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

Health Populi

MARCH 11, 2021

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.”

Health Policy

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Bonus Features – September 3, 2023 – 60% of cybersecurity incidents impact patient care, the average medical device has six or more security vulnerabilities, and more

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Humana and Interwell Health are launching a value-based kidney care model for Medicare Advantage members in 13 states.

Life Science

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Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – October 11, 2023 – Announcements from Best Buy, General Catalyst, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Walgreens, and more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This article will be a roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, partnerships, research studies, company launches, and more from the annual conference. Optum and Uber are partnering to make non-urgent medical transportation and healthy food delivery covered benefits for certain Medicare Advantage plans beginning in 2024.

Life Science

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Bonus Features – February 25, 2024 – 73% of digital health vendors use FHIR APIs, 83% of clinicians think telemedicine is good for chronic condition management, plus 28 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Fourteen professional healthcare, life science, and consumer organizations formed the Digital Health Collaborative to advance evidence and value in digital health technology.

FHIR

FHIR Digital Health Telemedicine EHR

Let’s Connect! What I’m looking forward to most at the Connected Health Conference in Boston

Digital Health Today

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Like Eko, S-There Technologies and TripleW have devices that allow remote monitoring of patients, presumably capitalizing on the new reimbursement opportunities for Remote Patient Monitoring in the last two Medicare Physician Fee Schedules. Can't meet you there? No problem! Carrie Nixon. Carrie Nixon, Esq.

Connected Health

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

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.

Health Data

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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

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Product and Company News Google Cloud released MedLM language models for healthcare and life sciences. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

Leadership

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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

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!

Healthcare Innovation

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What’s a Problem, Technology, Opportunity, or Issue That Not Enough People are Talking About?

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

I think that we saw a lot of movement during COVID, we saw a lot of commercial insurers actually move toward covering more telehealth services, and we saw Medicare increase coverage for telehealth services, but we need more. And thank you to all of you for watching the video and reading this article!

Mental health

Mental health Life Science Healthcare IT Telehealth

What’s on Dexcom’s Radar?

Insulin Nation

AUGUST 22, 2016

If so, this would lead to Medicare-contracted insurance plans covering the cost of CGMs as reimbursable durable medical equipment. If the CGM becomes covered by Medicare, demand for CGMs could spike even further. Insulin Nation did not receive compensation, sanction, or guidance for this article. and international sales.

Life Science

Life Science Medicare

More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

Aprima belongs to CommonWell, has done some FHIR development, and Michael would like to see Congress condition Medicare reimbursement on real interoperability. The goal is to compile the most complete patient profile possible, for the benefit of health plans, pharmacy, life sciences, ACOs, providers. David Harlow.

EHR

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More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

Aprima belongs to CommonWell, has done some FHIR development, and Michael would like to see Congress condition Medicare reimbursement on real interoperability. The goal is to compile the most complete patient profile possible, for the benefit of health plans, pharmacy, life sciences, ACOs, providers. David Harlow.

EHR

EHR Interoperability Life Science FHIR

Wasted: $1 of Every $4 Spent on Health Care In America

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The study reviewed reports and articles published between January 1, 2012 and May 15, 2019, dressing the topic of waste across six domains previously identified by the Institute of Medicine: Failure of care delivery, with waste ranging between $102 bn and $166 bn. Political debates in this 2020 U.S. patients).

Pharmaceuticals

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

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

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.

Nursing

Nursing Medicare Life Science Healthcare IT

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

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 29, 2023

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.

Mental health

Mental health Telehealth Public Health Life Science

Americans Across Political Party Worry About Prescription Drug Prices – Especially to Deal with COVID-19

Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2020

The New England Journal of Medicine published an essay on June 4, 2020, titled, Specialty Drugs–A Distinctly American Phenomenon (my apologies–the article is behind the NEJM paywall).

BioTech

BioTech Medicare Life Science Telehealth

The State of the Union for Prescription Drug Prices

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

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.

Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceuticals Medicare Leadership Life Science

Connected Health Pulse

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

Bonus Features – September 3, 2023 – 60% of cybersecurity incidents impact patient care, the average medical device has six or more security vulnerabilities, and more

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Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – October 11, 2023 – Announcements from Best Buy, General Catalyst, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Walgreens, and more

Bonus Features – February 25, 2024 – 73% of digital health vendors use FHIR APIs, 83% of clinicians think telemedicine is good for chronic condition management, plus 28 more stories

Let’s Connect! What I’m looking forward to most at the Connected Health Conference in Boston

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Collecting Data

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 Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

What’s a Problem, Technology, Opportunity, or Issue That Not Enough People are Talking About?

What’s on Dexcom’s Radar?

More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Wasted: $1 of Every $4 Spent on Health Care In America

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

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

Americans Across Political Party Worry About Prescription Drug Prices – Especially to Deal with COVID-19

The State of the Union for Prescription Drug Prices

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