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The latest HSEI briefs show that personal health care spending growth continues to increase due to higher utilization, price growth and economywide inflation slowed in June, and job growth continued at a pace near its 12-month average.

The latest HSEI briefs show that personal health care spending growth exceeds GDP growth for the third month, health care price and utilization growth continue upward trends, and health care adds 52,000 jobs in May, consistent with the 12-month average.

In this Forefront piece, Corwin Rhyan and George Miller use data from Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators spending series to analyze 2022 health spending, identify trends by payer and by price/utilization, and compare the health spending totals to what health spending was forecasted to be based on prior CMS projections. 

The latest HSEI briefs show that growth rates of GDP and national health spending are converging, health care prices accelerated in April amid slowing overall inflation, and health care job growth was consistent with Q1 2023.

The report provides a data-informed vision of Michigan’s future based on current trends and trajectories across multiple dimensions: demographic, economic, workforce, infrastructure, environment, and public services. 

Community Care Corps has launched the fourth grant cycle of funding for innovative local models using volunteers to assist family caregivers, older adults, or adults with disabilities. As a partner in the Administration for Community Living-funded initiative, Altarum is responsible for monitoring and evaluating Community Care Corp programs.

The latest HSEI briefs show that private payer health services price growth hit a new record high, national health spending is holding at 17.2% of GDP, and health care job growth continues modestly across all major settings of care.

Our 2022 Impact Report offers 18 stories of how Altarum is advancing our mission, pushing the boundaries of what is possible, and making a real difference.

The latest HSEI briefs show that personal health care spending accelerated in January 2023, overall health care price growth remains moderate, and the steady health care job growth seen in 2022 is continuing into 2023.

Beginning in March 2023, Altarum will host a secure online portal for the "2023 Barriers to Health Care for Women Veterans Survey," sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Women’s Health. Learn more about the purpose of the survey and how it will be conducted.

The latest HSEI briefs provide our first estimate of full year 2022 spending growth, showing that national health spending grew by 3.8% in 2022, as a decline in pandemic-related federal subsidies partially blunted an increase in health care utilization. 

According to the second and final Altarum Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Pandemic Response Survey, PACE organizations across the country have not been spared from workforce challenges, which threaten to complicate service delivery for PACE participants. Learn what steps are being taken to address these challenges.