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Payer Roundup—Payers not leaving ACA market in 2019; Medicaid coverage insufficient for foster children

FierceHealthIT

A survey from eHealth says more than half of private payers will expand their individual market offerings in 2019, and only 7% will reduce them. Plus, Medicaid isn't meeting foster children's complex needs. Can managed care plans help?

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Patients Become Healthcare Payors, Now Consumers – HealthConsuming Explains, Part 1

Health Populi

That’s the immediate situation for real people facing real diagnoses, today and tomorrow, in 2019. The latest research from the Bureau of Labor statistics is that on a median household basis, 20% of spending goes to healthcare. This starts the theme of the second chapter — The Patient is the Payor.

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Value-based healthcare – what it means for Thailand

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telemedicine services will be offered by the initial 32 hospitals as soon as by the fourth quarter of 2019. eHealth is one of the tools that could be used towards achieving VBHC, and the MOPH has a long-term strategy to drive the growth and development of eHealth from 2017-2026. ii) Patient experience. iv) Value-based care. (v)

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Thailand launches telemedicine programme in rural areas

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

plan to increase access to healthcare with digital technologies, as stated in the eHealth Strategy by the Ministry of Public Health (2017-2026). Mr Takorn added that telemedicine services will be offered by the initial 32 hospitals by the fourth quarter of 2019.

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Healthcare Just Got SMAC’ed – Accenture’s Post-Digital Era for Health

Health Populi

We’ve been SMAC’ed, and Accenture’s Digital Health Tech Vision 2019 believes we’re in a post-digital era ripe with opportunity. Health Populi’s Hot Points: “Me,” “US,” My,” pronouns repeat throughout the Accenture 2019 Health Tech Vision report.

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Payers Intend to Increase ACA Plans Offered in 2020

BHM Healthcare Solutions

Today eHealth, Inc. Insurers offering Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage in the individual and family market and with whom eHealth has a relationship were invited to participate in the survey, which was conducted in May 2019. 42 percent said they expect to raise premiums between 5 and 10 percent over 2019 rates.

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Error which caused 80,000 German medical practices to lose their connection to telematics infrastructure has been resolved

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Founded in 2005, Gematik is the society for the eHealth card and related telematics applications, responsible for the construction, operation and maintenance of the TI. It was taken over by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) in 2019. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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