Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It will also be essential to develop strategies to minimize barriers, such as health insurance and access to the health care system. Some states have implemented initiatives to integrate Food is Medicine into Medicaid , which can be valuable to expand access to broader groups of the population.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 requires Medicaid plans to publish and update accurate and searchable provider directories. Both private and public insurance reimbursement rates are not comparable to what mental health providers could make if they charged patients out-of-pocket.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 16, 2022

Yet I see clients driven into institutional facilities when the promise of aging in place meets reality: they cannot afford to hire homecare workers, and Medicaid rates are insufficient to attract would-be care workers to demanding and dangerous jobs.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Specifically, what if the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinds the emergency orders it has put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic? had adopted value-based care, it wouldn’t matter whether you saw your doctor in the office, online, or in the bleachers of Beaver Stadium. What if the trumpet shall sound?

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

By Daniel Swartzman If public health is to prosper, we will need to overcome the after-effects of several failures of imagination. Failing to use litigation against inadequate public health actions, as did the early civil rights and environmental movements. Failing to demand moral leadership of governmental actors.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Care Taps Health Net Exec as New CEO COLORADO Aurora’s Fitzsimons plans development opportunities on 60 acres Boulder drug discovery co. for maternity care Healthcare Shifts Driving Demand For Outpatient Facilities In Denver Insider Breach, Email Attacks Net $1.7M operating margin in Q3 JLL Arranges $13.4M 3 in the U.S.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

By Nicole Huberfeld Once again, health law has become a vehicle for constitutional change , with courts hollowing federal and state public health authority while also generating new challenges. In administrative law disputes, a critical aspect of public health law, clear statement rules enforce separation of powers.

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Bill of Health

MAY 12, 2023

No state Medicaid program covers IVF. Working the infertility shift may reduce IVF’s financial risk but increases health risks. McCuskey is a Professor at Boston University’s School of Public Health and School of Law. The post The Infertility Shift appeared first on Bill of Health. Elizabeth Y.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

National health spending in the U.S. every year from 2020 to 2027, the actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services forecast in their report, National Health Expenditure Projections, 2018-2927: Economic And Demographic Trends Drive Spending And Enrollment Growth , published yesterday by Health Affairs.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 3, 2023

Although three in four doctors support scrapping state medical boards in favor of a single federal license, such sweeping reform is likely far off. By Timothy Bonis. It is not just state boards’ political obstructionism standing in the way.

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Hall Render

MAY 31, 2024

margin in Q1 AI + navigation = faster cancer care at Northwell Mount Sinai’s Beth Israel submits revised closure plan Dollars can boost health equity, but broad change is just as important Montefiore records $27.9M operating income, 4.1%

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

By Elizabeth Weeks The most promising path forward in public health is to continue recognizing federal authority and responsibility in this space. Historically, public health law primacy resides with states via their core, Tenth Amendment reserved police powers to address residents’ health, safety, and welfare.

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Hall Render

MARCH 24, 2023

grant for public health response Hawaii Gov. Mary’s hospital names new president and CEO; starts April 24 HAWAII Maui healthcare workers remain on strike, no clear end Hawaii gets $14.2M

Nursing Homes 40

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Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2021

One-in-three people were also dealing with a mental health conditions, split roughly between anxiety disorders and depression of some type. A third report is useful to consider with the KFF tracking poll and the Urban Institute/RWJF study on delaying care due to chronic conditions. State Governors to expand Medicaid.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 7, 2024

However, Medicare does not cover all health care needs, notably long-term care services. Medicaid can step in to provide coverage for such critical needs that Medicare does not address, but many people must deplete their assets to qualify for Medicaid.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

to be his Department of Health and Human Services secretary ALABAMA 5 former Ascension hospitals rebrand Andrews Sports Medicine recommended for approval of Alabama ASC Medical Properties Trust cuts Steward from portfolio, hits $801M net loss in Q3 Texas medical office building sells for $7.1M Kennedy Jr. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy Jr.

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Kaiser Health News

JULY 11, 2023

The spending typically includes charity care — broadly defined as free or discounted care to eligible patients. But it can also include underpayments from public health plans, as well as the costs of training medical professionals and doing research.

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Hall Render

MARCH 11, 2022

How Nonprofit Hospitals, Health Systems Compensate Executives. Encompass Health’s home health unit attracts acquisition interest-sources. COVID-19 cases dwindle, but Alabama lawmakers continue push for public health reform. State health officer reflects on progress 2 years into pandemic.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In March 2020 , Congress expanded unemployment benefits at unprecedented levels, subsidized businesses, guaranteed paid sick leave for many workers, and broadened Medicaid eligibility. A collective policy response complemented this rhetorical and ideological framing.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

They fought to erode key elements embedded in the law meant to protect health consumers’ rights: among them, health promotion, disease prevention, and public health; and the assurance that sick people would be covered by health insurance plans without prejudice. In their poll of 487 likely U.S.

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Health Populi

MAY 3, 2019

.” I note that, by the time Americans voted in the 2018 mid-term elections, it was no surprise that lower-income Americans were highly concerned about paying higher premiums, most people earning over $75,000 a year were also very worried about covering the costs of health insurance. health care system , Gallup learned.

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Kaiser Health News

JULY 24, 2023

More than 16 million people enrolled in their own plans this year, and millions more are getting coverage through expanded Medicaid in all but 10 states, leading to an all-time-low uninsured rate. The real fight comes down to defining “short-term,” said John McDonough, a professor of public health practice at the Harvard T.H.

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