Annual kidney disease testing and monitoring is crucial for people with diabetes, as diabetes is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease. Yet fewer than 50% of patients with diabetes receive both eGFR and uACR tests—those recommended under the Kidney Health...
Effective Jan. 1, 2025, changes to Peoples Health plans include plan offerings, benefits and cost-sharing amounts. We continue to serve all Louisiana parishes and will administer 17 Medicare Advantage health plans in 2025. Notable changes are below. For a list of...
Socioeconomic factors such as physical environment, economic stability, community and social contexts, education, nutrition, and health care accessibility can negatively affect patient health outcomes. When possible, it’s valuable to review these factors as part of...
The Peoples Health Supportive Care Program is available to help your Peoples Health patients be active at home in addressing and managing the acute symptoms of a serious illness or condition. Our clinical team works with a patient’s primary care provider to identify...
Peoples Health has created initiatives around the activities below to help facilitate optimal health outcomes for your Peoples Health patients: Completing common lab tests—comprehensive metabolic panel, CBC panel and hemoglobin A1c test—to monitor health and reduce...
Peoples Health collaborates with Elara Caring on a Healing at Home Program for your Peoples Health patients. The program is designed to create an effective post-acute system of care that maximizes patient experience and improves quality of care and health outcomes.How...
We value wellness exams and assessments because of the potential to improve overall health and well-being. Medicare annual wellness visits (AWVs) are an important way to enhance patient engagement and experience, because they offer valuable opportunities for patients...
We know at times it may be difficult to convince patients to complete a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.The CRC screening tool on the UnitedHealthcare Provider Portal can support you in navigating those challenging discussions. This tool helps patients better...
We transitioned our claims processing and portal platforms to UnitedHealthcare systems at the start of this year. Thank you for your participation and willingness to work with us through the transition. We have tools available to help ensure your continued success in...
CMS introduced the phasing in of a new risk adjustment model, version 28 (V28), at the end of March 2023. The model is being phased in through 2025 and will ultimately replace model V24. Under V28, more than 2,000 diagnosis codes no longer map to a risk-adjusted HCC,...