Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The article The 2022 Midterms: Implications for 2023-2024 and Health Policy appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com. Although it took eight days for most of the dust to settle after the 2022 midterm elections, it is now clear that […].

Health Policy 91

Health Policy 91

FierceHealthIT

MAY 18, 2023

A key House panel approved a slew of health policies. Here's a look at 4 of them pminemyer Thu, 05/18/2023 - 14:55

Health Policy 99

Health Policy 99

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

This poll is published today in a four-page special section devoted to health care policy. The top-line of the section, noted in the title of page A-1, is that 92% of all Americans want changes in the health care system. The gridlock comes at certain flashpoints, USA Today explains.

Health Policy 232

Health Policy Nursing 232

Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2022

Consumers Overpay for Generic Drugs , a new paper from the Leonard Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics asserts, with recommendations to address the intermediaries who benefit from the way Americans currently pay for medicines. health citizens access to high-value and lifesaving meds.

Medicare 385

Medicare Health Policy Pharmaceuticals 385

Electronic Health Reporter

MAY 3, 2023

By Hari Prasad, founder and CEO, Yosi Health. That’s the key finding of a recent research brief published by Health Affairs, a leading journal of health policy under the […] The article Combatting Wasteful Administrative Costs At the Practice Level appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

Health Policy 181

Health Policy 181

Health Populi

MAY 30, 2022

who follow health policy wonkily always look to the States and Governors for innovation as labs for health policy innovation. We can generally look to California for health care innovations in financing and technology, and the same holds true for dealing with medical debt and fair billing. Those of us in the U.S.

Medical Billing 263

Medical Billing Health Policy Mental health Patient Experience 263

FierceHealthIT

MARCH 25, 2024

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) addressed a series of questions from lawmakers on health policy priorities ranging from pharmacy benefit management to Medicare spending. |

Health Policy 122

Health Policy Medicare 122

Health Populi

MARCH 11, 2021

The coolest thing in health policy in the 21st century!! ” Amitabh Chandra gave the opening context-setting talk about the effects of health care cost-sharing on patients-as-consumers. Kavita Patel to assert in the first panel of the day that, “2713 is my favorite number.”

Health Policy 254

Health Policy Medicare Pharmaceuticals Life Science 254

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.

Telemedicine 344

Telemedicine Health Policy Public Health Digital Health 344

DigitalHealth

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Charlotte Refsum, director of health policy at the Tony Blair Institute will sit on the data and tech group for the 10 year health plan.

Health Policy 111

Health Policy Leadership 111

FierceHealthIT

JULY 30, 2024

Enforcement and physician education are two keys to limiting health plan upcoding, a costly scheme that exploits the Medicare system, health policy experts told Fierce Healthcare. Health plan upcoding threatens the Medicare system. Here's how policy experts believe the federal government should pursue abuse.

Health Policy 128

Health Policy Medicare 128

FierceHealthIT

APRIL 8, 2020

This system to effectively track and trace COVID is a necessary first step for gradually reopening the economy, the healthcare leaders said in a recent paper issued by the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy.

Health Policy 140

Health Policy 140

DigitalHealth

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Charlotte Refsum, director of health policy at the Tony Blair Institute and Markus Bolton, CEO at Graphnet will speak at Rewired 2025.

Health Policy 115

Health Policy Digital Health Leadership 115

FierceHealthIT

OCTOBER 1, 2024

to gain his insights on the future of healthcare policy. to gain his insights on the future of healthcare policy. With just a month left until the Nov. 5 presidential election, Fierce Healthcare's Heather Landi spoke with David Shulkin, M.D.,

Health Policy 64

Health Policy 64

FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Days before the 2024 presidential election, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an unpublished version of the final calendar year 2025 physician fee schedule final rule | Digital therapeutics, telehealth, rural heath clinics and opioid treatment programs all got updates in the final 2025 Medicare physician fee schedule rule, (..)

Medicare 127

Medicare Digital Health Health Policy Telehealth 127

Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2022

In summing up the patient-centered interoperability goal, Ardy summarized: “We’ve created the Mint.com of health data.” ” Health Populi’s Hot Points: Many of my beloved and brilliant colleagues are convening this week at HealthDataPalooza and the National Health Policy Conference in Washington, DC.

Interoperability 436

Interoperability Life Science EHR Health Data 436

Health Populi

AUGUST 13, 2021

health policy and regulatory leaders. An uncertain world is our workplace in the health/care ecosystem, globally, in this moment. “We don’t un-learn,” Dr. Amy Abernethy asserte d as she shared her pandemic perspectives on a panel with 2 other former U.S.

Public Health 285

Public Health Telehealth Health Policy Nursing 285

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

For more on women and health policy in the 2024 election cycle, you can explore the Open Letter on the site of Women Healthcare Leaders for Progress , of which I am one of several hundred signing the Letter.

Health Policy 177

Health Policy Nursing Telehealth Medical Billing 177

FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 4, 2023

health policy legislators. New Jersey’s largest academic medical center has reached a tentative agreement with a union representing about 1,700 of its nurses to end a four-month strike. | The labor dispute over pay and staffing held about 1,700 nurses without pay or benefits and drew the attention of top U.S.

Nursing 105

Nursing Health Policy 105

Health Populi

MARCH 11, 2019

“Before we entrust our care to AI systems and ‘doctor robots,’ we must first commit to identifying bias in datasets and fixing them as much as possible.

HC 309

HC Health Policy Health Data Digital Health 309

Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2018

In the United States, however, there’s been under-investment in these social determinants that closely tie to health. Why has this been the case? Because they are public goods, and the U.S.

Public Health 180

Public Health Health Policy Primary Care 180

FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Health policy staffers gathered last week at the Capitol for a day of discussing AI policy with members of industry, hosted by the Coalition for Health AI (CHAI), a non-profit AI advocacy | This comes as the president-elect reportedly seeks to hire an “AI Czar” to spearhead progress for the technology under his administration, per Axios.

Health Policy 81

Health Policy 81

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Kane, AMA's director of economic and health policy research. "Research conducted over the past year illustrated telehealth's role in allowing patients to retain access to care during the COVID-19 pandemic," wrote Carol K.

Telehealth 212

Telehealth General practice Health Policy Remote care 212

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As my friends Deven McGraw, Chief Regulatory Officer at Ciitizen (whom I profiled here in Health Populi ), and Vince Kuraitis, longtime health strategy guru and author of the blog e-CareManagement.com , characterized this challenge, “The Goldilocks Dilemma” in The Health Care Blog.

Interoperability 228

Interoperability Digital Health Patient Experience Health Data 228

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

HealthPolicyValentines pic.twitter.com/nZx2DcTCGI — MA Health Policy Commission (@Mass_HPC) February 13, 2024 Medicare could never negotiate your cost because you are priceless. healthpolicyvalentines — John Lynn (@techguy) January 31, 2024 I love health policy enough to #healthpolicyvalentines on my honeymoon.

Health Policy 87

Health Policy Meaningful Use HIE EMR 87

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In a separate Health Affairs blog, health policy experts noted that Medicaid users have had "less consistent" access to telemedicine. THE LARGER TREND.

Telehealth 218

Telehealth Telemedicine Health Policy Mental health 218

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. Despite enjoying bipartisan support, telehealth has yet to see meaningful action from Congress in the COVID-19 era – and many advocates appear to be getting antsy. Alliance for Connected Care.

Telehealth 213

Telehealth Telemedicine Medicare Connected Care 213

Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2019

That paragraph imagines how our homes can and should be our health hubs, enabled by connectivity (ensuring net neutrality and fast lines for all), privacy and data security, and universal health care access. That, too, was a prime Dr. Topol moment, wearing his health policy hat: his belief that the U.S.

Health Policy 189

Health Policy Health Data Life Science Connected Health 189

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 8, 2020

"The COVID pandemic has clearly demonstrated the need for more robust healthcare preparedness and some fundamental changes in US health policy," the report concluded.

Telehealth 177

Telehealth Interoperability Telemedicine Public Health 177

Health Populi

JANUARY 2, 2023

Bolstering the impact of digital health technologies — and particularly remote health monitoring and clinically-prescribed wearable tech — was the late December 2922 health policy news that telehealth provisions would be included in the FY2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill.

Digital Health 194

Digital Health Health Policy Mental health Telehealth 194

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Telehealth was held up as a "panacea," said Adaeze Enekwechi, a board member at the Public Health Institute and the Alliance for Health Policy, at the final installment of the American Telemedicine Association's EDGE policy conference on Tuesday.

Telehealth 195

Telehealth Public Health Health Policy Telemedicine 195

Health Populi

JULY 28, 2019

These two examples illustrate that Maestro Health’s concerns are being heeded by organizations who see the opportunity to get closer to patients’ in everyday life and make a difference for them, their doctors, their employers who may fund their health insurance, and shareholders. health policy circles.

Telehealth 233

Telehealth Medical Billing Health Policy Digital Health 233

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 17, 2020

In addition to the regional TRCs, the National Telehealth Technology Assessment Resource Center and the Center for Connected Health Policy evaluate different types of telehealth technology and track telehealth-related policy, respectively.

Telehealth 169

Telehealth Health Policy Public Health Connected Health 169

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 27, 2021

"In recent years, we have seen rapidly growing evidence that telehealth services can and should play a central role in strategies to address health disparities in the U.S.," The advisory group is chaired by Kristi Henderson, CEO for MedExpress at Optum; Yasmine Winkler, independent director at GEHA Health; and Dr.

Telemedicine 200

Telemedicine Telehealth Health Policy 200

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The Center for Connected Health Policy has published a 21-page guide intended to help providers with telehealth-based Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. WHY IT MATTERS.

Telehealth 173

Telehealth Medicare Primary Care Health Policy 173

FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Tuesday's Senate Committee on Finance hearing on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) featured both proponents and critics of recent health policy decisions throwing punches, many of which have been p | Lawmakers and policy experts disagreed on whether the Inflation Reduction Act's strengths outweigh its weaknesses as well as the best path forward. (..)

Health Policy 75

Health Policy 75

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Avni Gupta, a PhD student in the Department of Public Health Policy and Management at NYU School of Global Public Health and the lead author of the paper, told Healthcare IT News that before the surveys, "there was a lot of anecdotal information about several challenges" clinicians were facing.

Primary Care 209

Primary Care Telehealth Public Health Telemedicine 209