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Not covering emerging Alzheimer's drugs could cost Medicare billions: study

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Emerging Alzheimer’s disease medications come with high price tags, but researchers with the University of Chicago calculate that in the long run, it’s much less costly to cover these therapies for | Emerging Alzheimer’s medications come with high price tags, but researchers with the University of Chicago calculate that in the long run, it’s much less (..)

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The care future for older adults needs housing and tech support

Aging in Place Technology Watch

The Harvard study describes a bleak care future. And the NORC study underscores the housing problem for the Forgotten Middle. category tags: Home Care , smart home , Telehealth-RPM-Virtual Visits-Voice Health , senior living Life expectancy for the 65+ is another 20 years on average. In what year? And from whom?

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Study: NYC Black, Latino patients less likely than white patients to use telehealth during pandemic

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A new study from the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association published this week showed that in New York City during the first few months of the pandemic, Black and Latino patients had lower odds of using telehealth versus other modalities. In areas with broadband availability, telehealth is still not always an option.

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“The virus is the boss” — U.S. lives and livelihoods at the beginning of 2021

Health Populi

Goolsbee and Jason Furman, former Chair of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, tag-teamed the U.S. consumers say the “important things in life today” are health and financial security, according to the latest study from the Retirement Security Survey conducted by Principal in Q4 2020.

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Costly specialty drugs drive higher spending on provider-administered treatments, study finds 

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Spending per member in commercial plans on medical pharmacy drugs increased by nearly 20% between 2016 and 2017, due in part to the growing number of emerging therapies with high price tags.

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Health Care Costs for a Couple in Retirement in the U.S. Reach $300,000

Health Populi

While the rate of increase year-on-year since then has slowed, the $300,000 price-tag for retiree health care costs is a huge number few Americans have saved for. I’ve tracked this survey for over a decade here on Health Populi, and updated the annual chart shown here to reflect a $40,000 increase in retiree costs since 2016.

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Care coordination for older adults – still elusive, does tech help?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

See this 2022 study about care coordination in healthcare for older adults – 42% perceived poor care coordination, including 14.8% category tags: healthcare , home health care , Home Care , tech-enabled home care Care coordination in healthcare is largely a pipe dream.

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