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From telehealth to Medicare cuts: Here are the health policies in Congress' $1.7T omnibus

FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 20, 2022

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The Health of Older Americans in 2022 – Risks from the Pandemic, Isolation, and Social Determinants

Health Populi

JUNE 2, 2022

In this essay on health disparities and equity for older adults, I weave together new data from, The United Health Foundation’s study on seniors’ health status in America’s Health Rankings for 2022. RAND and CMS research into seniors health disparities among Medicare Advantage enrollees.

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Three in Five People 50+ in the US Will Likely Use Telehealth In the Future – An Update from AARP

Health Populi

MAY 10, 2022

In early 2022, over half of those over 50 (the AARP core membership base) told the Association they would likely use telehealth in the future. adults 50 and over in February and March 2022, to gauge older peoples’ views on virtual care now and in the future. . The study polled U.S.

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Thinking About Telehealth Through the Lens of Real Estate – Listening to JLL

Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

If you made your living in commercial real estate — and especially, working with hospitals’ and health systems’ office space — would the concept of telehealth be freaking you out right now? If you heed the words of JLL’s 2022 Patient Consumer Survey , you’d chill (at least a bit). ” she added.

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Can Consumer Electronics Help Stem the Decline of U.S. Life-Years? A Preface for #CES2023

Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2023

We ended 2022 with this new, sobering statistic from the Centers tor Disease Control (CDC). In case you missed it in your pre-holiday wind-down, the CDC published two reports on declining life expectancy in America on December 22, 2022. Life expectancy in the U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 20021-2021.

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How CMS is boosting telehealth and RPM with new CPT codes

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In the latest Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed for the first time a set of CPT codes for remote therapeutic monitoring. These codes, according to the proposal, are intended to be used to understand the effectiveness of and the patient's response to a prescribed therapy.

Telehealth

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Survey Findings: Medicaid Telehealth For Behavioral Health Care

Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 26, 2023

A recent survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), which surveyed state Medicaid officials across 44 states in the US, including the District of Columbia, revealed an increased interest in permanently adopting pandemic-era telehealth policy expansions.

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By-Latinos, For-Latinos Healthcare Startup Zócalo Health Closes $5 Million in Funding to Launch Primary Care Services

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The funds will support the company’s launch of virtual primary care services in California, Texas, and Washington in 2022, introducing an improved and long overdue healthcare experience for Latinos built on trust, community, and culture. “We To learn more about Zócalo Health’s mission and services, visit zocalo.health.

Primary Care

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The Health Care Cost Curve is Bending Down – A New View from Deloitte

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Their ability to recover in 2021 and 2022 as the national economy heals and again grows will be a crucial time period to strategic plan and executive for a future that is not defined by a traditional inpatient bed.

Primary Care

Primary Care Public Health Interoperability Medicare

American healthcare: The good, bad, ugly, future

Henry Kotula

AUGUST 28, 2023

Drug-Pricing Laws With the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Congress took meaningful action to lower drug prices , a move the CBO estimates would reduce the federal deficit by $237 billion over 10 years. It’s a good start.

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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

AUGUST 25, 2022

Biofourmis continues to buck health tech funding trends with this Series D extension, which comes during a downturn in digital health investment. According to a recent Rock Health report , the first half of 2022 saw 329 digital health funding deals totaling $10.3 billion—down from $14.7

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

the title of the article updating the winter 2022-23 sick-season asked. Thus, the sage advice as we approach gatherings for Christmastime 2022: “Close your mouth and step away from the human,” by Katherine Wu of The Atlantic. We enter 2023 with home economics setting our tables as a context for our overall health and well-being.

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Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services Alex Azar signed the first Public Health Emergency declaration , declaring COVID-19 a national emergency. 13, 2022, unless it’s renewed yet again. What this means for telehealth and connected health policy. We cannot afford to let that happen.

Public Health

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Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress, says HIMSS GR director

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services Alex Azar signed the first Public Health Emergency declaration , declaring COVID-19 a national emergency. 13, 2022, unless it’s renewed yet again. What this means for telehealth and connected health policy. We cannot afford to let that happen.

Public Health

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A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

The series covered broad issues related to the healthcare workforce, economy, and health policy, and highlighted internal industry changes and trends in service delivery, quality, and equity. With the shortage expected to continue, it will be important to enact additional policies that bolster the workforce.

Public Health

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Food-As-Medicine Grows Its Cred Across the Health/Care and Retail Ecosystem

Health Populi

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In the nation’s search for spending smarter on health care, the U.S. Inspired by the 2022 White House Conference, a consortium of five health care industry stakeholders came together to evolve, in their words, “a new way to think about food” with the hashtag, #NourishMy Health.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Spatially Health applies geospatial analysis to expand a provider’s understanding of SDoH data. The Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) program, used by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to rate hospitals, now contain two measures of SDoH. Another report from CODE calls for better tagging of data with SDoH.

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2023 Preview of Telemental Health Laws & Behavioral Telehealth Regulations

Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2022

After continuing COVID-related telemental health laws and behavioral telehealth regulations in 2022, many key issues for 2023 are already decided. First, the Public Health Emergency (PHE) is likely to be extended for three months in January, bringing today’s best predictions for the end of the PHE to April 2023.

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Health in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections – Women, Prescription Drugs, and Who Shows Up to Vote

Health Populi

OCTOBER 16, 2022

On Tuesday November 8, 2022, health and medical issues will be on many U.S. Health policy experts from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, AARP, and the United States of Care recently shared perspectives on the health care issues on voters’ and policy makers’ minds for the 2022 midterm elections.

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In the New Inflationary Era, Gas and Health Care Costs Top Household Budget Concerns

Health Populi

APRIL 4, 2022

Inflation and rising prices are the biggest problem facing America, most people told the Kaiser Family Foundation March 2022 Health Tracking Poll. Underpinning that household budget concern are gas and health care costs. Monthly health insurance premium, among 36% of people. Overall, 55% of people in the U.S.

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Prescription Drugs in the Pandemic, Year 2: Pricing Rx and Going Direct-to-Consumer

Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2021

Health Populi’s Hot Points: While U.S. In the prescription drug world, the definition of “direct-to-consumer” takes on another flavor this week as UnitedHealthcare launched a program to go DTC with medicines.

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Connected Health Pulse

From telehealth to Medicare cuts: Here are the health policies in Congress' $1.7T omnibus

The Health of Older Americans in 2022 – Risks from the Pandemic, Isolation, and Social Determinants

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Three in Five People 50+ in the US Will Likely Use Telehealth In the Future – An Update from AARP

Thinking About Telehealth Through the Lens of Real Estate – Listening to JLL

Can Consumer Electronics Help Stem the Decline of U.S. Life-Years? A Preface for #CES2023

How CMS is boosting telehealth and RPM with new CPT codes

Survey Findings: Medicaid Telehealth For Behavioral Health Care

By-Latinos, For-Latinos Healthcare Startup Zócalo Health Closes $5 Million in Funding to Launch Primary Care Services

The Health Care Cost Curve is Bending Down – A New View from Deloitte

American healthcare: The good, bad, ugly, future

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

When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress

Lose the COVID-19 public health emergency, but keep the progress, says HIMSS GR director

A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Food-As-Medicine Grows Its Cred Across the Health/Care and Retail Ecosystem

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

2023 Preview of Telemental Health Laws & Behavioral Telehealth Regulations

Health in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections – Women, Prescription Drugs, and Who Shows Up to Vote

In the New Inflationary Era, Gas and Health Care Costs Top Household Budget Concerns

Prescription Drugs in the Pandemic, Year 2: Pricing Rx and Going Direct-to-Consumer

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