Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

Anderson was co-author with Uwe Reinhardt of “It’s the Prices Stupid,” the landmark Health Affairs essay from 2003 that pointed out the key difference between U.S. health care spending wasn’t utilization — it was the underlying pricing of medical services and prescription drugs.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This most recent effort has brought together a wide range of healthcare representatives, including: Adventist Health Policy Association. Congress must act to expand patient choice in every American community, meet patients where they are, and bring health care into the 21st century. Alliance for Connected Care.

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Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2020

Today kicked off the annual 3-day meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC. ” Finally, I agree with Gita when she recommends that, “policymakers will need to ensure that people are able to meet their needs and that businesses can pick up once the acute phases of the pandemic pass.

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Digital Health Global

AUGUST 21, 2023

August 19 th marked a significant moment in the field of global healthcare as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the G20 India presidency jointly unveiled the groundbreaking Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH). Notably, over 120 WHO Member States have since formulated their national digital health policies or strategies.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 9, 2023

What if… you were given the opportunity to build a health system from scratch in this new era of platforms, cloud computing, AI and machine learning, curious-digital-empowered consumers, and collaborators in retail and community settings operating close to peoples’ homes and workplaces?

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Addressing health equity starts with meeting patients where they are. The natural place to capture and display this type of information is in the Electronic Health Record (EHR). According to the WHO , health equity is achieved when everyone can attain their full potential for health and well-being. Occupation.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

NABIP, whose members represent professionals in the health insurance benefits industry, drafted and adopted a new American Healthcare Consumer Bill of Rights launched at the meeting.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

AUGUST 8, 2018

Provider access to affordable broadband and delivery methods, such as smart phones, tablets and iPads, are driving telehealth to become a delivery platform that can meet consumer needs. On a daily basis, health care professionals are finding new ways to use telehealth technology to achieve positive outcomes for consumers. convenient.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 4, 2022

The Uniform Telehealth Act was approved at July’s 131st Annual Meeting of the Uniform Law Commission (ULC). The ULC consists of lawyers in the US states and territories who meet to propose laws to address common issues. Reading Time: 3 minutes.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2019

I have the opportunity, for which I’m so grateful, of not only attending this meeting but playing a role as a speaker, a sometimes stage “emcee,” and a keynote speaker. That, too, was a prime Dr. Topol moment, wearing his health policy hat: his belief that the U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 8, 2024

Couple this with the sustainability companies working on accessibility, energy, food-tech, smart cities, and clean water, and we find CES convening a meeting that is working hard to walk the talk about “inclusion.” Some of the exhibitors collaborating in the HS4A showcase include Abbott, AARP, Bosch, Nasdaq, and Siemens.

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

The meeting will be a strategically important, as the title of the conference asks: “What Now? Follow the meeting on Twitter at #ATA2022. Among those doctors who were not providing telehealth by late 2021, just over one half never did so during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the 2021 Telehealth Survey Report from the AMA.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

As a best practice, to understand state-specific policies, providers can check the Center for Connected Health Policy State Telehealth Laws and Reimbursement Policies Report. [ii]. It is also recommended to review individual payer websites for any changes in telehealth policies for 2021.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

Particularly for risk adjustment (RA) reviews, even the slightest gaps in reporting leaves health plans at risk for drops in quality ratings and subsequent revenue loss. Test and validate to ensure output meets quality standards, and records can be pulled and exchanged at scale. Patient privacy. Data quality. Risk adjustment scores.

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Health Populi

JULY 21, 2019

First and foremost, it’s not feeling stressed about finances, followed by being debt-free, having enough savings so as not to worry about unexpected expenses, having the financial freedom to make choices to enjoy life, and being able to meet day-to-day expenses. The covered services meet three pre-conditions: They are relatively low-cost.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2023

A 2019 survey by the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation’s Office of Health Policy found that the highest rates of telehealth visits happened among people with Medicaid (29.3%) and Medicare (27.4%), Black individuals (26.8%), and those earning less than $25,000 (26.7%).

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Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2024

Connected heart health is a big segment for digital health at CES, including blood pressure, The CES 2024 Innovation Awards have anointed several heart-health innovators before the conference, seven of which are shown here in the diagram titled “Heart Health” curated from company press releases in advance of the meeting.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

This is my first of several posts discussing the self-care retail health phenomenon among consumers, and the business opportunity, as I’m spending the weekend with suppliers and retailers attending this meeting. In my role as health economist-advisor-trend weaver and data junkie, I’ve been collegial with GMDC for a few years.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

“The simple fact is that the federal and state governments are doing almost nothing to help people who have a broadband service available that partially meets their needs but abuses them with regular price hikes, spotty reliability, and poor customer service.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

APRIL 15, 2020

Other Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) have created similar sites in response to the coronavirus outbreak in order to meet the needs of their clients as well. Here, you can also sign up for our weekly webinars ( Telehealth 101 and Telehealth Roundup ). Southeastern TRC (AL, GA, SC, FL). Mid-Atlantic TRC (KY, WV, PA, VA, NC, DE, MD, NJ).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 2, 2021

"Modernizing telehealth policy to meet the moment" is one of lawmakers' most important responsibilities, said Rep. Harvard Medical School Associate Professor of Health Policy and Medicine Dr. Ateev Mehrota proposed a more measured approach. Doris Matsui, D-Calif.

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Health Populi

JULY 14, 2023

In May, the FDA convened a joint meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and the Obstetrics, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee to review of the science and safety behind the Opill.

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Health Populi

MAY 1, 2019

Today, the Brookings Institution convened a meeting on the funding for social determinants of health to address disparities, costs, and quality of healthcare in America. Chapter 7 of my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen , is titled, “ZIP Codes, Genetic Codes, Food and Health.”

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2021

But there are opportunities to learn from patients and advocacy groups at the meeting to inform the demand side of the health/care equation, and that’s crucial to understanding consumer experience, values and sense of value that enables people to get the care they need. That’s the supply side of HLTH.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 7, 2019

We’d been trying to schedule meeting up to do a live podcast since February, and we finally got our mutual acts together on 6th August 2019. Marc Iskowitz, Executive Editor of MM&M, warmly welcomed me to the Haymarket Media soundproof studio in New York City yesterday.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 2, 2023

DeBakey Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and chief of health policy, quality and informatics program at the Houston VA Center for Innovation in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety. Hardeep Singh is principal investigator. He is professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, staff physician at Michael E.

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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Prioritizing patient needs topped the agenda at last month’s Value in Healthcare Initiative meeting, hosted by the Center for Total Health. Launched earlier this year, the Initiative is a collaboration between the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy.

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Health Populi

MAY 6, 2018

Millions of Americans who are “insured” are now considered “under-insured,” defined by the Commonwealth Fund as people who pay an insurance premium who also spend over 10% of household income on covering health care co-payments and coinsurance percentages, and meeting deductible limits.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The last chapter of my book, HealthConsuming, addresses the question of whether Americans can morph from health consumers to “health citizens.” Today, I’m speaking on that very topic at the Microsoft Envision Forum Healthcare meeting addressing stakeholders representing the many touchpoints in the U.S. health care system.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Now, on to scaling this for all who need access to quality, truly accessible mental and behavioral health services. For health citizen/patient demand to meet up with that growing supply side will require health plans, payment designs, and social barriers to align. That is indeed the case.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Provider access to affordable broadband and delivery methods, such as smart phones, tablets and iPads, are driving telehealth to become a delivery platform that can meet consumer needs. Reaches into the community and meets specific needs. Developing programs that meet specific needs will help ensure successful outcomes.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

If we begin to see a rapid rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, this restriction would limit many telehealth providers that do not currently serve Medicare populations from supporting and relieving pressure on local providers that would need help to meet increased demand from patients seeking care. Clearly, the U.S.

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Health Populi

MARCH 28, 2022

In one instance, I asked a managed markets team if, in their meetings with formulary developers in Medicaid program negotiations, they had ever asked to convene with representatives from the state’s SNAP or food support program. This was met with a range of responses, from smirks and cynicism to surprise and questions of, “why?

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GlobalMed

MARCH 30, 2021

From simple DTC apps to all-in-one platforms, there are many telehealth options on the market – and not all of them will meet your program requirements. Does the solution offer end-to-end virtual health, including both live videoconferencing and Store and Forward (asynchronous) capabilities? Blazing the Virtual Health Trail.

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South Central Telehealth Resource Center

JULY 11, 2018

Little Rock, AR and San Diego, CA – July 11, 2018 – The 4 th Society for Education and the Advancement of Research in Connected Health (SEARCH) Telehealth Research Symposium will take place on October 24 th and 25 th , 2018 in San Diego, CA. Curtis Lowery, President of SEARCH.

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Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2018

To more effectively help patients manage diabetes , CentraForce Health used geospatial mapping of SBDoH data to develop deeper insights into peoples’ health needs and behaviors — such as eating fast food in the past 30 days, sufficient time to eat healthy food, and tendency to follow a doctor’s recommendations.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

healthcare system lacks products and resources to meet this population’s unique cultural needs. We are transforming healthcare in this country, as we can no longer rely on a one-size-fits-all system filled with inequalities,” says Erik Cardenas, co-founder and CEO at Zócalo Health. “We million people. Despite this growth, the U.S.

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