By Jen DeYoung
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Listening Work, News & Updates, Research
USofCare’s Listening Work on Maternal Health: Understanding the Pregnancy Experience of Women of Color
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News & Updates, Research, Resources
Maternal and Child Health Medicaid Policy Landscape & State Trends
In the United States, maternal deaths and pregnancy-related complications occur at shocking rates. The number of maternal deaths each year in the U.S. ranges from 650 to 750, and severe maternal morbidity — unexpected outcomes from giving birth that result in significant health consequences such as heart attacks, eclampsia, and…
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Dependable Coverage, Health Care Costs
“Growing” a new way to pay for care
Leaders from across the health care ecosystem — including people representing hospitals and health systems, health tech, insurers, and voices of real life, brought their minds, experience, passions, and determination — so that together we can start to build a health care system that works better for everyone. We focused our time together on figuring out better ways to pay for care. That’s because better care can result from better payment systems.
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Mental Health, Virtual Care
USofCare’s Advice on Virtual Care for Behavioral Health
Today, United States of Care submitted comments in response to the Senate Finance Committee’s Request for Information on Behavioral Health Care Challenges. United States of Care has brought together partners from across the health care system to understand how to use virtual care to remove barriers to care, address inequities…
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Virtual Care
USofCare Presents Equity Considerations for Virtual Care at the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s 2021 Quality Innovation Series
On August 9, 2021, Dr. Venice Haynes and Jen DeYoung of USofCare — together with Founders Council member Abner Mason and Voices of Real Life member Omar Ibarra — presented to 94 attendees at the 14th session in the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s 2021 Quality Innovation Series. Titled “An…
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Federal Efforts, Research, Resources
Methods and Leading Practices for Advancing Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through Government
United States of Care recently submitted the following comments to the Office of Management and Budget’s Request for Information (RFI) on Methods and Leading Practices for Advancing Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through Government.
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Research, Resources, Virtual Care
Barriers to Virtual Care Access Impacting Already Underserved Communities
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Federal Efforts, State Efforts, Virtual Care
Summary of Virtual Care Legislative Policy Areas Directly Impacting People’s Ability to Access Care
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Virtual Care
Can Virtual Care Permanently Revolutionize Health Care? Only If We Look At It the Right Way