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Evident Vascular Exits Stealth with $35 Million Series A Funding to Develop Intravascular Imaging Platform

Digital Health Global

Launched in 2019, Vensana manages $550M in capital and is actively investing in development and commercial stage companies across the Medtech sector, including medical devices, diagnostics and data science, life science tools, digital health, and tech-enabled services. 1 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

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Wasted: $1 of Every $4 Spent on Health Care In America

Health Populi

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) forecasts that prescription drug spending will be the fastest-growing cause of rising health spending by 2027. Political debates in this 2020 U.S. election cycle have been addressing these two issues: first, in the continuum of policies for reforming the U.S.

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Trust in Healthcare is Under Stress in the US and Globally, Edelman Finds

Health Populi

in the first quarter of 2020. The first chart from the Edelman health care update demonstrates that in most countries polled, health citizens’ trust in health care was buoyed in the first five months of 2020 (January through May): up 18 points in the U.S., Consumer health’s fall from 63% in 2019 to 51% in 2020.

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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

Health Populi

health care, patient assistance programs, Medicare Advantage plans, and the bundling of proven high-value preventive services into the Affordable Care Act. In the case of Medicare Part D, the drug benefit, Chandra said, “If you’re sick enough to fall into the donut hole, you may have higher mortality.”

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The Rising Use of Telehealth for the Delivery of Outpatient Mental Health Services

Healthcare IT Today

Prior to 2020, less than one percent (1%) of outpatient health care was delivered virtually. On the federal level Medicare policy broadened the acceptance of virtual care. No longer does a patient have to be sitting on a therapist’s couch to receive care. The sofa at home will work just fine. A national public opinion poll of U.S.

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The State of the Union for Prescription Drug Prices

Health Populi

voters in 2020 quite like supporting Medicare’s ability to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, shown by the October 2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll. In this poll, the top strategy is via Medicare negotiation, above re-importation, reference pricing, and other tactics gauged in the survey.

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Two-Thirds of Americans Say Healthcare Doesn’t Work Well, in RealClear Politics Poll

Health Populi

is on the right track, and are least likely to vote for President Trump in 2020. For 2020, this group is less likely to vote for Donald Trump, and more likely to support either Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders. They may be threatened by a call for “Medicare for All” given their affection for the program.