Healthcare ECONOMIST

APRIL 11, 2023

Public reporting of hospital quality of care could improve the care patients receive through at least two pathways. Alternatively, hospitals themselves could have behavioral responses to the metrics and may improve quality of care in response to public reporting (the change pathway). the selection pathway). Levine et al.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

In the COVID-19 pandemic, health care spending in the U.S. increased by a relatively low 6.0% This year, medical cost trend will rise by 7.0%, expected to decline a bit in 2022 according to the annual study from PwC Health Research Institute , Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2022.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In 2020, Genentech launched its first study into health inequities. ” To give voice to these important perspectives, we interviewed 2,207 patients — 1,001 from the general population and 1,206 who qualified as “medically disenfranchised” from four communities: Black, Latinx, LGBTQ+, and low socioeconomic status.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 20, 2022

National Care Coordination Standards for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN): Proceedings from the National Forum on Care Coordination for CYSHCN October 21, 2022 / by Olivia Randi. These inefficiencies can lead to undue financial, health, and social consequences for families of CYSHCN.[1]

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Home Health Care

JUNE 7, 2022

The ability to deliver higher-acuity care in the home is now table stakes. That’s especially true for health plans and health systems following the introduction of the COVID-related Acute Hospital Care at Home Waiver by the U.S. The Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based home health and hospice provider Amedisys Inc.

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NASHP

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Efforts to make health care more affordable can target several problems that lead to high and rising hospital costs. and rising hospital prices directly contribute to higher insurance premiums and make care less affordable for consumers. Selecting the Right Policy Tool to Lower Costs.

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Health Advances

MARCH 29, 2023

Several new therapeutics launched including Leqembi, the second of a new class of amyloid-targeting agents for Alzheimer’s, and Relyvrio, which is only the third treatment for ALS, a devastating neurodegenerative disease. All this data is being fed back into their model to refine which targets are most strongly linked to disease.

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Patient Safety Movement

DECEMBER 1, 2023

For the past 35 years, Professor Meshkati has been teaching and conducting research on risk reduction and reliability enhancement of complex technological systems in the nuclear power, aviation, petrochemical, and transportation industries. 1 In 2021, more than 1,200 people died either during pregnancy or up to one year postpartum.

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Home Health Care

MAY 5, 2023

This article is based on a Home Health Care News discussion with Scott Pattillo, Chief Strategy Officer at Homecare Homebase. There have been a lot of changes that providers have had to deal with from PDGM to the pandemic, managed care and staffing challenges, the list goes on and on.

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Icanotes

MARCH 9, 2022

The purpose of telehealth services is to allow physicians, clinicians, therapists and other healthcare providers to offer treatment virtually for patients from almost any location. Telehealth parity laws play a huge role in the wide range of telehealth services that medical and behavioral health professionals can offer.

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Home Health Care

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In this Voices interview, Home Health Care News sits down with Dexter Braff, President, The Braff Group, to learn about today’s market for mergers and acquisitions in the home-based care environment. Home Health Care News: Dexter, what career experiences do you most draw from in your role today?

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Geek Doctor

JUNE 15, 2021

Artificial intelligence can help identify and address the social determinants of health. It requires we understand what’s happening in patients’ everyday lives outside the clinic, the so-called social determinants of health (SDOH), and then using that data to inform treatment. John Halamka, M.D.,

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The pandemic was tragic from a health perspective, with so much loss of life. But it has offered technological advancements that are taking better care of people today and will set up healthcare workers for crises in the future. The pandemic created one of the largest systematic revisions of our care delivery model.

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NASHP

JANUARY 13, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its proposed Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for the 2023 plan year, the annual regulation governing health insurance plans and marketplaces for the upcoming year. Significant changes proposed under the rule are summarized below. Revisions to plan design requirements .

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NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

This is one section of Modernizing Behavioral Health Systems: A Resource for States. Delivery systems can avail themselves of a comprehensive array of evidence-based services and models that address the complexities of mental illness and addiction across an individual’s lifespan. See the full resource guide.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

Since 2008, the US economy functioned with remarkably low inflation and interest rates. The story began to change in late 2021 as steep inflation took center stage thanks to a near-perfect confluence of excess liquidity, demand acceleration, and supply constraints. Act III of COVID: Navigating the Crosscurrents of Post-Inflation.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Youth are experiencing unprecedented behavioral health needs, which have steadily increased over the past decade. At the same time, behavioral health systems continue to experience strain due to provider shortages, limited residential treatment options, and few early intervention options.

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NASHP

JUNE 22, 2023

Given the critical role that Medicaid plays in maternal health, there is a longstanding interest in the role of Medicaid service delivery systems to improve perinatal health outcomes. A growing number of states are implementing maternity-focused payment models, including value-based payment models. Despite the U.S.

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Home Health Care

JUNE 20, 2023

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership In the broader at-home care space, Dr. Michael Le is considered an innovator. As the co-founder and former chief medical officer of Landmark Health, he was integral in helping build a company that would eventually catch the eye of UnitedHealth Group’s (NYSE: UNH) Optum.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 2, 2022

Cheryl Cruver, Chief Revenue Officer, AGS Health. Greater competition brings higher recruitment costs, which already equal about 20% of a coder’s salary. Desperation to fill staffing gaps can often lead to the “warm body syndrome” method of hiring 7 , which can only add to the damage – and expenses – in the long run.

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NASHP

MAY 20, 2022

This section of the RAISE Act State Policy Roadmap focuses on state opportunities to support services for families caring for older adults and adults with disabilities. Under the Older Americans Act, states fund family caregivers services and supports, which include: Information about available services. Source: U.S.

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NASHP

MARCH 28, 2022

The Direct Care Workforce Section 3 of the RAISE Act State Policy Roadmap for Family Caregivers. Rationale for Strengthening the Paid Direct Care Workforce. years of paid care, in addition to the care provided by family and other informal caregivers. Direct Care Worker Categories. Home Health Aides.

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Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 10, 2022

CMS believes the establishment and maintenance of such a committee is a “valuable beneficiary protection” to ensure enrollee feedback is heard and to help identify and address barriers to high-quality, coordinate care. Standardizing Housing, Food Insecurity, and Transportation Questions on Health Risk Assessments (§ 422.101).

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Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 11, 2022

I was lamenting the bland, boring backgrounds of the presenters who were using low-quality stock shots or empty office views until I realized that I was looking at the wrong thing. During today’s sessions, a number of health plans, health systems and physician organizations spoke to the current situation with COVID-19.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 6, 2021

health care spending and what comes from it, according to Mirror, Mirror 2021: Reflecting Poorly , a perennial report from The Commonwealth Fund that compares health system performance across eleven developed countries. in second position just behind New Zealand which topped the list for care process.

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Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 13, 2022

Let’s talk about fixing the huge American diabetes problem, providing better healthcare for Medicaid and dual eligible beneficiaries, and helping people beat cancer. Fixing Diabetes: Virta Health. What will this look like for America’s health (and our healthcare expenditures) in another 10 years? for diabetes.

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NASHP

OCTOBER 1, 2021

State Cross-Agency Collaboration during the COVID-19 Pandemic Response October 1, 2021/by Elinor Higgins and Rebecca Cooper. To provide insight into lessons learned at the state level, NASHP interviewed state officials from Illinois, Indiana, and Rhode Island about their states’ approaches to cross-agency COVID-19 response.

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NASHP

MARCH 11, 2022

How States Are Leveraging Payment to Improve the Delivery of SUD Services March 10, 2022. This rise highlights the issues posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to SUD providers. This rise highlights the issues posed by the COVID-19 pandemic to SUD providers.

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Sheppard Health Law

JANUARY 14, 2022

And since the conference was virtual, what better topic to start us off today than a consideration of the new Virtual-First trend that surfaced in 2021. We’ll follow that with a dive onto the couch to consider the conference’s mental health offerings and where the behavioral health sector is heading. During Day 4 of the J.P.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 13, 2021

State Strategies To Lower Drug Prices: New Legislative And Medicaid Models December 13, 2021/ by Sarah Lanford and Jennifer Reck. Executive Summary . Building off years of experience taking action on prescription drug prices, states are advancing some of the boldest efforts to date. Prohibiting price gouging in generic and off-patent drugs.

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Etactics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In 2021 , there were… 831 new criminal healthcare fraud investigations 805 new civil healthcare fraud investigations With such high numbers of cases and no end seeming to be in sight, how can you avoid becoming a healthcare fraud statistic? Those who deceive the healthcare system for their benefit are guilty of healthcare fraud.

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NASHP

DECEMBER 14, 2021

As state legislatures convene for their 2022 sessions, addressing the public health and economic impacts of COVID-19 will remain front and center. Many hospitals and health systems also have benefitted financially from federal funding in the past year and can be engaged as key partners in sustainable, value-driven approaches.

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Sheppard Health Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Proposed Rule covers an array of regulatory topics including the Star Ratings program, marketing and communications, agent and broker compensation, health equity, dual eligible special needs plans (“D-SNPs”), utilization management, network adequacy, and access to biosimilars. Below is a summary of some of the Proposed Rule’s key changes.

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Home Health Care

APRIL 14, 2023

This article is a part of your HHCN+ Membership While they may seem like outliers from the perspective of most providers in the country, publicly traded home health companies are often a great indicator of where the industry is – and where it’s going. He covers the post-acute space, as well as the managed care space. and Europe.

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Home Health Care

JANUARY 10, 2022

The article is based on an interview that took place during a live Q&A session with Cory Mertz and Bruce Vanderlaan, Managing Directors at Mertz Taggart, and Jeff Wiberg, CEO of Family Resource Home Care. The panel took place at the Home Care Conference in Chicago held on December 9, 2021. Jeff Wiberg: Yes, sure.

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American College of Healthcare Sciences

JULY 8, 2022

tricolor, also is a source of bioactive cyclotides which inhibit proliferation of activated lymphocytes and provide support for disorders related to an overactive immune system. Traditional Persian medicine has numerous mentions of the value of V. Traditional Persian medicine has numerous mentions of the value of V.

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Health Populi

MAY 6, 2022

skipping needed health care due to cost tripled in 2021. This prompted West Health (the Gary and Mary West nonprofit organizations’ group) and Gallup to collaborate on research to quantified Americans’ views on and challenges with personal medical costs. struggle to pay for their care. health care.

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