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
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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Continuously Improving the Healthcare Experience: Celebrating Five Years of the Sydney Health AppElevance Health introduced the Sydney Health app five years ago to make getting and paying for healthcare easier, simpler, and more personalized for members of our affiliated health plans.
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Nonprofit Program Supported by Elevance Health Foundation Grant Reduces Preterm BirthsA grant from the Elevance Health Foundation helped Creating Healthier Communities (CHC), a nonprofit that works to reduce the high rates of preterm births among Black women, launch the Black Birthing Initiative in Atlanta, Cleveland, and Detroit.
A Whole Health Story
Fee-For-Service vs Value-Based Care: What’s the Difference Between the Two Models?Fee-for-service has been the primary way to pay care providers for decades. As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, another payment and care delivery methodology has emerged: the value-based care model.
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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.
Health Equity
Health equity is about giving everyone the chance to be as healthy as possible. More equitable healthcare is attainable. However, health inequities impact all of us, causing higher illness and death rates and greater financial strain at both community and national levels. It is imperative we overcome these barriers that prevent better health for everyone.
A Health Equity Story
Advancing Health Equity Begins With Defining It
Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. This requires removing obstacles to health, such as discrimination and its consequences. Access to nutritious food, accessible housing, good jobs with fair pay, safe environments, and quality healthcare all contribute to health equity.
It also means allocating resources and opportunities according to individual need, while also working to address longstanding biases and societal barriers that have prevented some people from achieving their full potential. We do not use the term “health equality.” It suggests that we give everyone the same resources, whether they need them or not.
