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By integrating cultural competency in shared decision-making and customer-centric approaches into practice, doctors can build trusting relationships that help support prescription adherence, heighten satisfaction, reduce unnecessary use of acute care services and improve self-care management. |
This includes using the CareEmpower technology platform, which allows doctors to access the latest health information on patients. |
"We're proud to partner with Equality Health in order to provide more innovative and cultural competent services while utilizing an advanced technology platform that will enhance how we access healthcare data," said Scott Cummings, state president at Care1st Health Plan Arizona. "Overall, we believe this will help prom... |
Additionally, care coordination will be available for members who need more support such as those with chronic conditions. This process also includes a Health Access Survey that will identify social determinants of health that could affect members' care. |
These social determinants include factors such as residing in food desert areas, employment, housing, and access to healthcare. Based on the needs identified, members will be linked to community-based organizations that offer valuable social and human services like food programs, transportation, housing, and more. |
"Care coordination is a key piece of our overall goal to change the current standard in healthcare," said Hugh Lytle, Equality Health founder and CEO. "More than simply addressing people's basic medical needs, we need to find solutions for challenges with language and health literacy as well as cultural and social fact... |
As of Sept. 30, 2017, Care1st Health Plan Arizona serves approximately 156,000 AHCCCS (Medicaid) members and 2,000 Medicare Advantage Special Needs members. WellCare also has 21,000 Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) members in Arizona. |
Headquartered in Tampa, Fla., WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE: WCG) focuses exclusively on providing government-sponsored managed care services, primarily through Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans, to families, children, seniors and individuals with complex medical needs. The company s... |
Equality Health, LLC is an Arizona-based integrated delivery system focused on improving care delivery for underserved populations through culturally-sensitive programs that improve access, quality and patient trust. Through an integrated technology and services platform, culturally competent provider network and uniqu... |
The oldest employee at the Minneapolis start-up Inkit is also its founder and chief executive, Michael McCarthy. |
The 25-year-old leads a tech and marketing company that, in contrast to the youth of its eight employees, concentrates on a way of reaching customers that has been around for more than a century — direct mail. |
The company, which started earlier this year, created a way for businesses to design and print customized advertising and get it mailed in one streamlined process online. Typically, direct mail marketing efforts have to be designed, printed and distributed by separate, outside companies. |
McCarthy and Abram Isola founded Inkit in 2016, but the actual product launched four months ago. Isola, who learned how to code at age 6, was previously head of data science and security at Lead Pages, a job he was hired for at the age of 18. McCarthy was a marketing manager at U.S. Bank. |
Both of them grew up in Minneapolis, met online and became friends. |
McCarthy first realized the potential for a tech company that customizes direct mail after a conversation he had with his mother. She wanted to start a website to sell some products online and asked him to help set it up. |
Online shoppers routinely begin to buy something, place it in their virtual shopping cart and then jump away from the site without completing a deal. McCarthy likened his thought to the practice by Google and others of creating custom ads based on the search history of users. |
His mom didn’t end up using the idea, but McCarthy pitched it to his friend Isola and they decided to start Inkit out of their own pockets. “We wanted to bring traditional marketing strategies in the modern age using software,” Isola said. |
One of the big components of Inkit’s software is its automation feature. For example, if a company wanted to send a postcard to customers who hadn’t been back to the store in the last 45 days, a marketer at the business could use Inkit to quickly create one and get it sent. An order can be however many or little as a c... |
He said with the rise of digital marketing in recent years, direct-mail cost has gone down, making this the perfect time to invest in it. Jisu Huh, director of graduate studies in the school of journalism and mass communication at the University of Minnesota, said the direct-mail marketing comeback is linked to the inc... |
“The advantage of a printed direct-mail ad is they provide consumers with the experience of holding something tangible, which tends to attract more attention and be much more difficult to avoid than a digital ad,” Huh said. |
McCarthy said marketers are also weighing the rising cost of digital ads with uncertainty about their impact. “What we found was the idea of direct mail was resonating with people,” he said. |
Most of Inkit’s customers are small and midsize businesses. The company is focused on developing new product features, adding employees and growing its client base. McCarthy said Inkit uses its own product to spread direct mail advertisements about itself. |
Woman at Core of Mystery Buried : Medicine: Gloria Ramirez is laid to rest two months after her death at a Riverside hospital, where fumes felled personnel. Her clergyman scolds the county for its handling of the case. |
Gloria Ramirez, who lived in relative obscurity but in death became the focus of a sensational medical mystery that catapulted her to the front page and the top of the evening news, was finally laid to rest Wednesday. |
The comforting prayers, the cathartic tears and the symbolic release of balloons into the gray morning sky came two months after her death. Since Feb. 19, her family's grief has been interwoven with anger and frustration. For weeks, they have been unable to gain information about the cause of death of the 31-year-old m... |
But at the funeral Wednesday and a memorial Tuesday night, the time had finally come for family and friends to say goodby. |
The Rev. Brian Taylor read from Paul's letter to the Corinthians to those gathered for the memorial Tuesday. He read from the 23rd Psalm and reflected on John's Gospel. He talked of how Gloria Ramirez was a friend to all, quick to smile, a carefree joker who brought comfort and joy to others. |
And, even though medical authorities have not concluded how Ramirez died or whether she was the source of the mystery fumes, Taylor referred to "that bizarre, tragic incident in the hospital emergency room that took her life." The hospital, he maintained, "is likely to blame for the toxic fumes that took her life." |
He scolded the county for not sharing results of its investigation into her death with the family and for the handling of her body--which Riverside County officials did not release for burial until last weekend. |
County officials have called Ramirez's death the most baffling in local history and have said they will disclose their findings by the end of the month. A county spokesman has said the hospital is not believed to be the source of the fumes. |
Ramirez, who had been found to have cervical cancer six weeks earlier, was rushed to the hospital Feb. 19 complaining of breathing difficulties and nausea. As one doctor tried unsuccessfully to keep her alive as her body went into cardiac distress, six other emergency room attendants grew dizzy or collapsed after sever... |
For an extraordinary autopsy a week later, pathologists wore protective suits and worked in a specially built room. Until last week, county officials had said her casket could not be opened unless similar precautions were taken. |
"Gloria has not been treated right, her death was unjust and the treatment of her body has been unjust," Taylor said at the memorial service. "The people responsible need to be held accountable for that." |
With that, the minister returned the service to more traditional lines. "We can finally give Gloria the dignity of a proper funeral," he said. |
Ramirez's two children from a previous marriage, 12-year-old Evelyn Arciniega and 9-year-old Angel Arciniega Jr., approached the podium with Ramirez's sister, Maggie Ramirez-Garcia, who read a poem written by Evelyn. "Roses are red, violets are blue. . . . The next time I find a red rose, it will be just for you," she ... |
Sprays of flowers flanked the ivory-colored casket; a small crucifix was placed atop it and a portrait of Ramirez positioned to the left of it. |
About 100 people, most of them relatives, attended Tuesday night's service. The family asked television news crews to keep their cameras outside. |
On Wednesday, a 10-minute graveside service at Olive Wood Cemetery in Riverside completed what Taylor said was a necessary closure in the family's grieving process. As Taylor sang "Amazing Grace," as many as 10 television news crews and other reporters and photographers kept their distance at the family's request. |
"It's a song that Gloria would hum around the house a lot," he said later. |
Writers Simon Beaufoy and Michael Arndt (who’s hiding behind the pseudonym Michael deBruyn) bring extra characters to the screenplay, but any resonance those have comes solely from the performances: Jeffrey Wright as a technological expert, Jena Malone as a ferocious woodsman whose weapon is an ax, Sam Claflin as a mys... |
Lawrence gives the same committed, heart-rending performance, and she’s even more saintly than before: The script never lets her fire an arrow except in self-defense, and she stubbornly defies Snow in public, though she knows the probable consequence is death. Hutcherson has more personality this time, yet Peeta doesn’... |
The finale sets up the third and fourth installments cleverly, reshaping our take on virtually the entire story. It came out of a clear blue sky for this unsuspecting viewer, who’d been hoping for some massive surprise. Of course, I’d also hoped the story would go in a substantially different direction from the first “... |
Local professor John D. Baker, who has personal and professional ties to the Wetterling case, said he believes the FBI should release its files. |
ST. CLOUD — Catching up on the local news between classes Thursday morning, John D. Baker found himself at a loss. |
The St. Cloud State University criminal justice studies professor's disappointment followed an unprecedented press conference held by Stearns County Sheriff Don Gudmundson, which presented key points of the investigation into the abduction of Jacob Wetterling preceding the release of thousands of pages of documents rel... |
The press conference ended with an impromptu, emotional appearance by former FBI investigator Al Garber, a key player in the bulk of the Wetterling investigation. |
At the podium, Garber openly disagreed with Gudmundson's primarily negative assessment of how the case was handled. He was then asked to leave the room. |
"I know Al (Garber) personally, and it's rather disappointing that he would continue saying that stuff. ... I've heard Al say he wouldn't do anything differently," Baker said. "I just shake my head at that." |
Baker, also a lawyer, said he agrees with both the release of the investigative documents and Gudmudson's discontent with the course of the investigation. |
"I know Garber is complaining that Gudmundson wasn't there, but my reading was that there were a lot of things that were botched during that time frame," Baker said. "It's good to see the sheriff taking responsibility for what was botched." |
Baker is from St. Joseph. He knows the Wetterlings. He said he "used to play softball with Jerry Wetterling back in the '70s." |
"So you could say I've been following this case pretty closely," Baker said. "(Former Stearns County Sheriff Charlie) Grafft was a small-time sheriff with a big-time problem presented to him." |
That "big time problem" and the less-than-ideal execution of the investigation had permanent repercussions on the psyche of a nation, according to Baker. |
"I was just talking to my students this morning, and I said that my generation, the Baby Boomers, we raised (our kids) under 'the Jacob Wetterling effect.' I couldn't let my kids ride their bikes to school," he said. |
"It changed the way we think as a nation. If law enforcement had been more accountable, if this had been handled right, we might have raised a whole generation of kids differently." |
Baker was pleased with Gudmundson's lengthy, in-depth explanation of the missteps in the Wetterling case. He also echoes Gudmundson's call for the FBI to make public the investigative documents they have refused to release. |
"Generally speaking, investigative data is public data, once its been over with. This case is closed. I agree (the FBI documents) should be released," he said. "It just begs the question: What are they hiding?" |
During the press conference, Gudmundson said the FBI is withholding 12,545 pages regarding the investigation. The FBI, Gudmundson said, is claiming to only have about 4,000 documents in its possession, but Gudmundson said the Stearns County records "are very clear." |
"I hope they're not trying to lessen their involvement in this case. They have 12,545 pages," Gudmundson said. |
Former FBI investigator Al Garber, who took umbrage with Gudmundson's assessment of the investigation, took the podium following the main presentation to say he believed Gudmundson "had his beliefs" which he "(made to) fit the facts in the case." |
Baker suggested that, by taking the podium Thursday morning, Garber set a kind of precedent for the FBI to release its withheld investigative documents. |
"If Al Garber, who has no control over (the investigation) anymore, is going to make these statements, they need to be backed up by the documents," Baker said. |
But even without Garber's dramatic ending of the already remarkable press conference, Baker said Gudmundson's nearly 90 minutes at the podium were practically revolutionary. |
"That's a big deal for a sheriff. He's not running for office, obviously, but this is a guy who has been around for a long time. He has a lot of experience. He should be one of the most respected voices on this," Baker said. |
"I wouldn't be surprised if this made national news today." |
As Minnesotans focus in on the 41,787 pages released by the Stearns County Sheriff's Office, Baker is returning to the concept of accountability. |
"It's a disappointment that we're just knowing this information now. Why didn't we know any of this during the 25-plus years Jacob was missing?" Baker said. "I respect what Gudmundson is saying. ... One of the lessons that we need to learn from this — from this case, from the sheriff coming out today — is that there ne... |
"There was no saving Jacob, we know that. ... But perhaps if there was more accountability, we would have found out what had happened to Jacob much earlier." |
The Atlantic Coast Conference is following the NCAA's lead in announcing Wednesday that it has decided to relocate its neutral-site championship events from North Carolina because of the state's recently enacted legislation regarding gender and bathrooms. |
The law, which among other things bans transgender people from using the bathroom corresponding with their gender identity, was a leading factor in the NCAA's decision Monday to pull seven championship events from the state. |
In a statement, the ACC Council of Presidents said it "reaffirmed our collective commitment to uphold the values of equality, diversity, inclusion and non-discrimination." |
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday praised the NCAA as "right" to relocate tournament games from the state as long as HB2 was in effect. |
The relocated events include women's soccer, men's and women's swimming and diving, women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's golf, baseball and the football conference championship previously scheduled for Dec. 3 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. |
Jason Rabedeaux died without shoes in the back seat of a Saigon taxicab, somewhere between his apartment tower on the bleak outskirts of the city and a hospital with a name he couldn't pronounce. He wore a red T-shirt. Blood loss had left him white and cold. Nobody expected this -- a suspicious gash on his arm and a cu... |
Childhood obesity rates are up. Scores on science exams are down. Parents and teachers worry that children lack empathy for others and for the planet. |
While there is no panacea for these contemporary problems, introducing children to the natural world can help them be physically active, pique curiosity, foster empathy, and encourage stewardship. |
I'm reminded of my own experience learning to fish at age 7. Catching fish may have been the purpose of my streamside ramblings, but as I grew older I became aware of the earth beneath my feet. |
What was previously a cluster of unremarkable plants became distinguishable as rattlesnake, Long Beach, and Christmas ferns. The blur of orange and black, seen streamside in May, was transformed into the Blackburnian warbler. Short trips to my favorite fishing hole became long, meandering hikes in the woods. |
Sharing outdoor experiences with children not only exercises the body, but stimulates the mind. |
Edward O. Wilson, the eminent Harvard biologist, began making ant farms out of mason jars as a young child. Edward Ross, a California Academy of Sciences curator of entomology, had collected thousands of insects by the time he finished high school. Nobel Prize winner James Watson, who discovered the double helix of DNA... |
Arguments that urban environments have no opportunities for nature study are specious. An experiment determining which foods ants like best can be conducted on a blacktop or sidewalk. Feeders and birdhouses for English sparrows can be constructed with little money or open space. Trees or plants can be observed during d... |
What makes outdoor nature studies meaningful is giving the children authentic experiences. Before a field trip collecting bugs, children in my first-grade class posed questions like, "Can an earwig crawl in people's ears?" "How long can a worm stay underground?" and "How can an ant carry crumbs if it is so small?" |
The expedition in the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles not only answered these questions, but also provided the impetus for others. |
A chance discovery of a scorpion under a rock was a great opportunity to learn about the differences between arachnids and insects. This was all the more meaningful because the children had collected bugs, smelled damp pine needles, and heard the pitched cry of a woodpecker. |
Some parents are concerned about the lack of empathy in today's children. Educators and parents have observed a profound disconnect from the feelings of others and our planet. |
Giving children experiences with nature and the outdoors can help develop empathy for our planet and for our fellow humans. |
Experiences with wild animals can also help children develop empathy. When one understands that a frog needs to be touched gently with moist hands, this can be "transferred" to an understanding that one's peers also need to be handled with care. I've observed this phenomenon in my first-grade class. |
After our ant farm was accidentally turned upside down and the ants perished, several children related to the experience by transferring the information. "How would you like it if somebody came to our classroom and turned it upside down?" asked one girl. |
In the early 1990s, while working as an environmental educator for the Fresh Air Fund with inner-city youth, I noticed that the children who respected nature also respected their peers. |
The key to successful outdoor experiences with children is found in our own spirit of adventure. Children repay an enthusiastic teacher with the dividends of curiosity and passion. |
Don't be dismayed if children appear to have more interest in floating sticks in a mountain creek or stirring the mud of a city pond than in an adult agenda. A passion for the outdoors frequently has humble origins. |
• Seth Shteir is vice president of the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society in California and a teacher at the Children's Community School in Van Nuys, Calif. |
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CBN.com With a career of more than 30 years, Amy Grant is the best-selling Contemporary Christian music singer to date. Not only is Grant known among churchgoers, but she's also a legend in mainstream music as well. In 2006, Amy Grant received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, after selling more than 25 million... |
Recently, CBNmusic chatted with the songstress about her newly released CD, Somewhere Down the Road, which features six new songs, two previously unreleased songs, a new recording of "Arms of Love", and three of her "best loved story-songs". |
Amy, you’ve said that the intent of the album is to show a life journey. What specifically will listeners experience as they travel this road with you? |
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