Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 30, 2023
The U.S. | The SCOTUS rulings Thursday will have far-reaching consequences for the healthcare industry and its collective efforts to address diversity in the workforce and health inequities among underrepresented groups.
Health Care Dive
JUNE 30, 2023
Regulators are asking for input on how the agency can support development of devices for use in non-clinical care settings and by diverse patient populations.
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Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 30, 2023
When Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona launched Prosano Health Solutions in January for its approximately 1,800 employees, the insurer seems to have liked the results because it now plans to offer | Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona launched Prosano Health Solutions in January for use by about 1,800 of the insurer’s employees. The plan liked the results so much that its going to offer it to members.
Health Care Dive
JUNE 30, 2023
Georgia’s overhaul of its state Medicaid program begins on Saturday. By only enacting a partial expansion, the state is forgoing $1.1 billion in federal funding and harming access to coverage, according to a new report.
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Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 30, 2023
Thyme Care, a value-based oncology platform, announced new capabilities in its oncology care management platform, the company exclusively told Fierce Healthcare. | Powered by a data and analytics mechanism, which organizes numerous data sources from payers, EHRs and health information exchanges, Thyme Box leverages those insights to recommend personalized interventions and care navigation to patients.
Health Care Dive
JUNE 30, 2023
The deal, which is expected to close in the first quarter next year, will “significantly strengthen” Bright’s capital position, the insurtech said.
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Home Health Care
JUNE 30, 2023
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a draft of its FY 2024 home health proposed payment rule Friday. For next year, CMS is proposing to decrease aggregate home health payments by 2.2%, or an estimated $375 million less compared to 2023 levels. The draft is expected to be officially published in the Federal Register on July 10.
The Rand Blog
JUNE 30, 2023
The opioid crisis is metastasizing throughout society, reaching across public health and public safety, but also education, employment, and the child welfare system. Without profound change and new approaches to the crisis, hundreds of thousands of people could die in the coming years.
NASHP
JUNE 30, 2023
During the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), states instituted Appendix K amendments to 1915(c) home-and community-based waivers and 1115 demonstration waivers to ensure that Medicaid beneficiaries were able to receive needed services during the pandemic. With the end of the COVID-19 PHE declaration on May 11, 2023, states must decide if and what types of flexibilities will be sustained long-term.
The Rand Blog
JUNE 30, 2023
This weekly recap focuses on the Wagner Group's power play against Russian leadership, how Truth Decay affects national security, why the U.S. legal system is underprepared to handle cyberstalking cases, and more.
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Home Health Care
JUNE 30, 2023
In the view of most health care stakeholders, the hospital-at-home model is here to stay. Still, there are many hurdles that could still prevent widespread adoption. One of these challenges is clinician comfort with the model, according to Ross Armstrong, chief commercial officer at Biofourmis. “‘Am I going to put my license at risk, if I refer a patient into this model?
The Rand Blog
JUNE 30, 2023
Mitigating the effects of climate change will require a whole-of-government approach and a redefinition of national security to embrace a more panoramic set of risks. Government officials are saying lots of the right things. But is it being done, and done quickly enough?
Health Populi
JUNE 30, 2023
Health care cost trend will spike up another percentage point to 7.0% in 2024, according to the annual report from the PwC Health Research Institute, Medical cost trend: Behind the numbers 2024. Every year, the PwC HRI team goes behind those numbers to assess cost inflators and deflators which underpin annual medical inflation. As the first line chart illustrates, the peak of medical trend in the last 18 years was in 2007 when the U.S. saw double-digit cost growth of nearly 12%.
Home Health Care
JUNE 30, 2023
A new report found that hospital capacity challenges will persist for the next decade. That, in turn, is a promising sign for more at-home care opportunities in the future. The report — Sg2’s 2023 Impact of Change Forecast — found that hospital capacity challenges will be severely tested, driven by higher patient-acuity levels and staffing shortages.
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The Rand Blog
JUNE 30, 2023
It is time to create a multilateral Arctic fisheries management plan before a moratorium on fishing in Arctic high seas sunsets in 2037. Agreements can lead to economic and food security for partners; a lack of coordination will lead to conflict, environmental degradation, and overfishing. The clock is ticking.
Healthcare ECONOMIST
JUNE 30, 2023
A paper by Fabre and Straub (2023) examines how public-private partnerships (PPP) have worked in practice. Why would linking public and private provisions of goods and services be useful? One reason is that the public sector might have policy goals (e.g., providing health care to the poor), which the private sector may not provide in a free market system.
NASHP
JUNE 30, 2023
People living in rural areas face multiple challenges when seeking behavioral health care including workforce shortages, the need to travel longer distances to obtain care, and stigma. As a result, those living in rural areas have higher rates of unmet needs and higher suicide rates. To address these challenges, certain states have effectively utilized Medicaid funding to enhance behavioral health services for rural residents.
Healthcare Associates
JUNE 30, 2023
How to Improve Gut Health In recent years, doctors and scientists have discovered that gut health is important to overall well-being. The gastrointestinal tract is responsible for digestion, metabolism and supporting the immune system. When the gut can’t work properly, you may experience stomach issues, mood changes, or feel less healthy and energetic than usual.
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HIT Consultant
JUNE 30, 2023
Reuven Aronashvili, Founder and CEO at CYE Perhaps more than any other sector, the healthcare industry faces great tension between security and easy access to data. Hospitals, doctors and other care providers need to have as much data and information readily available to use to treat patients and save lives; while at the same time keeping this sensitive information secure.
Health Policy News
JUNE 30, 2023
In our summer edition this year, we provide updates on two topics that have been the subject of recent articles on Health Policy News: continued impact of the end of.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 30, 2023
What You Should Know: Dandelion Health, Inc. , a startup offering a healthcare data platform that specializes in artificial intelligence and precision analytics, announced today the launch of a new public service to rigorously evaluate the performance, fairness and equity of health algorithms. The pilot program will focus on algorithms that make predictions for cardiology, using electrocardiogram waveforms, and measure their performance and bias across key racial, ethnic and geographic subgroups
Bill Of Health
JUNE 30, 2023
By Robert I. Field, Anthony W. Orlando and Arnold J. Rosoff The “pangenome” project that is mapping the genetic sequences of 47 diverse human beings from around the world is a much-needed step forward for science and humanity. The lack of racial diversity in genetic databases used in research has been noted for some time, and it has raised growing concerns about the development of clinical applications based on research results.
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HIT Consultant
JUNE 30, 2023
What You Should Know: Health systems lose an estimated $3.1 billion in revenue from physical therapy referral leakage across the 3.9 million commercially insured patients studied in a new national report by Luna , the leading provider of in-home, in-person physical therapy. In the report based on 2022 national data, 60% of patients referred to physical therapy by their health system opted for a local clinic provider, equating to a loss of $2,000-$3,000 per patient.
Fierce Healthcare
JUNE 30, 2023
The Biden administration has released new guidance for its program that will allow Medicare to directly negotiate the prices of certain drugs with manufacturers. | The Biden administration has released new guidance for its program that will allow Medicare to directly negotiate the prices of certain drugs with manufacturers.
HIT Consultant
JUNE 30, 2023
What You Should Know: Highmark BlueCross Blue Shield Delaware partners with Wellinks to deliver virtual COPD care to underserved populations in Delaware starting on July 1. With Wellinks, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware members will be able to access empowering and effective COPD care solutions from the comfort of their own homes. Reduce Access Barriers Through Virtual COPD Care Today, COPD care in the U.S. is extremely fragmented, though the disease is the nation’s third leading cause
HIT Consultant
JUNE 30, 2023
Theralink Technologies, Inc. appoints Faith Zaslavsky as its new Chief Executive Officer. Ms. Zaslavsky, who has served as the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer since December 2022, will assume this role effective June 26, 2023, replacing Mick Ruxin, M.D., who will transition to Theralink’s Chief Medical Officer. Polarean Imaging announces that the Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Christopher von Jako, Ph.D.
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Due to the impact of COVID-19, integrating telehealth software into practices and organizations has become the new normal. In turn, this has increased the effectiveness of collaborative healthcare by strengthening communication amongst healthcare workers and helping combat the woes of burnout. Communication between patients and healthcare providers has also improved, allowing patients to reach their providers easily and decreasing turnaround time.
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