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CMS: 2021 Medicare Advantage premiums to hit lowest point since 2007

FierceHealthIT

CMS: 2021 Medicare Advantage premiums to hit lowest point since 2007. Thu, 09/24/2020 - 19:45.

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How Texting Is a Lifeline for Health Access and Equity – Time to Address the TCPA is “Now”

Health Populi

Then Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in 2007. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was put into law in 1991. The first smartphone was launched by IBM the following year in 1992 known as the IBM Simon. Now in 2025, smartphones are ubiquitous, landlines more cut than connected, and texting is the way people communicate.

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Promptly Acquires the Software Solutions of MDprospects and Patient Spectrum, Significantly Expanding Its All-in-One Practice Management Platform and Revolutionizing Patient Experience

Healthcare IT Today

An innovator since 2007, MDprospects was among the first CRM platforms to bring web-based efficiency to specialty medical practices. MDprospects is a premier web-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and lead management software specifically tailored for medical practices.

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CMS: 2020 Medicare Advantage rates lowest since 2007 as supplemental benefits take hold

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Premiums for Medicare Advantage plans are expected to decline next year by 14% compared with 2019 as plans aim to offer more choices, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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Surprise, Surprise: Most Americans Have Faced a “Surprise” Medical Bill

Health Populi

I wrote my first post on Health Populi nearly eleven years ago Labor Day week 2007. of the GDP and that PPO reached $28,166 — nearly two times the 2007 cost. The theme was, “Health Care is the #1 Line Item In Our National Economy…and Taking More Out of Your Pocket.” of the U.S. .” of the U.S.

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The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Accelerated Our Demand for Wellness – Learning from Ogilvy

Health Populi

The first chart illustrates that most people see each of the seven industries studied as wellness channels, from the more obvious health-oriented categories like skincare and food to hospitality (hotels and airlines), financial services, and automotive (which I’ve covered as far back as 2007 here on Health Populi).

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Job #1 for Next President: Reduce Health Care Costs – Commonwealth Fund & NBC News Poll

Health Populi

This concept has underpinned Health Populi since I wrote the first post in this blog in September 2007 on the cost of health care, featuring this picture from Tom’s Shell characterizing the high costs of petrol at the pump in the midst of the oil crisis.