HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Challenges in Employer-Provided Healthcare Employers face significant barriers in healthcare, including: – Cost: US employers spend over $800 billion annually, often paying hospitals nearly three times Medicare rates. – Quality: Clinical outcome data is often inaccessible to employers, leading to variable readmission rates (13.7%

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

This shift places health plans at the core of the healthcare experience, requiring them to adapt to the evolving member expectations. By 2027, the full integration of HEI will impact Star Ratings, pushing health plans to address health disparities more aggressively.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 1, 2023

Within DTx, the emergence of precision engagement is a development that holds great promise, especially for chronic conditions where day-to-day choices and behaviors have a significant impact on health outcomes—conditions like diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. billion in 2027. billion in 2020 to nearly $16.3

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Health Care Law Brief

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Waiver Amendment was approved on January 9, 2024, by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) under Section 1115(a) of the Social Security Act and will expire on March 31, 2027. billion in Medicaid investments over the next three years. Instead, such costs will be covered by the state. CMS has authorized up to $2.2

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NY Health Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

On January 9, 2024, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finally approved New York State’s 1115 waiver amendment to establish the New York Health Equity Reform (NYHER) Program. The waiver amendment authorizes up to $2.2 The actual Medicaid Hospital Global Budget Model to be used remains to be approved by CMS.

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Healthcare Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

On April 1, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced states may seek to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage from 60 days to one year through a new state plan option offered by the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”). This option is available for five years and ends on March 31, 2027.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Transparent, useful, ethical AI will create better health outcomes for everyone. According to a recent industry survey by Sunwave Health, 91% of behavioral health providers said they experience moderate to severe staffing shortages. health expenses by 2027, thanks to rising labor and supply costs.

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