Health Populi

MAY 25, 2021

To help us in scenario planning the next several years of virtual care adoption, the report gives us the gift of identifying five categories of environmental variables; while the report presents these factors as part of the value-generated framework, several will be useful for scenario planning exercises including: The type of practice: independent, (..)

Telehealth 193

Telehealth Digital Health EHR Medical Technology 193

Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2018

The Sage team explains that, by layering knowledge about peoples’ behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes on top of the traditional SDOH factors, health care providers can mash-up SBDoH – “socio-behavioral determinants of health” — your new acronym to add to your growing list of healthcare ABCs.

Public Health 199

Public Health Medicare Health Technology Patient Experience 199

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

health consumer, bearing more first-dollar costs through high-deductible health plans, or being un- or under-insured, uses self-care as a financial health hedge. Note the new alliance between Walmart and Anthem to channel OTC meds to Medicare Advantage members).

Medicare 193

Medicare Primary Care Pharmaceuticals Patient Experience 193

CMS.gov

MARCH 14, 2019

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. I’ve heard the derisive comments from those in the health policy stratosphere that prefer centralized government command and control of health care in America. Good Ideas Must Be Evaluated. Jeremy.Booth@c…. Thu, 03/14/2019 - 17:33. Seema Verma. Initiatives.

Medicare 31

Medicare Health Policy Leadership 31

Henry Kotula

MARCH 19, 2020

On Tuesday, Medicare announced that it will greatly expand coverage for telemedicine visits, previously sharply restricted. Some were over the phone, others were over video, often with a family member present as well. This week my team converted most of our clinic visits from face to face to virtual visits.

Telemedicine 41

Telemedicine Nursing Medicare Public Health 41

Henry Kotula

JUNE 14, 2020

In reviewing state telehealth policies during COVID-19 , all states have implemented temporary executive orders or released guidance on telehealth access—although with significant variations. Health centers care for many immigrant patients with limited English proficiency. Telehealth Support For Vulnerable Patients.

Telehealth 41

Telehealth Primary Care Medicare HIPAA 41

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2021

TOTO’s CES 2021 presentation talked about a “new normal way of life,” with the so-called “wellness toilet” able to scan the body and record various health metrics (mental and physical) about the user.

Digital Health 182

Digital Health Public Health Life Science Patient Experience 182

Society for Participatory Medicine

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

It’s been an underlying aspect of my career ever since I got into health policy over two decades ago. Health Hats: What have you disrupted recently? The quality measurement environment has been built upon the retrospective report card model that presents you with dashboards and report cards at the end of the process.

EHR 52

EHR Pain management Health Policy Medicare 52

Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

JANUARY 4, 2018

This question and others were discussed at a forum I participated in, entitled “Leveraging Telehealth to Expand Access to High-Quality Care” and hosted by Kaiser Permanente’s Institute for Health Policy (IHP) at the Center for Total Health in Washington, D.C., on December 14. A primary concern is cost. Unless the entire U.S.

Telemedicine 44

Telemedicine Telehealth Health Policy Medicare 44

Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

So those of us who work in education will need to train medical, nursing, and other students for a healthcare future that looks quite different from the healthcare present and takes place in settings we couldn’t imagine 10 years ago. Diminishing fragmented healthcare and redundant care will become an increasing focus for health policy.

Primary Care 41

Primary Care Nursing Patient Experience Medicare 41

ACA Times

JUNE 3, 2015

Although the article did not disclose the date of the meeting or the precise number of states represented by the attendees, the reporters learned such specifics such as that the agenda included an evening reception, a day of presentations and a Mexican buffet dinner.

Health Policy 40

Health Policy Medicare 40

Health Populi

OCTOBER 16, 2022

On Tuesday November 8, 2022, health and medical issues will be on many U.S. Health policy experts from Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, AARP, and the United States of Care recently shared perspectives on the health care issues on voters’ and policy makers’ minds for the 2022 midterm elections.

Health Policy 170

Health Policy Medicare Mental health Public Health 170

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Tonight, President Trump will present his fourth annual State of the Union address. 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. Few issues unite U.S.

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