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Telehealth Linked to Quality as Extension Deadline Looms

Digital Health Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Researchers assigned Medicare patients to health systems according to care patterns in 2019, then segmented the providers based on their telehealth adoption in 2020 (5.5M They then analyzed outcomes for 2021 and 2022. patients, 576 systems). outpatient visits per patient per year, a relative increase of 2.2% of all visits).

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Fastest-Growing Brands for 2021 Are About Digital Money, Social Connections and Boomers’ Best Lives

Health Populi

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Two pharmaceutical companies bubble up among the 20 fastest-growing brands for 2021 in Morning Consult’s report on the Fastest-Growing Brands of 2021. These will be important wrap-arounds as the pandemic continues its long, long endemic reality into and through 2022…for Boomers and humans of all ages.

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The Unbearable Heaviness of Inflation: Will Consumers’ Financial Stress Erode Their Health?

Health Populi

JUNE 23, 2022

This consumer research was conducted in January 2022 — well before a gallon of gas cost an average of $4.98 in Hong Kong the week of 20 June 2022). This line chart comes from the pollster’s April poll into Americans’ personal financial ratings, which spiked downward by April 2022… as inflation was heating up.

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

Health Populi

MAY 20, 2021

health citizens’ memories will last into 2022 with respect to cross-party desire for the U.S. to approve Medicare’s negotiation of drug prices with pharmaceutical companies]. Hospitals’ fall from 70% to 63% between 2018 and 2019. Consumer health’s fall from 63% in 2019 to 51% in 2020.

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How Will the “New” Health Economy Fare in a Macro-Economic Downturn?

Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2022

A report from Trilliant on the 2022 Trends Shaping the Health Economy helps to inform our response to that question. health care system not seen since the 1968 creation of Medicare, coupled with decreased reimbursement due to health care reform. Add to that scenario a growing consensus for a likely recession in 2023.

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Why Electronic Health Record Interoperability is a Key Step Toward Fair Drug Prices

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 10, 2022

With recent legislation allowing Medicare to negotiate prices, it’s likely that the movement will grow , given the high and constantly rising costs of pharmaceuticals, especially gene therapies and other innovative or personalized drugs.

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The Social Determinants of Prescription Drugs – A View From CoverMyMeds

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The shift to telehealth will persist post-pandemic, into 2022, the extent of which will depend on two key uncertainties in this moment: How payors will set reimbursement/payment levels for virtual care, both public sector (Medicare, Medicaid, VA) and commercial health plans; and, The pace of the rate of update by (..)

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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

Jain, physician executive with government, pharmaceutical, payer and provider experience, joins Board. 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 billion raised in the first half of 2021 across 372 deals. “To

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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. consumers’ financial wellbeing in November 2022. Which virus is it?” Entering 2023, U.S.

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Bonus Features – April 30, 2023 – 68% of providers say improving patient collections is a high priority, hospital expenses have increased 2x the Medicare IPPS reimbursement rate since 2019, and more

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 30, 2023

from 2019 to 2022 – or more than double the rate of increase for Medicare IPPS reimbursement (7.5%). Medication engagement company Medisafe launched a Custom Branded Solution for pharmaceutical companies developing digital patient journeys. Syntellis and the AHA reported that hospital expenses increased 17.5%

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A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Henry Kotula

JULY 28, 2023

Price Inflation: As we noted, price inflation was significant in 2022 but was not unique to the health sector. Mid-year Update: Prices for many consumer goods and services increased faster than usual, with overall inflation reaching a four-decade high in mid-2022. Interestingly, prices for medical care increased only 2.3

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Large Employers’ Focus on Prescription Drugs: Costs, Coupons and Communication

Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2019

Employers cited several main tactics to address coupon cards looking forward from 2019 to 2022. Co-pay accumulators are being discussed across health plan types, including government-sponsored plans like Medicare along with commercial health insurance programs. Across party identification, U.S.

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

Health Populi

OCTOBER 2, 2023

could save at least $13 billion a year through deploying medically-tailored meals for people enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance programs, according to the True Cost of Food , research published by the Tufts School of Nutrition Science and Policy collaborating with The Rockefeller Foundation.

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The 2022 Health Populi TrendCast for Consumers and Health Citizens

Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This feels especially apt right “now” as we enter 2022, Year 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, with people mentally stressed, anxious, and shrugging off the Omicron variant – while taking on more DIY life-flows, self-care and desire for (more) control. We start at a macro bird’s-eye view with Gartner’s top US consumer and cultural trends for 2022.

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

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Which sectors enhanced consumers’ favorable views between 2021 and 2022? In the Gallup poll, the most favorable industries in 2022 are restaurants (with 60% of Americans holding positive views) and farming/agriculture (at 57% favorability). These would be retail (growing by 5 points) and healthcare, up by 4 points in the year.

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Spending on Medicines In and Post-COVID Say a Lot About Patients and Larger Healthcare Trends – an IQVIA Update

Health Populi

APRIL 30, 2021

is heating up, with President Biden mentioning the scenario of Medicare negotiating drug prices with pharmaceutical manufacturers in his latest speech measuring progress at 100 days in the White House. As such, the debate on prescription drug pricing in the U.S.

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Sharing an Almost Unique Perspective — Putting the Hospital Out of Business

Henry Kotula

MARCH 29, 2023

The entire healthcare industry, including health systems, physicians, non-physician caregivers, device manufacturers, pharmaceutical firms, and medical insurers, is stressed because most are experiencing serious profit margin squeeze. RESPONDING TO AN ATTACK Preemptive reinvention is much wiser than responding to an attack.

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The Reputation of Pharma Among U.S. Consumers Is Tied More to Pricing Than to Innovation

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

health care, the graphic part of the December 2022 Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll. We capped the cost of insulin at $35 a month for seniors on Medicare. But there are millions of other Americans who are not on Medicare, including 200,000 young people with Type I diabetes who need insulin to save their lives.

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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. from September 28, 2022.

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The Health Consumer in 2024 – The Health Populi TrendCast

Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Complementing this effort, Kroger also launched a personalized health and nutrition program collaborating with Soda Health earlier in December – importantly, aimed at people enrolled in Medicaid and Medicare programs.

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

Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2021

health consumers, prescribers, and pharma manufacturers wait on regulation and policy to sort out health politics between now and the 2022 mid-term elections, the private sector (and State Medicaid programs) move at their will and make decisions based on current market conditions and certainties.

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Telehealth Linked to Quality as Extension Deadline Looms

Fastest-Growing Brands for 2021 Are About Digital Money, Social Connections and Boomers’ Best Lives

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The Unbearable Heaviness of Inflation: Will Consumers’ Financial Stress Erode Their Health?

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

How Will the “New” Health Economy Fare in a Macro-Economic Downturn?

Why Electronic Health Record Interoperability is a Key Step Toward Fair Drug Prices

The Social Determinants of Prescription Drugs – A View From CoverMyMeds

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

Bonus Features – April 30, 2023 – 68% of providers say improving patient collections is a high priority, hospital expenses have increased 2x the Medicare IPPS reimbursement rate since 2019, and more

A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

Large Employers’ Focus on Prescription Drugs: Costs, Coupons and Communication

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

The 2022 Health Populi TrendCast for Consumers and Health Citizens

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

Spending on Medicines In and Post-COVID Say a Lot About Patients and Larger Healthcare Trends – an IQVIA Update

Sharing an Almost Unique Perspective — Putting the Hospital Out of Business

The Reputation of Pharma Among U.S. Consumers Is Tied More to Pricing Than to Innovation

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

The Health Consumer in 2024 – The Health Populi TrendCast

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

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