Avalere Essential Voice

In this episode of Start Your Day with Avalere, our experts discuss the mechanisms behind CMS's direct contracting payment model and its future outlook.

In Part 1 of this episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice focused on social determinants of health (SDOH), our experts discuss the importance of SDOH data in research, how health plans are utilizing that data, and the limitations that surround data access.

Tune in to the replay of our webinar, 2020 Election with Avalere: What's at Stake for Healthcare Post-Election?, to hear Avalere experts discuss how the 2020 election is influencing the future of healthcare.

COVID-19, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and drug-pricing reform have taken center stage in the healthcare debate this past year. Join our experts to find out how the 2020 election could bring about major changes influencing the future of healthcare. This includes implications of a Biden administration or second-term Trump presidency, and an assessment of the new composition of the Senate.

Key Topics

• COVID-19
• ACA
• Drug-pricing reform
• Medicare and Medicaid
• Healthcare disparities

This webinar was recorded on November 5, 2020. Please forgive any technical difficulties. With increased bandwidth requirements of virtual meetings, the audio quality can be impacted.

In this episode of the Avalere Health Essential Voice 2020 Election series, our experts discuss the impact of the COVID surge on the campaigns' closing arguments, the current outlook on a relief package, and how the election results will affect individual stakeholders, hours before returns begin to come in. 

In this episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice Journal Club Review, our policy experts discuss the findings, themes, and relevant application of a recent study on whether pull funding for a COVID-19 vaccine could overcome issues related to speed, scaling, and pricing.

In this episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice, our experts discuss what health plans need to know about social determinants of health data, specifically, the different types of data, what to do with them, and how to fairly assess the impact of social risks on health outcomes.

In this episode of Avalere Health Essential Voice, our policy experts discuss the potential expansion of public healthcare programs following the 2020 election.

In this episode of Start Your Day with Avalere, our experts discuss the key steps for an effective Medicaid procurement, or re-procurement, response.

In this episode of the Avalere Health Essential Voice: 2020 Election series, our experts discuss the evolving makeup of the Supreme Court and the outlook on California vs. Texas — the upcoming Supreme Court case regarding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act and, in particular, the individual mandate.