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HHS: Medicare incentives, penalties for hospitals could help stem drug shortages

FierceHealthIT

To address the nation’s drug shortages, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is floating a plan that would attach new Medicare payments and penalties to hospitals’ supply chain practic | A white paper penned by HHS outlines a potential program that would push hospitals toward inventory and purchasing practices that reinforce long-term (..)

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MA enrollees have fewer hospitalizations, Harvard study finds

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Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries have better quality of care and health outcomes than traditional fee-for-service counterparts, researchers from Harvard Medical School found.

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Long-term care hospitals can't afford to treat their sickest Medicare patients, AHA says

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. | The cutoff for an expensive long-term care hospital case to qualify for greater reimbursement rose 55% from FY 2023 to FY 2024, and is projected to rise another 17% the following year, AHA wrote in a recent white paper calling for policymaker intervention.

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What If Costco Designed the Prescription Drugs Sales Model?

Health Populi

In 2006 the Medicare Part D program was implemented, covering older Americans for prescription drugs for the first time. Medicare further drove expansion of generic drug utilization, with co-pays for generics lower for Medicare enrollees than branded drugs. While these four actions to lower drug costs garner over 80% of U.S.

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Connected Health Initiative Announces Formation of Value-Based Care Task Force

Connected Health Initiative

CHI’s new Value-Based Care Task Force will evaluate the healthcare ecosystem’s implementation of value-based care models to date, including in the context of Medicare, and develop a white paper that includes granular recommendations on: Federal legislative changes needed to advance value-based care through greater use of digital health in the context (..)

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Four Aging and Health Technology Blog Posts from July 2020

Aging in Place Technology Watch

More on that in several upcoming white papers. Consumers are on board with telehealth , and engagement technologies like smartphones and tablets are offered through Medicare Advantage , plus a wave of other pandemic-related tactics and free offerings appeared. Half of those aged 75+ and one-third of the 65+ have hearing loss.

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Four tech and aging blog posts from September 2019

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Also in September, Medicare changes were introduced encouraging technology use by health providers, particularly telehealth services -- perhaps boosting the use of telehealth technology (for example remote visitations) which has seen a rise of consumer interest in recent polling , though not well-adopted yet by the majority of physicians.

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