Health Populi

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In 2020, national health expenditures (NHE) in the United States will exceed $4 trillion to cover 334.5 million Americans. That equates to 18.4% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and $12,230.40 of health spending per person. I sat in on a press call today with researchers from the Office of the Actuary working in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to review the annual forecast of the NHE, published in Health Affairs in a statistically-dense eleven page article titled, Nation

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Morning eHealth

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Other budget requests — Strange acquisitions

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ACA Times

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

If you haven’t filed your taxes yet, then you may have avoided having to file an amended return if you received a corrected 2017 Form 1095-A for the Healthcare Marketplace. In new guidance , the IRS said that some taxpayers may receive a corrected form 1095-A if the previous form contained errors. Taxpayers use the information on Form 1095-A to claim the premium tax credit , to reconcile advance payments of the premium tax credit, or both, when filing 2017 tax returns.

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Medicine and Technology

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Advances in technology are leading to a host of innovations around reducing and detecting concussions. Today, the FDA authorized the marketing of the first blood test to evaluate mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), commonly referred to as concussion, in adults. The FDA reviewed and authorized for marketing the Banyan Brain Trauma Indicator in fewer than 6 months as part of its Breakthrough Devices Program.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

The United States don’t feel very united these days on a whole range of issues. But today, I’m struck by a 180-degree-apart chasm between Idaho and Oregon. While the centers of these two states only lie 290 miles from each other, they are worlds apart when it comes to their views on their residents as health citizens. Idaho. First, let’s travel to Idaho, aka the Gem State due to its rich endowment of natural resources.

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