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Healthcare 2030: Are We Consumers, CEOs, Health Citizens, or Castaways? 4 Scenarios On the Future of Health Care and Who We Are – Part 2

Health Populi

Presidential elections to that point, and that the last retiring Baby Boomer enrolls in Medicare that year. Let’s take a walk with “Quincy” through each of the four worlds to see how their health care experience might play out across the key driving forces. In 2030, every Boomer will have been eligible for Medicare.

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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity

Health Populi

The aspirational document sets out the mission that “every individual deserves the right to obtain health care that is comprehensive, equitable and compassionate.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: Is there an American Civil Right for health care?

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Telehealth Reimbursement: End-of-Pandemic Emergency Update

Telebehavioral Health Institute

Based on current COVID-19 recovery trends, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the US federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) waivers will end on May 11, 2023. Private payers, Medicaid, and Medicare initiated widespread telehealth reimbursement approvals.

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

Health Populi

We begin 2023 with the opening of CES 2023, the world’s largest annual meet-up of consumer electronics innovators, companies, and retailers. How can digital health and other consumer-facing technologies help our health? Inf act, heart health is table-stakes for much of wearable technology in 2023.

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

Health Populi

Entering 2023, U.S. health citizens face physical, financial, and mental health challenges of a syndemic, inflation, and stress – all of which will shape peoples’ demand side for health care and digital technology, and a supply side of providers challenged by tech-enabled organizations with design and data chops.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Biden’s statement, which divided the public health community and the public, has wide-reaching implications for the fate of connected health and vital telehealth services. Department of Health and Human Services Alex Azar signed the first Public Health Emergency declaration , declaring COVID-19 a national emergency.

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Survey Findings: Medicaid Telehealth For Behavioral Health Care

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The survey results showed that behavioral health, particularly mental health, remained a top service category in the state fiscal year (FY) 2022. This is supported by data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which confirms the increased access and utilization of behavioral health services during the pandemic.