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Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2019 has bipartisan Senate and House support and would expand telehealth services through Medicare. The CONNECT for Health Act of 2019 builds on the progress made in recent years to increase the use of telehealth through Medicare. Require a study to explore more ways to expand telehealth services so that more people can access health care services in their own homes. MORE
Editor’s Note: Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs) continue to do a poor job of maintaining accurate provider directories—and it’s landing some in hot water with the federal government. Financial Medicare and Medicaid Medicaid Medicare payment models Value Based Payments MORE
A recent study by the HHS Office of Inspector General suggests that Medicare ACOs coordinate care more effectively when they have the right health IT tools in place, particularly when ACO members share one EHR platform and have access to a robust HIE. MORE
A study in JAMA published this week analyzed research reports that have measured waste in the U.S. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) forecasts that prescription drug spending will be the fastest-growing cause of rising health spending by 2027. MORE
introduced new legislation this week that would provide for permanent Medicare payments for telehealth services at federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics. introduced a bill that would mandate a study on the effects of telehealth, noting that data informs policy changes. MORE
Let’s start with the Morning Consult poll results, which compare support for Medicare for All from January 2019 and August 2019. the party’s loudest supporter of Medicare for All. adults surveyed, 50% believed that Medicare is free. MORE
Editor’s Note: Increasing costs for prescriptions is creating a long-term financial impact on Medicare Part D and its beneficiaries. The study , published Aug. Increasing costs for prescriptions is creating a long-term financial impact on Medicare Part D and its beneficiaries. MORE
Medicare and Medicaid are better than private insurers at keeping spending per beneficiary low, a finding that has crucial implications for the current health policy debate, according to a new report. MORE
Editor’s Note: Increasing costs for prescriptions is creating a long-term financial impact on Medicare Part D and its beneficiaries. It also compares the potential for bias through simulations to some other common approaches to such comparisons across studies. MORE
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That program has the potential to change our Medicare members manage meds at home to ensure better adherence, supporting better health outcomes and personal feelings of efficacy and control. [As If you’re at AHIP, come hear Nicole and me brainstorm the results of this study. MORE
Nearly every respondent in the study reported having health insurance coverage. Among those covered with insurance, one-half had employer-sponsored insurance, 1 in 4 Medicare, and 13%, individual cover. Doctors maintain their top status as U.S. MORE
Despite an industry focus on the benefits of primary care, spending on such services makes up just a fraction of Medicare spending, according to a new study. MORE
There are over 60 million enrollees in Medicare in 2019, and fully one-third are in Medicare Advantage plans. Medicare is adding 10,000 new beneficiaries every day in the U.S. Younger Medicare beneficiaries are more digitally engaged (connected) than their older peers. MORE
million research grant; favorable study results for One Drop Also: Smoking cessation app trial wins $2.7 MORE
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 25, 2020
The study will use the smartphones, Apple Watches and a custom health engagement program to influence stroke risk and atrial fibrillation detection
Health Populi
AUGUST 28, 2019
Let’s start with the Morning Consult poll results, which compare support for Medicare for All from January 2019 and August 2019. the party’s loudest supporter of Medicare for All. adults surveyed, 50% believed that Medicare is free.
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Health Populi
AUGUST 21, 2019
There are over 60 million enrollees in Medicare in 2019, and fully one-third are in Medicare Advantage plans. Medicare is adding 10,000 new beneficiaries every day in the U.S. Younger Medicare beneficiaries are more digitally engaged (connected) than their older peers.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 6, 2020
Hospital revenues would plummet if they were paid broadly at Medicare rates, a new study shows.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 7, 2019
Medicare Advantage members often account for less healthcare spending before they switch plans, meaning the government may be significantly overpaying MA insurers, according to a new study.
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 8, 2019
Medicare is overpaying for graduate medical education—the money used to train residents—which could be used to address physician shortages, according to a new study
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BHM Healthcare Solutions
JUNE 26, 2018
Editor’s Note: The growth of Medicare Advantage as a program (it accounts for a third of Medicare enrollees and spending), and the 9.3% The growth of Medicare Advantage as a program (it accounts for a third of Medicare enrollees and spending), and the 9.3%
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 24, 2020
Medicare beneficiaries see the largest return on the money they pay for their healthcare, a new study shows.
Health Populi
JUNE 24, 2019
Cost is the major reason why Medicare Advantage plan beneficiaries switch plans, but people who switch also tend to have lower satisfaction scores based on non-cost factors. Power’s 2019 Medicare Advantage Plan Study. Power study.
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 7, 2020
Hospital payment rates to private insurance have grown much faster compared to Medicare and Medicaid, according to a new study that comes at a time when Washington is considering how to rein in healthcare costs
Health Populi
DECEMBER 9, 2019
That program has the potential to change our Medicare members manage meds at home to ensure better adherence, supporting better health outcomes and personal feelings of efficacy and control. [As If you’re at AHIP, come hear Nicole and me brainstorm the results of this study.
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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 12, 2020
introduced new legislation this week that would provide for permanent Medicare payments for telehealth services at federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics. introduced a bill that would mandate a study on the effects of telehealth, noting that data informs policy changes.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 7, 2019
Though more baby boomers are aging into Medicare, relatively few are choosing Medicare Advantage plans as their entry point to the program, a new study shows.
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 15, 2020
continues, including whether "Medicare for All" is the answer, a new study finds a consensus that a single-payer system would result in savings As the debate over how to lower healthcare costs in the U.S.
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 11, 2019
A recent study by the HHS Office of Inspector General suggests that Medicare ACOs coordinate care more effectively when they have the right health IT tools in place, particularly when ACO members share one EHR platform and have access to a robust HIE.
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 9, 2020
Medicare may be underpaying hospitals serving disadvantaged communities because of a skewed rating system, a new study finds
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 27, 2019
Physicians overestimate the time it takes to perform procedures that are then used to calculate how they get paid under the Medicare physician fee schedule, a new study found
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 10, 2019
Persistently high-cost Medicare patients tend to be younger, members of racial or ethnic minority groups, dual-eligible Medicaid patients or suffering from end-stage renal disease, a new study reports
Healthcare Informatics
JANUARY 14, 2019
A study of the data involved in the Medicare program’s mandatory readmissions reduction program has found the results of the program to be considerably weaker than they appear at first sight
BHM Healthcare Solutions
AUGUST 27, 2019
Editor’s Note: Increasing costs for prescriptions is creating a long-term financial impact on Medicare Part D and its beneficiaries. The study , published Aug. Increasing costs for prescriptions is creating a long-term financial impact on Medicare Part D and its beneficiaries.
FierceHealthIT
JUNE 10, 2019
Overall care costs were similar or lower at teaching hospitals versus non-teaching hospitals for Medicare beneficiaries undergoing common procedures
Clocktree
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2019 has bipartisan Senate and House support and would expand telehealth services through Medicare. The CONNECT for Health Act of 2019 builds on the progress made in recent years to increase the use of telehealth through Medicare. Require a study to explore more ways to expand telehealth services so that more people can access health care services in their own homes.
BHM Healthcare Solutions
MARCH 5, 2019
Editor’s Note: Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs) continue to do a poor job of maintaining accurate provider directories—and it’s landing some in hot water with the federal government. Financial Medicare and Medicaid Medicaid Medicare payment models Value Based Payments
FierceHealthIT
MARCH 21, 2019
A new study released by the National Association for Behavioral Healthcare reveals that inpatient psychiatric facilities are spending vast amounts of their budgets to comply with CMS regulations
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
The number of Medicare Advantage plans offering an expanded supplemental benefit in 2020 increased to 364 from 102 for 2019, as plans become more comfortable with the added flexibility, a new study found
FierceHealthIT
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
Though a Medicare buy-in plan would likely lower costs for older adults, it could lead to higher premiums for younger people in the exchanges, according to a new report.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 9, 2019
times higher than the rates Medicare would have paid, according to a new Rand Corp. study. The prices paid to U.S. hospitals by private insurers are about 2.4
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Medicare and Medicaid are better than private insurers at keeping spending per beneficiary low, a finding that has crucial implications for the current health policy debate, according to a new report.
BHM Healthcare Solutions
APRIL 10, 2018
Editor’s Note: Medicare Advantage organizations (MAOs) continue to do a poor job of maintaining accurate provider directories—and it’s landing some in hot water with the federal government. Financial Medicare and Medicaid Medicaid Medicare payment models Value Based Payments
Health Populi
MAY 21, 2020
Nearly every respondent in the study reported having health insurance coverage. Among those covered with insurance, one-half had employer-sponsored insurance, 1 in 4 Medicare, and 13%, individual cover. Doctors maintain their top status as U.S.
FierceHealthIT
APRIL 12, 2019
Despite an industry focus on the benefits of primary care, spending on such services makes up just a fraction of Medicare spending, according to a new study.
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
A new HHS study found that sepsis hospitalizations cost Medicare $41.8B in 2018 alone. Here's why the experts think that figure's likely to keep growing
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
Medicare spends nearly $1,000 less per beneficiary in counties where residents are not only healthy, but happy and satisfied with their lives
Mobi Health News
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
million research grant; favorable study results for One Drop Also: Smoking cessation app trial wins $2.7
BHM Healthcare Solutions
AUGUST 7, 2018
Editor’s Note: Increasing costs for prescriptions is creating a long-term financial impact on Medicare Part D and its beneficiaries. It also compares the potential for bias through simulations to some other common approaches to such comparisons across studies.
BHM Healthcare Solutions
JULY 3, 2018
Editor’s Note: There is a growing need to educate seniors on their healthcare costs options, and increase their Medicare knowledge. Respondents admitted to a lack confidence in their knowledge of Medicare.
Healthcare IT Today
JULY 29, 2019
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FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 7, 2020
A new study found Medicare’s hip and knee replacement bundled payment models didn’t lead to a decrease in quality of care and also saved Medicare money
Health Populi
OCTOBER 8, 2019
A study in JAMA published this week analyzed research reports that have measured waste in the U.S. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) forecasts that prescription drug spending will be the fastest-growing cause of rising health spending by 2027.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
White Medicare patients are more likely to be transported to the closest emergency department than their black or Hispanic counterparts, according to a new study out of Boston University’s School of Medicine
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