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Our Mental and Emotional Health Are Interwoven With What We Eat and Drink – Chewing On the IFIC 2023 Food and Health Survey

Health Populi

As most Americans confess to feeling stressed over the past six months, peoples’ food and beverage choices have been intimately connected with their mental and emotional well-being, we learn from the 2023 Food & Health Survey from the International Food Information Council (IFIC).

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Why Telehealth is a Lifeline for Primary Care Physicians

GlobalMed

Primary care physicians are the frontline of healthcare. The Association of American Medical Colleges predicts a primary care provider shortfall , with numbers landing between 21,000 to 55,000 by 2023. But other factors drive primary care barriers as well, such as affordability issues and rural shortages.

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Bonus Features – April 2, 2023 – 63% of nurses say AI will cause a generational divide among nursing staff, 67% of consumers prefer electronic medical bills but 78% of providers still use paper, and more

Healthcare IT Today

With the end of the public health emergency, DEA is proposing a rollback on flexibility for remote prescribing. If the DEA’s proposed rules become final, ATA warned in a statement , patients “will fall through the cracks, creating a significant and avoidable public health crisis.”

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To Avert a GLP-1 Cost Tsunami, Add Lifestyle Interventions: Learning from Virta Health

Health Populi

With consumer and prescriber interest in GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs “soaring,” health plan managers have a new source of financial stress and clinical questions on their to-do list. Because of rising costs and the conditions downstream health impacts, Virta noted in the report. Why diabetes and obesity?

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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. For a comprehensive overview, visit the Public Health Emergency Roadmap fact sheet.

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Bonus Features – July 16, 2023 – 95% of patients are concerned about data breaches affecting their medical records, 81% incorrectly assume PHI collected by digital health apps is protected under HIPAA

Healthcare IT Today

Studies A report from Health Gorilla found that 95% of patients are concerned about the possibility of data breaches affecting their medical records , and 65% distrust “Big Tech” to store their data. Among organizations surveyed, 64% rely on external expertise for project planning and 71% do so for production.

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Legislation to Remove the In-Person Requirement for Telehealth & Telemedicine Reimbursement

Telebehavioral Health Institute

The first bill of note is the 2023 update to the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act, which, among other telehealth expansions, will permanently remove the in-person requirement for behavioral health clients and patients receiving Medicare.*