Waymark Blog

The Waymarker Community: Meet Atheendar Venkataramani, Waymark Advisor

Sanjay Basu, Waymark's Head of Clinical, interviews Atheendar Venkataramani, a Waymark advisor.

Waymark Becomes a Preferred Vendor of the Association for Community Affiliated Plans

Waymark has been selected as a preferred vendor for not-for-profit Safety Net Health Plans.

Our latest research: Making unbiased estimates of the effect of real-world interventions

We devised an approach to get reliable estimates of the effect of real-world interventions, even if there are unobserved confounding factors that influence who gets the intervention.

Aetna Better Health of Virginia and Waymark Collaborate to Enhance Community-Based Care Services for Virginia Medicaid Beneficiaries

Announcing Dana Thomas to lead Growth Partnerships

Her appointment expands Waymark's depth of expertise in Medicaid.

Our latest research: Broadband Internet and Access to Primary Care

Patients with optimal vs inadequate broadband availability had more video-based primary care visits and fewer in-person primary care visits after the onset of the COVID pandemic.

Our latest research: Catastrophic Spending On Insulin In The United States

We found that among Americans who use insulin, 14.1 percent spent more than 40 percent of their postsubsistence family income on insulin alone, representing almost 1.2 million people.

Our latest research: Gender disparities in healthcare provider pay

Our new collaborative research observes a 21% gender wage gap that gets even bigger with commonly used alternative payment formulas. We found alternative formulas that can correct the disparity.

Our latest research: The Impact of Primary Care Access on Rural Life Expectancy

The low availability of primary care in rural counties was responsible for 10% of the relationship between living in a rural area and having lower life expectancy.

Our latest research: The Underuse of Prevention and Coordination Codes in Primary Care

The fee-for-service piecemeal approach to supporting primary care, by adding more billing codes for different preventive services, doesn’t seem to work.