Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

They rose 26%, and general price inflation by 20%, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation survey on employer-sponsored benefits for 2019 released yesterday. Because this is the Health Populi blog, my lens is aimed in the KFF report on consumer-facing issues. Expect health care costs to rank a top issue driving U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 11, 2019

I’ve asserted for many years that connectivity and broadband are a social determinant of health. Without online access, people can’t seek jobs, get educated, enroll in health insurance, socially connect with other people, and seek health information for self-care or diagnosed conditions on WebMD or “Dr.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 17, 2019

For years, Alegeus found that patients were indeed growing those consumer health muscles to save and shop for health care. In 2019, it appears that patients have backslid, according to the 2019 Healthcare Consumerism Index from Alegeus. The first chart shows that the 2019 Index fell from 60.1 households.

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Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2019

We need a “new needs model” for the digital age, asserts a new report, Human Needs in a Digital World , the 2019 Digital Society Index report from the Dentsu Aegis network. The post Digital Health As A Basic Human Need – the Dentsu Digital Society Index 2019 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Patients searching online for health information and health care provider reviews is mainstream in 2019. Digital health tracking is now adopted by 4 in 10 U.S. Rock Health’s Digital Health Consumer Adoption Report for 2019 was developed in collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

THE LARGER CONTEXT The family doctor system was introduced as part of health reforms establishing primary health centres in China in 2019. A study proposed increasing health insurance reimbursements, reducing out-of-pocket expenses of patients, and providing patient discounts as ways to address people's reluctance.

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Mobi Health News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The HIPAA-compliant Skills capabilities were launched in 2019 to help patients connect with hospitals and health insurers using Alexa.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Census Bureau found that the level of health insurance enrollment fell by 1 million people in 2019 , with about 30 million Americans not covered by health insurance. The coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated the erosion of the health insured population. lacked health insurance.

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Health Populi

APRIL 7, 2019

With that in mind, I devote this post to three key social determinants of health (SDOH) that are top-of-mind for me these days: food for health, climate change, and universal health coverage. UHC happens to be WHO’s focus for World Health Day 2019. [As Why a World Health Day? you may be asking.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

French president Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to follow in Germany’s footsteps by making digital therapeutics available on prescription through the statutory health system. I’m very direct with you – we will just replicate what works in Germany.”

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

That’s what came to my mind when reading the latest global health report from the OECD, Health at a Glance 2019 , which compares the United States to other nations’ health care outcomes, risk factors, access metrics, and spending. An October 2019 CBS News Poll on how Americans feel about U.S. Men vs. women.

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Health Populi

MAY 5, 2019

This is what rationing health care looks like in America: one in two people in families dealing with a chronic health condition have difficulty affording paying medial bills before meeting a deductible, unexpected medical bills, co-payments for prescription drugs, co-payments for physician visits, and/or their monthly health insurance premium.

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Bill of Health

MAY 19, 2022

from 2018-2019. Therapeutic Value Assessments of Novel Medicines in the US and Europe, 2018-2019. Hospital-Administered Cancer Therapy Prices for Patients With Private Health Insurance. The post Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy appeared first on Bill of Health. JAMA Oncol. JAMA Netw Open.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 19, 2023

Kaiser Permanente has been fined $450,000 by the California Department of Managed Care (CDMC) for impermissibly disclosing the confidential and protected health information (PHI) of up to 167,095 health plan members. As a result of that failure to act, a further 175,000 mailings were potentially sent to incorrect addresses.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 19, 2022

million settlement proposed by Solara Medical Supplies to resolve a class action lawsuit related to a 2019 data breach has received preliminary approval from the court. The plaintiffs alleged Solara Medical Supplies was negligent for failing to prevent the breach.

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Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2022

Declines in preventive care services like cancer screenings and blood glucose testing concern employers, whose continued to cover health insurance for employees during the pandemic. But Castlight expects a flat-line in PMPM spending for 2022, leveling out at $4,232 per member/per month for commercially-insured employees.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 26, 2022

In other words, both convicted individuals and those still presumed innocent are stripped of their access to the federal health insurance program for low-income individuals. Gamble (1976), affirmed that incarcerated individuals have the constitutional right to health care. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Estelle v. 3514 and S.2628

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

. – was filed in the Arizona Superior Court against Magellan Health Inc. and Magellan RX Management, LLC on behalf of patients whose protected health information was exposed in a May 2019 phishing attack. The plaintiffs also took issue with how Magellan Health handled the data breach and the delay in issuing notifications.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 30, 2023

from 2019 to 2022 – or more than double the rate of increase for Medicare IPPS reimbursement (7.5%). over the same time period, Additionally, 74% of hospitals reported an increase in the number of administrative tasks related to health insurance policies, compared to just 2% who reported a decrease.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 12, 2024

of US physicians are employed by hospitals, health systems, or corporate entities. – The trend has been steadily increasing over the past five years, with over 44,000 practices acquired by these entities since 2019. The data spans from January 2019 to January 2024. As of January 2024, a staggering 77.6%

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

in 2019, the NIH invested $1.9 It will also be essential to develop strategies to minimize barriers, such as health insurance and access to the health care system. Another concern is that, given the limited funding allocated towards food and nutrition (e.g.,

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 20, 2019

This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Now that the 2019 health insurance Open Enrollment period has concluded, healthcare industry stakeholders are watching closely for any shifts in consumer behavior regarding enrollment and the overall uninsured rate.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 26, 2022

On June 28, 2019, Solara Medical identified suspicious activity in an employee email account. The subsequent investigation confirmed unauthorized individuals had gained access to multiple Office 365 email accounts between April 2, 2019, and June 20, 2019, as a result of employees responding to phishing emails.

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Redox

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Is 2019 the year we see telemedicine take the leap? Now that we are all on the same page, let’s explore what new developments make 2019 feel like the year telemedicine utilization takes a leap. For 2019, CMS has implemented a few changes that promise to have a significant impact on the telemedicine industry. Learn more.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 2, 2022

What You Should Know: – Take Command , a tech-enabled service that offers HRA administration, has acquired innovative HRA intellectual property assets from Savvy , a San Francisco-based, VC-backed healthcare company founded in 2019. Simplify Company Health Insurance with Fixed Stipends. What’s an ICHRA?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2021

Using data from Blue Health Intelligence data repository – an independent data and analytics company that is a licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association – researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health compared claims data from March through June 2019 with March through June 2020.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Even with the prospect of enrolling in Medicare sooner in a year or two or three, Americans approaching retirement are growing concerned about health care costs, according to a study in JAMA Network Open. One-half said they weren’t confident in their ability to afford health insurance in or near retirement.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In 2019, Kristina Saffran and Dr. Erin Parks founded Equip, with a dream of making sure that everyone had access to evidence-based treatment for eating disorders. But 2019 was hardly the beginning of their dream. The company operates in most states and is partnered with nearly every major health insurance plan. .

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HIT Consultant

JULY 3, 2024

. – The news comes just a few months after Walmart announced the closure of all 51 of its health clinics in late April. From Expansion Plans to Abrupt Closure Walmart’s foray into the healthcare market began in 2019 with the opening of its first Walmart Health center in Dallas, Georgia.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Among stresses facing people at least 50 years of age, health care costs rank top of mind compared with other issues like long-term care, health insurance, Social Security, taxes, and being read to retire. This third chart comes from the BofA 2019 Workplace Benefits Report based on the bank’s poll of 996 U.S.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Conway Regional Medical Center, a non-profit healthcare system in north central Arkansas, has proposed a $295,000 settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that was filed on behalf of individuals affected by a 2019 data breach. The data breach in question occurred in June 2019. Following the breach, a lawsuit – Danielle Marshall v.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Before joining BCGDV, they practised as medical doctors or worked in industries such as health insurance, medtech or pharma”, the company spokesperson informed Healthcare IT News. "As of January 2021, US adults had reported symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive disorder that showed a four-fold increase from 2019.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

BWPO said the backup file included data from January 1, 2017, to May 1, 2019, including names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, medical record numbers, health insurance numbers, and limited clinical information, such as lab results, procedures, medications, and diagnoses related to care provided at BWPO.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 2, 2023

What You Should Know: – Independent primary care provider Aledade and health insurer Humana announced a ten-year collaboration to connect independent primary care physicians in Humana’s network with the tools they need to thrive in value-based primary care.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Before joining BCGDV, they practised as medical doctors or worked in industries such as health insurance, medtech or pharma”, the company spokesperson informed Healthcare IT News. "As of January 2021, US adults had reported symptoms of anxiety and/or depressive disorder that showed a four-fold increase from 2019.

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Health Populi

JULY 21, 2019

has achieved “the best economy” ever in mid-July 2019. That’s the over-arching theme in PwC’s 8th annual Employee Financial Wellness Survey for 2019, painting a financial stressed-out workforce of fully-employed people. adults based on a poll conducted in January 2019.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Five former employees of Methodist Hospital in Tennessee have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Memphis for criminal violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for impermissibly accessing the protected health information of patients and providing that information to another individual for financial gain.

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