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Be Mindful About What Makes Health at HLTH

Health Populi

As the HLTH conference convenes over 6,000 digital health innovators live, in person, in Boston in the wake of the delta variant, what should attendees keep in mind to help HLTH make health? That’s the supply side of HLTH.

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Rationing Care in America: Cost Implications Getting to Universal Health Coverage

Health Populi

That percentage of people who delay medical cost based on the expense has remained stable since 2006: between 29 and 31 percent of Americans have self-rationed care due to cost for over a decade. One-third of people under 35 said that health care costs prevented them from getting care, compared with only 8% of people 65 and older.

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Telehealth Awareness, Access and Adoption: Updates from J.D. Power, the ATA and FAIR Health

Health Populi

Power,” your mind probably imagines reviews of automotive performance, retail shopping experiences, or perhaps even health insurance plan customer service. Expanding its report-card role in the health ecosystem. In 2019, 28 states have payment parity policies for Medicaid. health care system.

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SEARCH 2020 – Day Two

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

HRSA’s 8 bureaus and offices (Ryan White, Maternal and child health, rural health policy, healthcare systems, etc.) In 2019, Health Centers across the nation served 30 million patients. She closed her presentation with some tips… conduct a meta-analysis, conduct surveys/questionnaires, conduct a task analysis.

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Doctors Without Patients: ‘Our Waiting Rooms Are Like Ghost Towns’

Henry Kotula

Across the country, only half of primary care doctor practices say they have enough cash to stay open for the next four weeks, according to one study, and many are already laying off or furloughing workers. The hospitals are getting massive bailouts,” said Dr. Christopher Crow, the president of Catalyst Health Network in Texas.

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The $4 Trillion Health Economy of 2020

Health Populi

The CMS team added a “special topics” section at the end of the forecast report with an analysis of prescription drug rebates and specialty drug price impacts, and a discussion about the effect of high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) on national health spending.

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Why People Are Still Avoiding the Doctor (It’s Not the Virus)

Henry Kotula

Nearly half of all Americans say they or someone they live with has delayed care since the onslaught of coronavirus , according to a survey last month from the Kaiser Family Foundation. While the survey didn’t ask people why they were putting off care, there is ample evidence that medical bills can be a powerful deterrent.