Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2019

There are over 60 million enrollees in Medicare in 2019, and fully one-third are in Medicare Advantage plans. Medicare is adding 10,000 new beneficiaries every day in the U.S. Medicare Advantage enrollment is fast-growing, shown in the first chart where over 22 million people were in MA plans in January 2019. Better understanding this group of people will be critical to helping manage a fast-growing health care bill, and growing burden of chronic disease, for America.

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Health Blawg

AUGUST 20, 2019

[…] David Harlow’s Next Chapter Attorney David Harlow and host of Harlow on Healthcare is joining Insulet Corporation effective August 19. He will be in the newly-created position of healthcare compliance counsel, with a broad range of responsibilities in the healthcare, data and compliance domains. Read about his next chapter. […].

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Osf Healthcare

AUGUST 20, 2019

With 124 locations including 14 hospitals throughout Illinois and Michigan, it’s been difficult to monitor and track important metrics for nursing departments across OSF HealthCare. But it’s also necessary to continually improve the services the organization provides.

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The Beryl Institute

AUGUST 20, 2019

I became a patient advocate for a major medical center after my second double lung transplant (first for cystic fibrosis and second due to chronic rejection) and quickly learned that I was quite naïve about the job I had just accepted. In the three years I worked with CMS Guidelines to resolve complaints and grievances, I went home many nights crying, gritted my teeth all night long and woke up every Monday with a “new plan” to make this job into what I had hoped it would be.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 22, 2019

As patients continue to morph into health care payers, they’re increasingly expecting value-for-money, transparency, and customer experiences that show respect, bolster trust, and deliver quality services. Is that so much to ask from health care providers? Sure is, as it turns out, based on this year’s annual report from Kaufman Hall, the 2019 State of Consumerism in Healthcare: The Bar is Rising.

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Healthy Debate

AUGUST 22, 2019

The post PrEP could potentially eradicate HIV. But in Ontario, only about a 10th of the people it could help are taking it. appeared first on Healthy Debate.

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