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...
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,...
Medicare has awarded Peoples Health a rating of 5 out of 5 stars for 2024.* We’ve been awarded this status for three years in a row, beginning in 2022. In fact, Peoples Health offers the only 5-star plans in Louisiana for 2024. We’re proud of the quality and...
We are transitioning to enhanced claims processing and provider portal platforms through UnitedHealthcare on Jan. 1, 2024.What this means The following changes are being implemented.Claims with dates of service on or after Jan. 1 will process through the...
Be assured that Peoples Health makes decisions about coverage for health care services as such: Utilization management decision-making is based only on medical necessity, appropriateness of care and services, and existence of coverage. Peoples Health does not reward...