Health Populi

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Three factors will drive healthcare costs to 2026: prices for medical goods and services, changes in income growth, and shifting enrollment from private health insurance to Medicare — driven by the aging of Boomers. per year, 2017-26, expected to hit $5.7 The annual growth rate of medical spending will be 5.5%

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The largest patient experience workflows included shopping for health insurance, preparing to see a healthcare provider, connecting with that provider, managing a diagnosis, shopping for services, receiving treatment, and finally, paying for the services. Experian surveyed 1,000 consumers in September 2017 for this study.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 6, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the proposed rule on Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (the “Proposed Rule”). Additional Opportunities for Integration through State Medicaid Agency Contracts.

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Health Law RX

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is signaling that it is cracking down on healthcare organizations that fail to identify and address cybersecurity vulnerabilities as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA Rules).

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Among people who have health insurance, managing the costs of their medical care doesn’t rank as a top frustration. Instead, attending to health and wellbeing, staying true to an exercise regime, maintaining good nutrition, and managing stress top U.S. health-insured adults in July 2018.

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Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2018

“Health agencies will have to become at least as sophisticated as other consumer/retail industries in analyzing a variety of data that helps uncover root causes of human behavior,” Gartner recommended in 2017. That’s because “health” is not all pre-determined by our parent-given genetics.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), recently issued a proposed rule to adopt standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) for “health care attachment” transactions (the “Proposed Rule”).

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2019

Power,” your mind probably imagines reviews of automotive performance, retail shopping experiences, or perhaps even health insurance plan customer service. Expanding its report-card role in the health ecosystem. In 2019, 28 states have payment parity policies for Medicaid. When you think “J.D.

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Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2018

. “Employer health spending has grown from 6 percent of total wages in 1988 to more than 12 percent in 2018,” driven by healthcare prices growing faster than the general economy, and the adoption of new technologies, procedures, and increasingly expensive new prescription drugs, PwC observes. economy by 2026.

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CMS.gov

JANUARY 31, 2019

Through innovation, partnership and a strong focus on making health care more affordable, we have the tools to further reduce senior poverty across the country. April 2017. Medicare Beneficiaries’ High Out-of-Pocket Costs: Cost Burdens by Income and Health Status. Income and Assets of Medicare Beneficiaries, 2016-2035.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 25, 2022

Fetter also launched adjacent businesses—Conifer Health Solutions and United Surgical Partners International—which are now multi-billion-dollar enterprises and leaders in their respective fields. Fetter retired as chairman and CEO of Tenet in late 2017. He also serves on the boards of Cardiovascular Systems Inc.

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. One of my commitments as the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is to ensure we remain steadfast in our commitment to strengthen Medicare by making sure that tax dollars are spent appropriately. percent in 2017 to 8.12 Leadership.

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CMS.gov

JUNE 11, 2018

Medicaid & CHIP. However, it is important for our beneficiaries across the country to know that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is exploring all of our options to address this national crisis. out of 1,000 Medicaid beneficiaries are impacted by OUD. CMS Opioids Roadmap. keya.joy-bush@…. Initiatives.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The virtual trial, to be sure, is not a new concept: One team of researchers counted more than 1,100 trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov employing connected digital products for remote data collection in both 2017 and 2018, the organization observed. Implications of altered health portfolios.

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C&M Health Law

JANUARY 20, 2023

Volume 1 — Introductory Material, June 2019 with Errata HL7 Implementation Guide for CDA Release 2: Consolidated CDA Templates for Clinical Notes (US Realm) Draft Standard for Trial Use Release 2.1,

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 2, 2023

In March 2017, an employee of New Jersey-based BioReference Laboratories was terminated from their position for failing to securely dispose of documents containing the PHI of 1,772 patients. Also in 2017, an employee of Lowell General Hospital in Massachusetts was fired for snooping on the healthcare records of 769 patients.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 29, 2023

It has been 27 years since President Clinton signed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) into law, but compliance is still proving a challenge for many HIPAA-regulated entities. The 2016-2017 HIPAA audit program identified many areas of noncompliance. million in 2018 to just $1.6 million in 2022.

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

1791(c), the Department of Human Services, Division of Aging Services, Office of the State Health Insurance for the Aged and Disabled, readopted a rule regarding the Senior Gold Prescription Program Manual. 3A:58 by the Department of Children and Families in 2017. 10:69, AFDC-Related Medicaid, or 10:71, Medicaid Only.

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CMS.gov

OCTOBER 22, 2018

New State Relief and Empowerment Waiver Guidance Gives States Tools to Help Fix Broken Health Insurance Markets. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. million Americans remain without health insurance. percent in 2019 and more insurers will enter the market—premiums are still far too high.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Between 2017 to 2021, there was also significant movement in a few other areas: identity and self-esteem (up 11 points from 2017), as well as control and reality (up 7 points between 2017 to 2021). FarmboxRx works with providers and insurers in the U.S.

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Health Populi

MAY 8, 2019

Two-thirds of Rx’s were dispensed to treat chronic conditions, notably hypertension, mental health, lipid management, diabetes, and anti-coagulants. In 2017, nearly 60% of new therapy starts were for the Flucelvax Quadrivalent flu vaccine. increase over 2017 net of rebates, discounts, and price concessions.

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CMS.gov

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Today the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced proposed changes to Medicare Part D to lower prescription drug costs for beneficiaries. Part D uses private insurance plans to cover drugs that are picked up at a pharmacy. But the policy was never intended to be permanent.

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2018

The 50 ways to reform prescription drug pricing include: Increasing competition via promoting innovation and competition and developing proposals to drop Medicaid and ACA programs from raising drug prices in the private market.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B Can Hospitals Change in Time to Keep Them?

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Hall Render

JANUARY 28, 2022

Banner Health expects hospitalizations to peak in mid-February from recent omicron surge. Arkansas health officials ask state for $400M to cover increased Medicaid costs. Arkansas health officials weigh in on mask debate, warn of fake masks. California launches Medicaid innovation with new MCO and technology requirements.

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Health Populi

APRIL 2, 2018

Interestingly, shipping services ranked highly on the Temkin Experience Ratings for 2017, which I also intuit are part of the Amazon shipping halo]. By the fourth quarter of 2017, over one-half of U.S. Last month, Amazon extended discounted Prime membership to people enrolled in Medicaid plans and SNAP food benefit programs.

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Health Populi

MAY 10, 2018

Financial stress is a social determinant of health, and as U.S. patients continue to evolve as health consumers, bearing more financial risks whether in employer-sponsored or individual health insurance plans, more Americans feel more health financed-stress. The post Guns, Jobs, or Health Care?

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Hall Render

APRIL 21, 2023

health-tech startup MemoryWell pivots, eyes new funding to roll out software for insurers Department of Veterans Affairs health system kicks off multiyear Greater Washington expansion Georgetown to open Southeast D.C.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 6, 2018

This asked people whether they would prefer a government-run health system. Most say, “no,” a proportion falling from the high of 47% “yes” in 2017 to 40% this year. Gallup points out in its analysis that the government is already a major health care channeler and funder through Medicare and Medicaid.

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Kaiser Health News

JUNE 29, 2022

The watchdogs also recommended imposing limits on home-based “health assessments,” arguing these visits can artificially inflate payments to plans without offering patients appropriate care. billion in 2017 for diagnoses backed up only by the health assessments; she said 3.5 Cathy Rodgers (R-Wash.)

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Kaiser Health News

JUNE 13, 2024

. “There were a number of practices used by insurance companies to essentially protect themselves from the costs associated with people who have preexisting conditions,” said Sabrina Corlette , a co-director of the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University and an expert on the health insurance marketplace.

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Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2018

If we’re playing a game of “majority rules,” then everyone in America would have the right to affordable health care, according to a new poll from The Commonwealth Fund. The report is aptly titled, Americans’ Views on Health Insurance at the End of a Turbulent Year. The Fund surveyed 2,410 U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

“Let’s get this thing f-ing done,” Martha McSally passionately asserted on May 4, 2017. In this case, I feel it’s important to capture the Zeitgeist of the Republican Party’s commitment to cutting down the ACA since President Trump took office in January 2017. Paul Ryan said, on the floor of the U.S.

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Kaiser Health News

JANUARY 12, 2023

And as of right now, CMS [the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services] or Medicare is not going to be covering it at all because right now the drug only has what’s known as an accelerated approval. Finally this week, but not least, there’s also news on the health insurance coverage front. Rovner: Yeah.

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Kaiser Health News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Also this week, Rovner interviews Kate Baicker of the University of Chicago about a new paper providing a possible middle ground in the effort to establish universal health insurance coverage in the U.S. But first, this week’s health news. She’s one of the authors of a new paper outlining a new proposal for the U.S.

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