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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

Health Populi

health care, patient assistance programs, Medicare Advantage plans, and the bundling of proven high-value preventive services into the Affordable Care Act. In the case of Medicare Part D, the drug benefit, Chandra said, “If you’re sick enough to fall into the donut hole, you may have higher mortality.”

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Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Laudio and the American Organization for Nursing Leadership will produce biannual reports and insights from the perspective of nursing leadership.

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The State of the Union for Prescription Drug Prices

Health Populi

voters in 2020 quite like supporting Medicare’s ability to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, shown by the October 2019 Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll. In this poll, the top strategy is via Medicare negotiation, above re-importation, reference pricing, and other tactics gauged in the survey.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

Healthcare IT Today

Previous articles in this series showed why social determinants of health (SDoH) are the hottest recent addition to data used by the medical industry. This article shows how organizations are collecting it. The other appeals to researchers in the life sciences and clinical settings.

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The Rising Use of Telehealth for the Delivery of Outpatient Mental Health Services

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Michael Levinson, M.D., On the federal level Medicare policy broadened the acceptance of virtual care. Partner at Berger Singerman LLP Telehealth has revolutionized the delivery of outpatient mental health services, and there has been exponential growth in the acceptance and delivery of remote care.

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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

Investors must understand the market and the complexity of regulations for providers and payers, particularly as they apply to sharing patient data and managing care for Medicare, Medicaid, and Affordable Care Act programs. Thank you to everyone that left a quote for us and thank you to everyone reading this article!

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How Policy Changes Can Fix Market Distortions in Healthcare and Improve the Country’s Debt

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Zach Markin, Co-Founder and CEO at HTD Health American healthcare is the most dysfunctional industry in our country. A major justification for President Biden’s tax hike proposal is to shore up the tenuous finances of Medicare whose trust fund is forecasted to be depleted by 2028.

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