It is hard to overstate the importance of primary care in ensuring robust health outcomes at the population level. In a new report supported by the National Institute for Health Care Reform, CHIR experts reviewed research to assess whether policy initiatives targeting primary care access have been effective in reducing health care disparities.
Technology is transforming how we access and receive health care through the use of telemedicine. As we previously reported, telemedicine can fill gaps in access to providers. But questions on whether and how insurers can use telemedicine to meet network adequacy standards continue to exist. CHIR’s Sandy Ahn provides a short summary of the issues.
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