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Xsolis Becomes America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Affiliate Organization Member

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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FRANKLIN, Tenn., March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Xsolis, the AI-driven technology company with a human-centered approach, fostering collaboration between healthcare providers and payers, has announced that it has joined America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) as a 2024 Affiliate Organization Member.

Key Points: 
  • AHIP Affiliate Membership reflects Xsolis' commitment to elevating health plan and provider collaboration, transparency, and objectivity of data with AI in utilization management
    FRANKLIN, Tenn., March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Xsolis , the AI-driven technology company with a human-centered approach, fostering collaboration between healthcare providers and payers, has announced that it has joined America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) as a 2024 Affiliate Organization Member.
  • Healthcare spending has reached $4.5 trillion a year, representing more than 17% of the U.S. gross domestic product.
  • "With Xsolis' industry-leading use of AI to transform decision-making and provider-payer relations, our AHIP membership aims to accelerate health plans' abilities to deliver on those needs."
  • To learn more about how Xsolis enhances payer-provider collaboration, attend AHIP's upcoming webinar, Elevate Health Plan, Provider Collaboration with AI on March 26.

National health care leaders announce bold commitments to support public health

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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WASHINGTON, March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Common Health Coalition: Together for Public Health announced a bold new set of commitments that will better equip U.S. health care organizations to collaborate with public health systems in preparing for the next public health emergency. Founded by AHIP, the Alliance of Community Health Plans, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, and Kaiser Permanente, the Common Health Coalition is using lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to strengthen the relationships between health care organizations and public health systems, two vitally important components of the U.S. health system that have long operated in parallel. 

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  • The Common Health Coalition offers health care organizations a path to deepen public health partnerships and prepare for future crises.
  • WASHINGTON, March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Common Health Coalition: Together for Public Health announced a bold new set of commitments that will better equip U.S. health care organizations to collaborate with public health systems in preparing for the next public health emergency.
  • The new commitments are informed by expert analysis and real-world examples of health care and public health organizations working together, and reflect guidance from an advisory council of public health leaders at the local, state, and federal levels.
  • "From promoting high-quality, affordable care to improving health care resilience, we're excited to play a pivotal role in supporting the nation's public health system."

American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP Reports 2023 Results With 5.9% Annual RevPAR Growth

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
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On November 7, 2023, AHIP entered into an amendment to its revolving credit facility (the “RCF”) and certain term loans (the “Sixth Amendment”).

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  • On November 7, 2023, AHIP entered into an amendment to its revolving credit facility (the “RCF”) and certain term loans (the “Sixth Amendment”).
  • The total appraised value of the 20 hotel properties (the "Borrowing Base Properties") is $286.2 million.
  • The appraised value of $286.2 million for the 20 Borrowing Base Properties (2,070 keys) is equivalent to $138 thousand per key.
  • The borrowing availability is subject to a maximum of 67.5% LTV based on the appraised value of the Borrowing Base Properties.

Osara Health announces partnership with Allstate Benefits to offer members cancer care support - a first in the US health insurance market

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
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The first-of-its-kind agreement for the US health insurance market affords members of Allstate Benefits group health benefits program access to comprehensive cancer support from Osara Health.

Key Points: 
  • The first-of-its-kind agreement for the US health insurance market affords members of Allstate Benefits group health benefits program access to comprehensive cancer support from Osara Health.
  • Allstate Benefits' commitment to meaningful member centered care and support is strengthened by the inclusion of Osara Health's award-winning cancer solution in their group health benefits programs.
  • Osara offers an educational, behavioral change program demonstrating to improve the quality of life and other health outcomes of people living with cancer.
  • Not only that, but results demonstrated improvements in quality of life and other health outcomes through digital support1..
    Osara Health joins Allstate Benefits' group health products as a differentiated offering for cancer support.

Vitality and Tangelo Launch Partnership to Deliver Food as Medicine Benefits

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024
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Tangelo’s food prescription benefit platform makes customizable and clinically driven Food as Medicine programs available for Vitality clients to help their populations achieve better health results.

Key Points: 
  • Tangelo’s food prescription benefit platform makes customizable and clinically driven Food as Medicine programs available for Vitality clients to help their populations achieve better health results.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240109226637/en/
    This collaboration with Tangelo offers Vitality members easy access to high-quality, affordable, convenient, and condition-tailored nutritious food options.
  • To redeem their healthy food benefits through Tangelo, Vitality members simply complete a Diet ID assessment to get their food prescribed, make their food selections from a curated list of condition-tailored and culturally relevant food options, enter a delivery address, and check out using Vitality Bucks or direct payment.
  • Food as Medicine is our future and with the combined power of Tangelo, Diet ID, and Vitality, we're elevating this vision.

American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP Announces Increased Liquidity Under Its Revolving Credit Facility

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Thursday, November 30, 2023
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP (“AHIP”) (TSX: HOT.UN, TSX: HOT.U, TSX: HOT.DB. V), today announced increased liquidity under its revolving credit facility (the “RCF”) following the completion of new hotel appraisals obtained in accordance with the terms of AHIP’s previously announced amendment to its RCF completed on November 7, 2023 (the “Sixth Amendment”).

Key Points: 
  • VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP (“AHIP”) (TSX: HOT.UN, TSX: HOT.U, TSX: HOT.DB.
  • V), today announced increased liquidity under its revolving credit facility (the “RCF”) following the completion of new hotel appraisals obtained in accordance with the terms of AHIP’s previously announced amendment to its RCF completed on November 7, 2023 (the “Sixth Amendment”).
  • The total appraised value of the 20 hotel properties (the "Borrowing Base Properties") is $286.2 million.
  • For further details, see a copy of the Sixth Amendment, which has been filed under AHIP’s profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.com .

CMS Includes the Patient Activation Measure in its Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Starting in 2024

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Friday, December 1, 2023
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The Patient Activation Measure (PAM) measures a patient’s knowledge, skills and confidence to self-manage their health.

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  • The Patient Activation Measure (PAM) measures a patient’s knowledge, skills and confidence to self-manage their health.
  • Activated patients feel comfortable advocating for themselves and asking for support from their care team to manage their own health.
  • “It’s incredibly gratifying to see CMS include the Patient Activation Measure Performance Measure in its program as a high priority outcome measure.
  • “As a practice that uses the Patient Activation Measure and participates in MIPS, we're incredibly excited to see that PAM will be a MIPS measure going forward.

MRO Announces Adrienne Morrell as New Vice President of Government Affairs

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Monday, November 13, 2023
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NORRISTOWN, Pa., Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MRO, Corp. (MRO) , the leading clinical data exchange company in healthcare, announced that Adrienne Morrell has joined the company as its new Vice President of Government Affairs.

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  • NORRISTOWN, Pa., Nov. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MRO, Corp. (MRO) , the leading clinical data exchange company in healthcare, announced that Adrienne Morrell has joined the company as its new Vice President of Government Affairs.
  • Morrell previously served as senior vice president of public, government and community affairs at SCAN Health Plan where she oversaw all aspects of the company's government affairs strategy as a member of the senior leadership team.
  • Prior to SCAN, Morrell was the executive vice president of federal and external affairs at America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), overseeing the trade association's advocacy, government affairs and public policy activities.
  • Morrell spent over a decade at Health Net, Inc. as the vice president for government relations.

Leading Health Care Partners Announce The Common Health Coalition: Together for Public Health

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Thursday, November 9, 2023
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The Common Health Coalition is focused on translating the hard-won lessons and successes of the COVID-19 pandemic response into actionable strategies that will strengthen the partnership between the U.S. health care and public health systems.

Key Points: 
  • The Common Health Coalition is focused on translating the hard-won lessons and successes of the COVID-19 pandemic response into actionable strategies that will strengthen the partnership between the U.S. health care and public health systems.
  • The recommendations will focus on four initial priority areas: spearheading greater coordination between the public health and health care systems; building shared, well-maintained emergency preparedness plans; establishing national standards for health care data that help identify health disparities; and modernizing infectious disease detection.
  • "We are proud to be part of the Common Health Coalition and to seek opportunities to build stronger partnerships between public health and health care systems, all with an eye to advancing health equity and proactive preparedness."
  • That's why we are bringing together health care leaders and decisionmakers to connect around a common agenda of actionable interventions to strengthen the connectivity between public health and the health care sector.

Papa Announces Digital Health Literacy Offering to Advance Health Equity for Older Adults and Other Underserved Populations

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023
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MIAMI, Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Papa, a curated platform of companionship and support for older adults and families, today announced a new digital health literacy offering to bridge the care access gap and improve health equity among its members. Through this enhanced service, Papa is able to assess, address, and report on a range of digital health literacy needs to help health plans improve member access to quality health care and meet forthcoming health equity requirements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Key Points: 
  • The service addresses new CMS health equity requirement for plans to identify and offer digital health education to members with low digital health literacy, ultimately improving access to care
    MIAMI, Oct. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Papa, a curated platform of companionship and support for older adults and families, today announced a new digital health literacy offering to bridge the care access gap and improve health equity among its members.
  • The World Health Organization defines digital health literacy as "the ability to seek, find, understand, and appraise health information from electronic sources and apply the knowledge gained to addressing or solving a health problem."
  • Papa has now layered on specific tasks related to CMS' goal of growing digital health literacy for dual-eligible, disadvantaged, and low-income members.
  • Papa also provides additional reporting and expertise to ensure both members' and their health plans' digital health goals are met.