America’s Declining Life Expectancy and a Solution in SDOHs
A blockbuster analysis of federal mortality data published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association has been reverberating across the health community.
Meet Rebecca, Our Marketing Associate
With Thanksgiving next week, we’re introducing one of Softheon’s warmest employees known for her propensity to give. Enjoy this piece as a reminder to choose kindness as you go into your holidays.
Open Enrollment Numbers Snapshot
With two weeks of open enrollment data now available, the consensus is numbers are down compared to last year. This piece will provide a recap of enrollment and premium numbers.
TAHP Conference Recap
This past week, hundreds of health care stakeholders descended on Austin, Texas to attend Texas Association of Health Plan’s (TAHP) Texas Covered Health Care conference. TAHP brought together major health plans, providers, regulators, journalists and academics to discuss federal health reform, state policies and budget issues, and health plan operations.
In case you were not able to attend, here is a recap of the key topics discussed:
Consumer Confusion Amidst Open Enrollment, Survey Shows
Did you know the 2019 open enrollment period runs from November 1 to December 15? Only 11.9% of Americans could correctly identify these dates according to a recent survey, compared to 21% in 2018.
Softheon Honoring Veterans Day
In honor of Softheon’s veterans, we teamed up with the Long Island State Veterans Home at Stony Brook University this year. The organization’s mission is to provide high quality and…
Honoring STEM Day: Softheon Supporting Afghani Girls’ STEM Education
Imagine a school of 330 girls with a 92% college acceptance rate in a country where only a third of girls go to school. Then imagine this school having no electricity.
When Softheon learned this was a reality at the Rustam School in Afghanistan’s Yakawlang district, we were committed to finding a solution.
Medicare’s Program Integrity Transformation
Medicare has been considered a “High Risk program” by the Government Accountability Office since 1990 due to its size, complexity and susceptibility to improper payments. In 2018, improper payments accounted for 5% of the total $616.8 million of Medicare’s net costs.
HLTH Conference Recap
This past week over 5,000 senior leaders in health care descended on Las Vegas, Nevada for the annual HLTH conference to solve health care’s most pressing problems. The event at MGM Grand brought together payers, providers, employers, investors, pharma stakeholders, and policy makers.
Our own CEO Eugene Sayan was a speaker amongst the likes of Mark Cuban and Andy Slavitt. Sayan discussed the digital revolution of claims, billing and payment solutions in which Softheon is leading the way in the health care space.
In case you were not able to attend, here is a recap of the key topics discussed:
Softheon Gives Back: Rocktoberfest
Long Island is perhaps best known for having beautiful beaches with waterfront mansions. It is against this backdrop that its massive homeless population often goes overlooked. As of 2016, there were nearly 4,000 homeless people in Suffolk and Nassau counties. In addition, currently about seven percent of Long Island’s population lives below the federal poverty level.