article thumbnail

A Profile of People in Medicare Advantage Plans – HealthMine’s Survey of “Digital Immigrants”

Health Populi

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.

Medicare 203
article thumbnail

Medicare Members Are Health Consumers, Too – Our AHIP Talk About Aging, Digital Immigrants, and Personalizing Health/Care

Health Populi

That program has the potential to change our Medicare members manage meds at home to ensure better adherence, supporting better health outcomes and personal feelings of efficacy and control. [As Digital immigrants, first coined by Marc Prensky in 2001. Power survey on the subject attested].

Medicare 156
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

As Medical Cost Trend Remains Flat, Patients Face Growing Health Consumer Financial Stress

Health Populi

” That was written in the 2001-2010 period of healthcare spending, so an old story giving me feelings of déjà vu. Even with moderating medical trend growth, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expect that healthcare spending will account for 20% of the U.S. economy by 2026. Now, to Figure 4 (the third graphic).

Medicare 159
article thumbnail

Telehealth Law: Healthcare Translation Services for Limited English Proficient People (Case Study)

Telebehavioral Health Institute

In the 2001 repor t, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) proposed a strategy to improve the US healthcare system. Identifying six aims, the report outlined the need for healthcare to be safe , effective , patient-centered , timely , efficient , and equitable.

article thumbnail

Health Costs for People with Diabetes is 3.6 Times More than Average

Insulin Nation

An older study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that out-of-pocket expenses actually decreased for people with diabetes on Medicare and Medicaid over a 10-year-period.

article thumbnail

Telehealth and Underserved, Vulnerable Populations: Prisons, Schools, Military, Seniors

Enzyme Health

Established in 2001 in just three childcare centers, the program has grown and has provided more than 13,000 telemedicine visits since program initiation. Known as the “silver tsunami”, retiring baby boomers entering Medicare are predicted to swell and add additional healthcare needs to an already strained healthcare system.

article thumbnail

Proteus : What's gone wrong at the Billion Dollar Digital Health and Smart Pill Startup?

Lloyd Price

start-up, founded in 2001, had spent the ensuing decades developing a smart pill, a device designed to tell a smartphone app whether a patient has ingested a medicine. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is behind the FDA in that regard. The Redwood City, Calif., Source : [link]