitoring treatment. Purchasers and payers have a unique opportunity to establish quality measures that help ensure patients receive consistent quality, appropriate access, and cost-effective care provided in...
Action Brief_Imaging_H FINAL.pdf
The use of preventive care for physical and mental health has fallen sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, with people foregoing immunizations, testing, screening and treatment. As a result, fewer acute, serious and chronic physical and mental health conditions are being identified and treated. ...
NA_Action Brief_PREVENTIVE CARE_C FINAL.pdf
This Action Brief for employees outlines the importance of immunizations. Most healthy people who contract COVID-19 do not become as sick as unhealthy people. Immunizations (shots) help prevent many serious illnesses, including influenza (flu). #ActionBrief #COVID-19Topics #Immunizations
ImmunizationsEMPLOYEE ACTION BRIEF_10.8.20.pdf
This Action Brief offers employer actions to support their preventive care strategy during COVID-19. As the pandemic took hold, providers deferred elective and preventive care services in an effort to limit virus transmission. Many months into the health crisis, too many Americans have remained...
Immunizations EMPLOYER ACTION BRIEF_F 10.08.20.pdf
Urging Employees to get Emergency Care during the Pandemic "Unrecognized fatalities" from COVID-19 suggest that many patients suffering from serious conditions are dying as a results of delaying or not seeking care as the outbreak progresses and overwhelms many hospitals. With stroke the...
Stroke Awareness _ National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions.pdf
Improving Outcomes, Lowering Costs, Reducing Stigma Research shows that 68% of people diagnosed with mental illness, particularly depression, have higher rates of comorbidities than the general population. These patients also are more likely to die prematurely and are at greater risk for...
National Alliance _ Mental Health & Primary Care.pdf