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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

This is according to a new annual report from research and consulting giant PwC entitled “Top health industry issues of 2021: Will a shocked system emerge stronger?” " Payers may wrestle with how to reimburse and, in some cases, provide virtual care.

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Preventive Medicine is the Key to Value-Based Care

Healthcare IT Today

Value-based care makes care more affordable for patients while rewarding clinicians for improved care, and the industry recognizes the value. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has expanded Medicare Advantage through 2023 to make the shift, and digital health tools are crucial for support.

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Health Care In the COVID-19 Era – PwC Finds Self-Rationing of Care and Meds Especially for Chronic Care

Health Populi

Payors, both commercial and public sector (Medicare, Medicaid), have relaxed rules and regulations for telehealth across platforms (from purpose-built telemedicine programs to HIPAA-relaxed approvals for using FaceTime, Zoom, and other commercial channels), and have various plans to pay for virtual care visits between clinicians and patients.

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Still Time For a Healthcare Industry Reinvention (Part 2)

Henry Kotula

year drop in life expectancy in 2021 and the 1.8-year Profitability is proportional to the number of sick-care encounters. The more visits to a physician or hospital parallels greater demand for pharmaceuticals and devices/implants. This positions them to both help and compete with primary care physicians. [4]

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Biofourmis Raises Additional Funding from Intel Capital in Series D Extension and Names Top Healthcare Leaders to its Board

Healthcare IT Today

Jain, physician executive with government, pharmaceutical, payer and provider experience, joins Board. billion raised in the first half of 2021 across 372 deals. “To Trevor Fetter, MBA, senior lecturer on the faculty of Harvard Business School and former longtime Tenet Healthcare chairman and CEO, named to Board. billion—down from $14.7

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A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Henry Kotula

As we noted, this was due to such factors as higher-than-normal expenses for staff, supplies, and pharmaceuticals and lower revenues. Other notable consolidations include the finalization of tech-giant Amazon’s purchase of One Medical , a primary care network.

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Gallup Reveals Americans’ Views on Industry Are the Lowest Since 2008 – Implications for Healthcare and Pharma

Health Populi

The year-on-year decline from 2021 find oil and gas at the lowest level of positivity, advertising/PR, legal, the Federal government, and pharma at the bottom of the ratings. Which sectors enhanced consumers’ favorable views between 2021 and 2022?