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Here are the major issues facing healthcare in 2021, according to PwC

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” For this report, PwC’s Health Research Institute surveyed 2,511 American consumers, 128 health plan executives, 153 healthcare provider organization executives, and 124 pharmaceutical and life sciences executives in August and September 2020. Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

In the first strategic partnership for Healthcare NExT, Microsoft worked with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to develop digital services intended to reduce drudgery for physicians and improve patientsexperiences. Their portfolio is very diverse ranging from genetics to telemedicine.

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2018 Year in Review: The Year’s Biggest Remote Care News & Developments

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2018 began with a bang, as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) officially “unbundled” CPT code 99091 to give eligible practitioners the ability to receive separate reimbursement for certain remote care services. In what ways does your company put your patients, users, or consumers first? "We Read more here.

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When Household Economics Blur with Health, Technology and Trust – Health Populi’s 2023 TrendCast

Health Populi

The updated ACO Reach payment model from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sets forth a value-based model of capitated payments to physicians who meet quality and spending targets – combined with a plan to deal with health equity.

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Sharing an Almost Unique Perspective — Putting the Hospital Out of Business

Henry Kotula

The entire healthcare industry, including health systems, physicians, non-physician caregivers, device manufacturers, pharmaceutical firms, and medical insurers, is stressed because most are experiencing serious profit margin squeeze. Providers generate profits when patients access care.

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Health systems in 10 years: 20 predictions from top executives

Henry Kotula

Operationally, hospitals and health systems will be more designed around the patient experience rather than the patient accommodating to the hospital design and operations. Specifically, more geared toward patient choice, shopping for services, and price competition for out-of-pocket expenses. Ronda Lehman, PharmD.