Elevance Health brings together the concepts of elevate and advance, exemplified by our bold purpose of improving the health of humanity. We are a health company dedicated to making real progress toward improving the health of the people and communities we serve.
Ideas That Explore How to Elevate and Advance Health
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After an Unexpected Discovery During Pregnancy, a Nurse’s Care Helped Her ThroughLilliana was pregnant with her son Xavier when she noticed a lump on her neck — a symptom that can indicate cancer. When she experienced challenges getting the care, answers, and support she needed, she turned to her Elevance Health-affiliated plan.
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2024 Impact ReportThe 2024 Elevance Health Impact Report showcases the measurable impact we’ve made with whole-health solutions, innovation, and sustainability.
A Whole Health Story
Accessible Housing, Nutritious Food Can Improve Health OutcomesHealth-related social needs directly influence everyone’s health at various times in their lives. Unstable or unsafe housing, lack of transportation, and poor access to food can lead to higher rates of depression, emergency room visits, and lower quality of life.
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Elevance Health Issues 2024 Advancing Health Together: Progress ReportThe third annual Advancing Health Together: Progress Report outlines Elevance Health’s care provider partnership strategy for making significant, measurable strides to improve health outcomes among the people we serve.
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Housing Matters to Health: How Elevance Health-Affiliated Medicaid Plans Help Members with Housing ConcernsWhile it’s widely understood that eating nutritious food and exercising regularly influences health, the tie between housing and health isn’t always as obvious. Numerous studies have shown that people who experience homelessness are much more likely to visit the emergency room and have higher rates of chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, depression, and substance use disorders.
Community Health
Community health plays a more important role in our lives than most of us realize. Our whole health is heavily influenced by those around us in many ways. When people have access to green space and public transportation, nearby stores with nutritious food, and the support of neighbors — both community and individual health benefit.
A Community Health Story
Scholarships Encourage Health Professionals to Practice in Rural and Under-Resourced Areas
With higher levels of poverty and food insecurity, people living in rural areas experience barriers to health that can lead to higher rates of chronic health conditions, like diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, and heart disease.
Health professional scholarships sponsored by Elevance Health-affiliated plans intend to alleviate the shortage of healthcare providers in rural and other under-resourced communities. Scholarship recipients pursue careers as primary care physicians, mental health and substance use disorder providers, certified nurse midwives, social workers and more. Scholarships are offered to students who aspire to practice medicine in rural, frontier, and other under-resourced communities.
