Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Unfortunately, there are not many health clinics nearby where Elisa can get easy access to primary care with her Medicaid insurance. Yet, in our siloed and disease focused healthcare systems, the root causes for poor health and disparities go largely ignored.

Health 130

Health Public and Social Policy Entrepreneurship Food 130

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 9, 2023

The piece struck a chord with many NPQ readers, as it did for the Health Justice desk. Looking back on that time offline, I recognize how important it was to my work as a health justice practitioner to create space for play, creativity, and dreaming. million fund to enable sabbaticals for BIPOC leaders.

Health 83

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Medical 83

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 19, 2023

Understanding the role private equity is playing in health care is critical; only then can we begin to design solutions to the healthcare system that center public and community ownership. In 2021, that number was $206 billion, as reported by Kaiser Health News —enough to purchase 1,400 hospitals and other healthcare firms.

Health 114

Health Healthcare Medical Insurance 114

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Entering HLTH (pronounced “health”), an annual conference focused on the business of health—from healthcare startups to government agencies and insurance companies—feels as overwhelming as healthcare itself. We’re not talking about the lack of funding for our public health system. Hot Topics in Health Equity.

Health 80

Health Public and Social Policy Healthcare Finance 80

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 8, 2024

Biomarker testing is currently not available at all to Medicaid beneficiaries, and many commercial health insurance companies do not provide coverage for these tests. Additionally, insurers have pushed back on legislation that opens access to biomarker testing because of concerns about the costs of testing and tailored treatments.

Insurance 70

Insurance Health Medical Associations 70

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As a longtime science-fiction fan and health justice practitioner, I’m drawn to works that imagine the future of our healthcare system. Who deserves good health? However—as we’ve explored in the series—organizers, healers, and other change agents have long lifted up counter-narratives of health and healthcare.

Health 78

Health Healthcare Medical Values 78

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Offer mental health days. Mental health and physical health are equally important, but at many organizations, employees are expected to only take sick days for their physical health. Mental health resources. Provide quality health insurance. Establish a supportive culture.

Insurance 194

Insurance Health Medical Leadership 194

NonProfit PRO

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

With 52 of 56 Montana counties classified as medically underserved and health professional shortage areas, per the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the philanthropists saw a need that the university’s nursing program could help solve.

Insurance 130

Insurance Universities Medical Health 130

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

MAY 2, 2024

Your primary care doctor will guide you through preventive care, routine check-ups, and the management of any health concerns, serving as a vital healthcare partner. This knowledge will help you identify the type that best aligns with your age, health status, and medical needs.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Insurance Medical Health 52

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Housing insecurity and its relationship to wealth inequality in the United States is not only an economic justice issue—it’s also an issue of racial, gender, and health justice. Black women sit at the intersection of these matters and, as a result, experience a tsunami of structural inequities that threaten their health.

Health 87

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Insurance 87

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 2, 2023

However, international aid efforts continue, with a focus on restoring health and safety to the region. Urgent action is needed in times of war, and this has presented opportunities to highlight the incredible innovation that can be applied to our modern health-care system and other situations where humanitarian relief is required.

Medical 116

Medical Insurance Health Public and Social Policy 116

Fundraising Leadership

MAY 5, 2023

Nor is one “mental health day” on a calendar of hundreds of stress-filled workdays going to make it all better. Fewer women say they get adequate mental health support from their employers, and several factors point to persistent workplace mental health stigma.” A bubble bath is not going to fix much.

Health 52

Health Psychology Values Culture 52

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The median cost of repairing a wheelchair, as reported by Harvard Health Publishing , is $150, often an out-of-pocket expense. Some of the parts, especially for motorized wheelchairs, are specialized, meaning they’re only available from limited suppliers and their repair can cost more than insurance is willing to pay.

Insurance 102

Insurance Law Health Manufacturing 102

The Charity CFO

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Common Benefits Employees Love Health Insurance Health insurance is perhaps one of the most important employee benefits you can offer. While organizations with fewer than 50 full-time employees aren’t required to offer health insurance, it’s still a great tool for employee retention.

Insurance 52

Insurance Health Public and Nonprofit Management Participation and motivation 52

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

APRIL 2, 2024

Introduced in 1965, Medicare is a federal health insurance initiative that primarily serves individuals aged 65 or older. Parts of Medicare in Different Healthcare Medicare consists of several parts, each covering different aspects of healthcare: Part A (Hospital Insurance). Part B (Medical Insurance). Outpatient care.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Insurance Medical Health 52

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 4, 2023

Because of their immigration status, they rarely have access to jobs that pay a living wage or provide benefits like health insurance, leaving them without the resources, financial or otherwise, required to prepare for and recover from disaster. They contribute $485 million to unemployment insurance,” says Martinez Garcel.

Disaster Relief 125

Disaster Relief Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Insurance 125

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Image credit: Jacob Wackerhausen on istock.com The ongoing water crisis in Jackson, MS, is about the lack of access to clean water and the way a community’s health and wellbeing are impacted when this vital resource is unavailable, but there are other crucial factors at play.

Environmental 89

Environmental Health Poverty Governance 89

NonProfit Quarterly

MAY 20, 2024

Image credit: Angel Rondon on pexels.com The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has issued a Final Rule , the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy , providing additional safeguards to current healthcare privacy legislation.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Health Law Medical 52

The NonProfit Times

APRIL 17, 2024

Failure to make these updates and ensure their vendors are doing the same could compromise patient care and put hospitals at risk of ransomware attacks and loss of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) certification.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Manufacturing Medical Insurance 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 31, 2022

They must also work to improve financial and insurance products designed for people at risk, and measure their impact through community feedback. But one very effective strategy is to create a new market, such as the new climate insurance market we helped create at BlueOrchard. Investing in Climate Adaptation Strategies.

Insurance 105

Insurance Finance Production Agriculture 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 4, 2024

As Johnson noted, Texas is the same state where Rosie Jimenez died after the Hyde Amendment denied her insurance coverage for safe abortion and care in 1977. She had to seek a cheaper, less safe abortion in Mexico because the Hyde Amendment barred her from using her Medicaid insurance to fund the procedure in Texas.

Poverty 120

Poverty Law Children Insurance 120

MNA Association

MARCH 14, 2024

Preparation Checklist Have the following information available when you take the survey: EIN Current Annual Operating Budget Staff retention challenges (if applicable): Kinds of open positions (entry/mid/executive) What kind of benefits packages have been modified in response to challenge Average % increase in employee salaries at each level Other (..)

Insurance 52

Insurance Health Associations Nonprofits 52

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 8, 2024

Image credit: Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash It has been nearly a decade since medical science provided a cure for hepatitis C (hep-C), a potentially deadly viral infection that affects the liver and can lead to severe health complications if untreated. It’s time to eliminate this threat to the health of Americans,” writes Collins.

Medical 55

Medical Health Insurance Poverty 55

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The tax laws in Germany cover federal income and additionally, there is a range of social taxes applicable for covering the multi-faceted social insurance schemes of the country. Social insurance programs. The social insurance system of the country is multifaceted and it is financed by contributions from employers and employees.

Insurance 98

Insurance Nonprofit governance and management Law Taxation 98

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 12, 2024

These workers are often forced to choose between risking their health or their income, especially as climate change only increases the likelihood of wildfires, which in turn drives up the number of airborne toxins. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), pollution can also increase the risk of respiratory infection and lung cancer.

Nonprofit governance and management 107

Nonprofit governance and management Health Governance Public and Nonprofit Management 107

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 27, 2023

Chan School of Public Health, 36 percent of adults in households with children reported “serious problems meeting both their work and family responsibilities in the past few months.” “In Workers at childcare facilities also rarely receive health insurance benefits. In 34 states and Washington, D.C.,

Insurance 78

Insurance Children Poverty Education 78

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 21, 2023

Image Credit: Photo by devn on Unsplash Last month, healthcare leaders in North Carolina announced that they are developing an index to measure health inequities across the state. The index is intended to enable partners in the state to better understand health data, which can then support their efforts to improve health outcomes.

Healthcare 75

Healthcare Health Medical Collaborations 75

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Some 100 million Americans—roughly one in three, and closer to 40 percent of adults, according to reporting by the Kaiser Family Foundation Health News and NPR—are saddled with some amount of medical debt, while the number of Americans who live just one unlucky medical bill away from accruing such debt is even larger.

Medical 101

Medical Non-Profits Healthcare Health 101

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 21, 2022

When the business model is under tremendous stress, and thousands of journalists have lost full-time work, lost health coverage, and lost retirement benefits. She was in a public-employees local, and New York City wanted to impose certain reformulations of pension benefits and health and welfare benefits.

Health 90

Health Insurance Production Homelessness 90

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Jackson Women’s Health, half the country has strict abortion restrictions in effect or queued up to take effect over the coming months, making it difficult, if not impossible, for people to access abortion care. No one should ever have to choose between paying rent and accessing health care.

Health 111

Health Philanthropy Governance Insurance 111

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Such weather events impact the health of individuals living in affected communities. When disaster strikes, many are left displaced or homeless, without transportation and access to necessary physical and mental health services, exacerbating existing health problems.

Philanthropy 88

Philanthropy Health Medical Nonprofit governance and management 88

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

Editors’ note: This article is from NPQ ‘s winter 2022 issue, “New Narratives for Health.”. Increasingly, media coverage frames Black maternal health as a “crisis.” The resulting public health response is to “close the gap” and aim to level the rates of Black maternal and infant outcomes to match those of the white population.

Health 112

Health Healthcare Public and Social Policy Ethics 112

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage. But specifically in Vermont, through their Community Action Team Program they fund organizations that address basic human needs (such as food, housing, health, elder and childcare) within Vermont’s under-served populations, including elders, youth, low-income and communities of color.

Insurance 101

Insurance Nonprofit governance and management Foundations Education 101

Selfish Giving

AUGUST 22, 2018

My insurance company, MAPFRE , offered me a 5% discount off my insurance policy for a $25 donation to the Pan-Mass Challenge. With teens on my auto insurance, my plan is over $3,000 a year so I saved $150! PR/Corporate Social Responsibility, Neighborhood Health Plan (Providence, RI) 5. See the redesign. ??Now

Insurance 157

Insurance Children Universities Food 157

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 10, 2023

Then I did more studying at the Johns Hopkins schools of medicine and public health. CS: You’ve been a leader in this work for a long time, probably even before people were really talking about health justice in quite this way. You’ve consistently focused on minority health. What have I learned about health justice?

Medical 82

Medical Health Leadership Healthcare 82

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 21, 2024

Even a short stint of incarceration has been reported to cause lasting damage to one’s health. The Deeper Impacts of Incarceration Over 3,000 women were pregnant when they were sent to prison and most were without health insurance at the time.

Homelessness 94

Homelessness Children Insurance Psychology 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 20, 2024

Health care systems and insurance companies would stop allowing people to go into significant medical debt simply for receiving needed health services. Our government would stop implementing tax policies that disproportionately burden lower-income families.

Nonprofit governance and management 141

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Law Philanthropy 141