Health Populi

MAY 6, 2018

Two weeks in a row, The Economist , the news magazine headquartered in London, included two special reports stapled into the middle of the magazines. Universal health care was covered in a section on 28 April 2018, and coverage on financial inclusion was bundled into the 5th May edition.

Medicare 136

Medicare Patient Experience Health Policy 136

Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2018

To optimize communication strategies for attracting Medicare Advantage enrollment , a Mid-Atlantic health plan studied the media and social consumption patterns for older people, learning that the target population was more tech-savvy than presumed.

Public Health 199

Public Health Medicare Health Technology Patient Experience 199

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

As the patient is increasingly the payor, some of those savings accrue to her, especially if she uses a health savings account where OTC meds are claimable with a tax advantage. Note the new alliance between Walmart and Anthem to channel OTC meds to Medicare Advantage members). I do this a lot when I’m on airplanes.

Medicare 193

Medicare Primary Care Patient Experience Pharmaceuticals 193

Telebehavioral Health Institute

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Professionals focused on expanding their telehealth services through Medicare will also be delighted to see the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) final 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). Key Medicare Behavioral Telehealth Regulations. The 12/22/22 Senate passage of the 1.7 Legislation Roundup.

Telehealth 75

Telehealth Medicare Mental health Telemedicine 75

Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2019

level, and then the tighter lens on health politics and health policy. However, inside the White House, broader health policy harmony is compromised by a quite-public arm-wrestle between Alex Azar , the Secretary of Health and Human Services, vis-à-vis CMS Administrator Seema Verma.

Public Health 232

Public Health Health Policy Medicare Medical Billing 232

Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2023

I’ll remind all of us that a newly-elected President Trump talked about pharma companies quite critically in TIME magazine’s coverage which I discussed here in Health Populi in December 2016. Presidential and Congressional campaign promises for more than two decades.

Pharmaceuticals 156

Pharmaceuticals Public Health Medicare Health Policy 156