Health Care Rounds Podcast’s Post

Thank you to the Health Care Rounds Podcast for featuring our President and CEO, Tesa Anewishki, MBA. In the episode, she shares insights on leading a century‑old safety‑net hospital and navigating the challenges posed by impending Medicaid cuts. Watch Here 🎧📲: https://lnkd.in/g5EvfhJY

How do health plans maintain a continuity of care during Medicaid enrollment shifts? On the latest episode of the Becker’s Payer Issues Podcast, L.A. Care Health Plan Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sameer Amin MD shares why building durable community infrastructure – not short-term programs – is critical to supporting members and strengthening the safety net. In the conversation, he discusses how investments in housing, food access, and care coordination can remove barriers to care, improve outcomes and reduce administrative burden. 🎧LISTEN HERE: http://spr.ly/6042B65YiK #LACare #ManagedCare #Medicaid #PopulationHealth #HealthcareLeadership #CommunityHealth

Access to care doesn’t start at the clinic door. In rural communities, it starts with whether someone can get there at all. Transportation is often treated as a support service. But in reality, it’s infrastructure — and without it, the rest of the system breaks. Nearly 6% of adults delay or skip care due to transportation barriers, with even higher impact in rural and Medicaid populations. If we want to improve outcomes, reduce costs, and close access gaps, we can’t keep treating transportation as an afterthought. It has to be built, measured, and managed like the rest of healthcare. https://hubs.ly/Q04bXVWr0? #RuralHealth #HealthcareAccess #Medicaid #HealthEquity #NEMT

Access to care doesn’t start at the clinic door. In rural communities, it starts with whether someone can get there at all. Transportation is often treated as a support service. But in reality, it’s infrastructure — and without it, the rest of the system breaks. Nearly 6% of adults delay or skip care due to transportation barriers, with even higher impact in rural and Medicaid populations. If we want to improve outcomes, reduce costs, and close access gaps, we can’t keep treating transportation as an afterthought. It has to be built, measured, and managed like the rest of healthcare. https://gag.gl/ydUM34? #RuralHealth #HealthcareAccess #Medicaid #HealthEquity #NEMT

Access to care doesn’t start at the clinic door. In rural communities, it starts with whether someone can get there at all. Transportation is often treated as a support service. But in reality, it’s infrastructure — and without it, the rest of the system breaks. Nearly 6% of adults delay or skip care due to transportation barriers, with even higher impact in rural and Medicaid populations. If we want to improve outcomes, reduce costs, and close access gaps, we can’t keep treating transportation as an afterthought. It has to be built, measured, and managed like the rest of healthcare. https://gag.gl/ydUM34? #RuralHealth #HealthcareAccess #Medicaid #HealthEquity #NEMT

Access to care doesn’t start at the clinic door. In rural communities, it starts with whether someone can get there at all. Transportation is often treated as a support service. But in reality, it’s infrastructure — and without it, the rest of the system breaks. Nearly 6% of adults delay or skip care due to transportation barriers, with even higher impact in rural and Medicaid populations. If we want to improve outcomes, reduce costs, and close access gaps, we can’t keep treating transportation as an afterthought. It has to be built, measured, and managed like the rest of healthcare. https://gag.gl/ydUM34? #RuralHealth #HealthcareAccess #Medicaid #HealthEquity #NEMT

Access to care doesn’t start at the clinic door. In rural communities, it starts with whether someone can get there at all. Transportation is often treated as a support service. But in reality, it’s infrastructure — and without it, the rest of the system breaks. Nearly 6% of adults delay or skip care due to transportation barriers, with even higher impact in rural and Medicaid populations. If we want to improve outcomes, reduce costs, and close access gaps, we can’t keep treating transportation as an afterthought. It has to be built, measured, and managed like the rest of healthcare. https://gag.gl/ydUM34? #RuralHealth #HealthcareAccess #Medicaid #HealthEquity #NEMT

Another bill focused on expanding access to health care via telehealth has been signed into law by Gov. Abigail Spanberger. HB1284 requires Medicaid to now cover and reimburse provider-to-provider consultations provided through telemedicine services. This will allow providers to consult with specialists remotely without a patient referral and will help reduce delays, unnecessary appointments, and barriers to specialty care, particularly in underserved or rural areas. https://brnw.ch/21x1Baq #telehealth #telehealthlegislation #Medicaid #VAGeneralAssembly

Thank you Joy Burkhard for advancing the data and discussion around #valuebasedcare. Similar studies on efforts towards the Triple Aim and Quadruple Aim have shown similar results. Not many studies have included people as true partners in the design, implementation, evaluation, and improvement cycles; causing researchers to realize that “value according to whom?” is the central question we need to consistently ask. Without a compass that centers both the humans being cared for and those doing the caring, efforts towards fiscal sustainability will keep failing. This is why Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health Studies is moving strategically towards #PeopleAsPartners as a pillar of our training and education for healthcare leaders.

The cuts coming to Medicaid in 2027 will impact far more than the traditional health care system. Medicaid is deeply woven into U.S. public health infrastructure. Funding cuts will ripple across community services and vulnerable populations — not just medical care.  🎧 Listen to the latest episode of "Who the Health Cares?" with Dr. Michael Sparer Apple: https://lnkd.in/eqK-Gdyn Spotify: https://lnkd.in/ecq9uypc #publichealth #healthpolicy #communityhealth #Medicaid #onebigbeautifulbill