Healthcare Innovation September 23, 2024
Payers should explore payment incentives that emphasize prevention and health promotion services, team-based and cross-sector care and health equity, report says
A new report offers a road map for policy change and healthcare system transformation to better meet the needs of children and families.
The report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine documents increases in the incidence of chronic diseases; growing concerns with children’s mental, emotional, and behavioral health; and significant disparities among population groups. Rising rates of mortality and disability among youth and working age Americans illustrate the long-term outcomes of not providing the care that children need.
“Without systemic change, the next 10 years will see more young people entering adulthood with chronic...