Home Health Care News October 11, 2024
Nearly nine out of 10 adults in the U.S. need help with health literacy. This makes it difficult to understand health coverage and navigate the complex health care system, leading to increased costs and adverse outcomes. This tends to be the case for home care beneficiaries, or potential home care beneficiaries, too.
“Health literacy is a state of knowledge and comfort that allows you to navigate the world and achieve wellbeing,” Danielle Brooks, director of quality health equity at AmeriHealth Caritas, told Home Health Care News. “It is critical to navigating, supporting and advocating for yourself when experiencing a medical or health-related need.”
AmeriHealth Caritas, based in Newton Square, Pennsylvania, is a national managed care solution provider.
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