Acute Care
Learn about our work to improve care for seniors in the emergency department as well as patient-centered home and community-based care options.
Chronic Care
See how seniors and their families can access ongoing medical care at home.
Community-Based Palliative Care
Supportive Services
Learn how supportive services play a vital role in enabling successful aging by addressing modifiable social risk factors that impact health outcomes and healthcare costs.
Lowering Healthcare Costs
To rein in healthcare costs, the U.S. must create a more efficient and transparent system. To slow the healthcare cost trajectory, West Health is focused on advancing three common-sense solutions: 1) accelerate adoption of value-based care; 2) lower the cost of prescription drugs; and 3) increase pricing transparency.
Accelerate Adoption of Value-Based Care
WEST HEALTH ON TWITTER
A new report shows patients’ out-of-pocket #HCcosts for inpatient services increased by 14% between 2017 – 2018 bit.ly/2NcQ9cc
ENHANCED WEBSITE AND RESOURCES! Now Easier to Find the Latest News and More
West Health and The SCAN Foundation launched the nonpartisan, public awareness and education campaign, We Stand With Seniors…will you? We are pleased to announce a refreshed WeStandWithSeniors.org to make it easier to follow aging news and #StandWithSeniors activities to support the creation of a Master Plan for Aging in California.
Events
View a list of upcoming events and speaking engagements that showcase our work to lower healthcare costs to enable successful aging.
PAST EVENTS
June 18, 2019: Webinar: Connecting the Dots Across Oral Health, Food Insecurity and Malnutrition June 11, 2019: d.health Summit - Aging & Innovation Conference May 2, 2019: American Geriatrics Society 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting April 15, 2019: American Society on Aging in New Orleans Aging in America ConferenceLOWERING HEALTHCARE COSTS
The rising cost of healthcare is a growing economic and public health crisis that hurts the U.S. economy, threatens individual financial security, compromises care and reduces patient access.
FEATURED RESOURCES
Learn more about Civica Rx, a new not-for-profit generic drug company Private Insurance Payments to California Hospitals Average More Than Double Medicare Payments Gallup: (ASA) The U.S. Healthcare Cost Crisis presentation Gallup: The U.S. Healthcare Cost Crisis presentation HCI-DC 2019 Graphic Recordings HealthCostCrisis.org U.S. Spending More Than $420 Million Per Hour On Healthcare, On Track To Spend In Excess Of $12 Trillion By 2040 Press Release: The Great Disconnect Between Perceptions and Realities of the U.S. Healthcare System HCI DC 2018 Healthcare Costs Innovation Summit White Paper HCI-DC 2018 Healthcare Costs Innovation Summit HighlightsPresentations
From healthcare experts to geriatric thought leaders, our research teams publish work that explores ways to lower costs and improve healthcare delivery for seniors.
Featured Presentations
d.health: Gallup Presentation ASA19 Presentation: Geriatric Emergency Departments and Clinics-Pioneering Change in Healthcare Delivery Family Caregivers: Recent Findings from West Health (ASA19 workshop) Using Technology to Facilitate Coordinated Care Across Clinical and Community Service Settings (ASA19 workshop) Gallup: (ASA) The U.S. Healthcare Cost Crisis presentation Let’s Talk Policy and Practice: Malnutrition Among Older Adults, a Growing Crisis in America Today The U.S. Healthcare Cost Crisis – West Health and Gallup PresentationInfographics
We’re combining data and graphics to illustrate opportunities for lowering healthcare costs to help seniors.
Featured Infographics
High Prices, Broken Promises on Prescription Drug Costs WHI/NORC Survey on Healthcare Costs: 5 Thing to Know New Insights Into America’s Views on Aging Successfully Oral Health Should Not Take a Backseat to General Health, Particularly for Seniors in Need InfographicPublications
From healthcare experts to geriatric thought leaders, our research teams publish work that explores ways to lower healthcare costs to enable successful aging.
Featured Publications
Private Insurance Payments to California Hospitals Average More Than Double Medicare Payments Telehealth Post-acute and Long-term Care Guide Improved Cost and Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries Dispositioned From the ED to Receive Home Health Care Compared With Inpatient Hospitalization Geriatric Emergency Department (GED) Fact Sheet CBOs’ Role in Addressing Malnutrition in Community-Dwelling Older AdultsMultimedia
Through video, livestreams, webinars and other multimedia, we are working to shine the light on the challenges facing seniors in this country and the actions we need to take to lower the cost of healthcare for all Americans.