Analysis, Health Policy and Survey - Connected Health Pulse

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.

Telehealth

Telehealth Mental health Medicare Health Policy

People in the U.S. Without the Internet Were More Likely To Die in the Pandemic

Health Populi

MARCH 25, 2022

” The researchers used spatial analysis to explore disproportionate mortality outcomes for COVID-19 experienced by different racial and ethnic groups: comparing overall death rates with those of Hispanic or Latinx, Non-Hispanic Black or African-American, and Non-Hispanic White populations. The post People in the U.S.

Telehealth

Telehealth Mobile Health Public Health Connected Health

Only in America: Medical Debt Hits High Income and Insured People, KHN and NPR Report

Health Populi

JUNE 20, 2022

Noam Levey wrote the detailed analysis in KHN. Note that nearly 1 in 2 of high-income Americans, earning at least $100,000 a year, had had health care debt in the past five years, shown in the first chart from the Kaiser Family Foundation Health Care Debt Survey. health citizens.

Medical Billing

Medical Billing Pharmaceuticals Health Policy

“We’ve normalized a very high death toll in the U.S.” – How A Trust Deficit Has Infected America’s COVID Outcomes

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

“These results support previous research that has found an association between trust and compliance with public health guidance,” the authors assert. “When a virus emerges with high potential for spread, governments must be able to convince citizens to adopt essential public health measures.”

Public Health

Public Health Health Data Health Policy

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

Health Populi

DECEMBER 19, 2018

adults, roughly one-in-five people who are sick and dealing with serious conditions, also put off treatment due to costs, Gallup learned in its survey conducted the week of the U.S. In another survey, conducted by NPR collaborating with IBM Watson Health, younger people had more trouble paying for care than older people, the survey found.

Primary Care

Primary Care Medicare Telehealth Health Policy

Be Mindful About What Makes Health at HLTH

Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2021

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?

Digital Health

Digital Health Primary Care Mental health Public Health

Medical Issues Are Still The #1 Contributor to Bankruptcy in the U.S.

Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2019

In the 2007 analysis, a roughly similar proportion of U.S. This study analyzed responses from 910 completed surveys drawn from a random sample of court records from U.S. of debtors contacted responded to the survey. bankruptcy filers between 2013 and 2016. The original sample was 3,200, and 29.4%

Public Health

Public Health Health Policy

The Single Market for Healthcare in Europe: Learnings for the U.S.

Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2018

In summary, three over-arching issues come out of the paper: ensuring health citizens’ secure access to their health data within nations and across EU borders; enabling personalized medicine through the shared European data infrastructure; and, assuring citizen empowerment with digital tools for feedback and person-centered care.

Health Data

Health Data Digital Health Interoperability Telehealth

Economic Anxieties Rise, Medical and Vacation Plans Delayed: the COVID-19 Consumer in June 2020

Health Populi

JUNE 16, 2020

Consumers , survey research from TransUnion. Health Populi’s Hot Points: “COVID-19 has exacted a heavy toll on the United States, claiming lives as well as livelihoods,” research from McKinsey observes in a June 2020 survey report, Redefining value and affordability in retail’s next normal.

Telehealth

Telehealth Telemedicine Connected Health Health Policy

Health Care Financing: How Inflation and Health Care Prices Could Hit the U.S. Consumer

Health Populi

APRIL 25, 2023

middle-class households finding that health care has returned to the #1 household fiscal concern ahead of inflation in 2023.

Public Health

Public Health Health Policy

SEARCH 2020 – Day Two

South Central Telehealth Resource Center

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

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.

Telehealth

Telehealth Telemedicine Primary Care Public Health

Addressing Patient Health Information In-Security at HIMSS 2018

Health Populi

MARCH 8, 2018

Privacy and cybersecurity ranked the second highest priority to hospitals and healthcare providers polled in HIMSS 2018 Healthcare Leadership Survey. patients, as consumers, know the name “Equifax” and what hearing that brand means: the opposite of “trust,” as this market brand analysis pointed out. Providers put patient safety as #1.

Health Information

Health Information Leadership Connected Health Health Policy

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

Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2019

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. With the patient-as-payer in the current U.S.

Telehealth

Telehealth Telemedicine Mental health Primary Care

Technology, Aging and Obesity Drive Healthcare Spending, BEA Finds

Health Populi

JUNE 7, 2018

High Spending Growth Rates For Key Diseases In 2000-14 Were Driven By Technology And Demographic Factors , a June 2018 Health Affairs article, analyzed this data.

Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceuticals Public Health Mental health Health Policy

Great Expectations for Health Care: Patients Look for Consumer Experience and Trust in Salesforce’s Latest Research

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

” But patients here, too, want pharma to build direct relationships with them, according to Salesforce’s analysis. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The top challenges in patients seeking care noted in the first chart related to paying for treatment, following by mental and emotional well-being. Election Day 2019.

Mental health

Mental health Medical Billing Medical Technology Pharmaceuticals

The $4 Trillion Health Economy of 2020

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

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.

Medicare

Medicare Primary Care Public Health Health Policy

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

Henry Kotula

JUNE 21, 2020

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.

Medical Billing

Medical Billing Medicare Primary Care Telemedicine

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. Mid-year Update: Increased attention to health equity in healthcare has continued.

Public Health

Public Health Digital Health Primary Care Telehealth

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

Henry Kotula

MAY 9, 2020

Keeping these practices open is not about protecting the doctors’ livelihoods, said Michael Chernew, a health policy professor at Harvard Medical School. “I I worry about how well these practices will be able to shoulder the financial burden to be able to meet the health care needs people have,” he said. “If

Primary Care

Primary Care Medicare Telemedicine Health Policy

Happy 75th Birthday, NHS – Through A U.S. Health Care Lens

Health Populi

JULY 5, 2023

Figure 6 from the King’s Fund report arrays health spending per capita data points from the OECD’s 2021 national survey, finding the UK (the red dot on the graph) to the left of the red average line on the x-axis for per capita spending and just north of the average line of spending as a share of GDP on the y-axis.

Nursing

Nursing Health Policy Public Health Digital Health

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. Like many SDoH tools, the analysis identifies vulnerable patients and does risk stratification. See a survey cosponsored by Genpact.) ” The U.S.

Public Health

Public Health HIE Medicare Health IT

Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

“Patients as Consumers” is the theme of the Health Affairs issue for March 2019. Article #3 in my deep dive here extends the second analysis into digital health information, next focusing on Americans’ use of quality information on doctors.

Digital Health

Digital Health Health Policy Medical Billing Interoperability

Benefit Cost Increases Overwhelm Flat Wages for Most in US: Pew

Health Populi

AUGUST 9, 2018

The third chart, a perennial favorite we use here on Health Populi and in our advisory work throughout the year and across lots of project types, tells that story of the wage/benefit cost tradeoff over the years. The Pew analysis recognizes this factor, citing the BLS statistic that total benefit costs for civilian workers have risen 22.5%

Medical Billing

Medical Billing Patient Experience Health Policy

Health Citizens Link Their Views on Democracy, the Economy and the Pandemic

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

As the public health crisis continues its up-and-downticks around the globe, people are connecting health care to their national economies and politics, based on a global survey from the Pew Research Center, Citizens in Advanced Economies Want Significant Changes to Their Political Systems.

Public Health

Public Health Health Policy Connected Health

Health, Wealth & COVID-19 – My Conversation with Jeanne Pinder & Carium, in Charts

Health Populi

APRIL 23, 2020

When considering health care costs, nearly one-half of people would re-consider seeking care due to cost, which I’ve described here on Health Populi as self-rationing care. adults also say they wouldn’t have sufficient money saved to cover costs to cover COVID-19 medical care, from a Healthinsurance.com survey.

Medical Billing

Medical Billing Mental health Public Health Health Policy

Most Americans Want the Federal Government to Ensure Healthcare for All

Health Populi

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Gallup points out in its analysis that the government is already a major health care channeler and funder through Medicare and Medicaid. I’ll add into that the Veterans Administration system, and TRICARE (once known as “CHAMPUS,” health assurance for military service members and their families).

Medical Billing

Medical Billing Medicare Federal healthcare Public Health

Most Americans Across Party ID Favor U.S. Government Negotiation to Lower Rx Drug Costs

Health Populi

MARCH 6, 2019

KFF surveyed 1,440 adults 18 and over by phone between February 14th–24th 2019. Health Populi’s Hot Points: This week, Eli Lilly announced that they would introduce a generic form of Humalog , the company’s insulin product, at a price 50% lower than the brand. .

Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceuticals Life Science Medicare BioTech

Nurses and Aides Are Beloved and Deserve Higher Pay; and a Spotlight on the Filipinx Frontline

Health Populi

AUGUST 18, 2021

The survey analysis is aptly titled, Most Americans Agree That Nurses and Aides Are Underpaid, While Few Support Using Federal Dollars to Increase Pay for Doctors, Insurance executives are also overpaid, according to 73% of Americans — an even higher percent of people than the 68% saying hospital execs make too much money. .

Nursing

Nursing Health Policy Public Health Mental health

Healthcare, and Especially Covering Pre-Existing Conditions, Ranks High for Voters in 2018

Health Populi

JULY 25, 2018

Besides the desire to lower the price of prescription drugs, the issue of ensuring pre-existing conditions are protected is relatively bipartisan across the three party IDs, with 49% of Republicans, virtually one-half, desiring this health policy outcome. National Health Interview Survey taken across a national sample of U.S.

Health Policy

Health Policy Medicare

More Americans Pivot to Distancing and Mask-Wearing in the Hot Summer of 2020

Health Populi

JULY 22, 2020

Gallup titles the analysis, Americans’ social distancing steady as pandemic worsens. With growing coronavirus case hotspots in southern and western states, more Americans perceive the pandemic is worsening this summer, shown by a Gallup poll published 20 July 2020.

Public Health

Public Health Health Policy

Most U.S. Voters Support Building on the ACA, Not Medicare For All, As Fewer Americans Have Insurance Coverage

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

This finding is bolstered with the survey finding that overall favorability of the ACA is the highest it’s been since KFF began to measure it in nine years of polling this question.

Medicare

Medicare Medical Billing Health Policy

Thinking About Health Care One Year From the 2020 Presidential Election

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Here’s The Hill ‘s coverage on the survey, which was conducted with the Peter G. Another 26 per cent cited rising healthcare costs , while just 7 per cent pointed to the Fed’s interest rate policies. Today’s Financial Times features a poll that found two-thirds of U.S. Peterson Foundation.

Medicare

Medicare Medical Billing Nursing Public Health

Connected Health Pulse

Survey Findings: Medicaid Telehealth For Behavioral Health Care

People in the U.S. Without the Internet Were More Likely To Die in the Pandemic

Trending Sources

Only in America: Medical Debt Hits High Income and Insured People, KHN and NPR Report

“We’ve normalized a very high death toll in the U.S.” – How A Trust Deficit Has Infected America’s COVID Outcomes

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

Be Mindful About What Makes Health at HLTH

Medical Issues Are Still The #1 Contributor to Bankruptcy in the U.S.

The Single Market for Healthcare in Europe: Learnings for the U.S.

Economic Anxieties Rise, Medical and Vacation Plans Delayed: the COVID-19 Consumer in June 2020

Health Care Financing: How Inflation and Health Care Prices Could Hit the U.S. Consumer

SEARCH 2020 – Day Two

Addressing Patient Health Information In-Security at HIMSS 2018

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

Technology, Aging and Obesity Drive Healthcare Spending, BEA Finds

Great Expectations for Health Care: Patients Look for Consumer Experience and Trust in Salesforce’s Latest Research

The $4 Trillion Health Economy of 2020

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

A Mid-Year Update on 2023 Healthcare Trends

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

Happy 75th Birthday, NHS – Through A U.S. Health Care Lens

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Patients, Health Consumers, People, Citizens: Who Are We In America?

Benefit Cost Increases Overwhelm Flat Wages for Most in US: Pew

Health Citizens Link Their Views on Democracy, the Economy and the Pandemic

Health, Wealth & COVID-19 – My Conversation with Jeanne Pinder & Carium, in Charts

Most Americans Want the Federal Government to Ensure Healthcare for All

Most Americans Across Party ID Favor U.S. Government Negotiation to Lower Rx Drug Costs

Nurses and Aides Are Beloved and Deserve Higher Pay; and a Spotlight on the Filipinx Frontline

Healthcare, and Especially Covering Pre-Existing Conditions, Ranks High for Voters in 2018

More Americans Pivot to Distancing and Mask-Wearing in the Hot Summer of 2020

Most U.S. Voters Support Building on the ACA, Not Medicare For All, As Fewer Americans Have Insurance Coverage

Thinking About Health Care One Year From the 2020 Presidential Election

Stay Connected