At least one in four of your employees went home last night to a second shift managing medications, coordinating doctor appointments, helping an aging parent bathe, or sitting up late with a child who has complex medical needs. It didn’t come up during their performance review. The issue wasn’t highlighted in the employee benefits survey…
Seven million minutes of caregiver learning reveal the behavioral patterns behind fewer hospitalizations, delayed long-term care transitions, and more resilient families. There are 63 million family caregivers in the United States — nearly 1 in 4 adults — and the number has grown by 20 million since 2015.¹ Most of them are managing complex medical…
The person in recovery has a care team. The family member supporting them, more often than not, has no one. According to SAMHSA’s 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 48.4 million Americans, 16.8% of the U.S. population aged 12 and older, met the criteria for a substance use disorder in the past year.¹…
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this year Mental Health America (MHA) is rallying around a theme that resonates deeply with the work Trualta does every day: More Good Days, Together. MHA’s campaign is built on a simple but powerful premise — that “good” doesn’t have to mean happy or productive. For the people…
As Human Resource departments work to give their benefits program an overhaul, the focus tends to be on three core areas: Physical Wellness, Mental Wellness, and Financial Wellness. So, where do you put caregiving benefits? Caregiving used to be something people managed quietly after hours. That’s no longer true. A Harvard Business School report found…
Caregiving is one of the most important, and most undervalued, roles in our healthcare system. Every day, millions of family caregivers show up for their parents, spouses, siblings, and loved ones, often at significant cost to their own financial security, career, and wellbeing. At Trualta, we have always believed that supporting caregivers is imperative to…
A guide to structuring caregiver support as a fundable, measurable initiative, and making it last beyond the grant window. The Rural Health Transformation Program is the most significant federal investment in rural health infrastructure in a generation. States that get this right will reshape care for rural families for the next decade. States that rush…
Caregivers are a critical lever for cost reduction, improved outcomes, and system transformation. We’re proud to share a major milestone: Trualta has surpassed $100 million in Quantified Health Outcomes (QHO) savings, reinforcing what forward-thinking healthcare leaders already know. Investing in caregiver education and support delivers measurable ROI inside organizations and within the entire healthcare ecosystem….
Caregiving is among the most urgent workforce issues HR leaders face today, but few are talking about it in conference rooms. One in four Americans disclose that they are actively providing unpaid care for a loved one, but the true numbers could far exceed that. Many managers or supervisors don’t get the full story of…
The CMS Innovation Center’s newly announced ACCESS (Accelerating Clinical Evidence, Systems, and Solutions) Model signals that Medicare continues to double down in chronic condition care. Measurable outcomes will lead reimbursement decisions, meaning treating the root cause of these conditions will become even more impactful. This model challenges ACCESS participants, providers, health systems, and traditional Medicare,…
The Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) will only accelerate as funding is announced. For many states, moving from planning to execution, 2026 already feels more like a sprint. Besides determining the best ways to staff and manage this new program, they will soon be forced to answer questions like this one: how will these investments…
As complexity rises in care delivery, many Medicare and Medicaid health plans are discovering an uncomfortable truth: their case management teams are carrying too many cases, too many burdens, and too much administrative overhead. While they are critical to closing gaps in care, coordinating services with medical professionals and caregivers, when they’re overworked it creates…