Morgan Health recently announced plans to enhance healthcare for 160 million people covered under employer-sponsored insurance (ESI).
The company is pushing federal policymakers to prioritize promoting and expanding accountable care in the nation’s biggest insurance sector, according to a June 8 press release.
“An overwhelming majority of Americans have yet to see the full benefit of value-based care—a growing disconnect from the federal government’s focus on advancing a value-based agenda in public programs,” said Dan Mendelson, Morgan Health CEO, in the release. “While employers have made meaningful strides to deliver innovative care and benefits to employees, there are long-standing barriers that require Congress and the federal government to act in tandem with the private sector.”
Morgan Health is a business unit of JPMorgan Chase designed to improve employer-sponsored healthcare, and quality, equity and affordability for JPMorgan Chase employees, families, and the United States health system, according to the release.
Morgan Health believes Congress and the Biden-Harris administration should endorse bipartisan measures for improved data sharing, enhancing the healthcare workforce and expediting the implementation of accountable care initiatives by employers, the release stated.
Federal policymakers can address barriers facing employers, health plans and providers that “hinder meaningful data collection, use and reporting,” according to the release.
One recommendation Morgan Health makes is finalizing a recent proposal to the creation of a centralized, national provider directory. Mendelson said a national provider directory would aid efforts to support a “more accurate picture of where individuals are seeking care, helping to inform benefit design refinements and network improvements needed to optimize access to and quality of care delivered to members across geographies and specialties.”
The company also recommends modernizing the existing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act statute and called for consistent standards for race and ethnicity data collection, use and reporting, according to the release. Another recommendation was to address workforce shortage in primary and behavioral health.
“Employee health issues are often categorized as being out of reach given ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) regulations, and as a result, many workers and their families contend with an antiquated health system that doesn’t prioritize quality, affordability or equity,” said Orriel Richardson, vice president of Health Equity and Policy, in the release. “These solutions represent the fundamental building blocks of a health system that is accountable for health improvement and equitable care for an increasingly diverse workforce.”