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What’s Causing Fewer Primary Care Visits in the US?

Health Populi

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. So what is primary care, anyway?

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Multimorbidity In the US – Obesity As A Key Driver of Health Spending

Health Populi

Underlying this clinical and economic phenomenon is obesity, which primary care doctors are challenged to deal with as a chronic condition along with typically co-occurring comorbidities of hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia. Why has this been the case? Because they are public goods, and the U.S.

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Telehealth billing guide highlights complexities of use

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

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

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HLTH 2024: What are the key talking points likely to be?

Lloyd Price

The role of telehealth and remote patient monitoring in improving access to care. The challenges and opportunities of integrating social determinants of health into care delivery. Health Policy: The impact of healthcare policy on patient outcomes and access to care.

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Honor Your Doctor – It’s National Doctors Day Today (and EveryDay)

Health Populi

.” Furthermore, Merritt Hawkins identified other external trends for 2020 that are re-shaping the work and life-flows of physicians, for which many clinicians weren’t prepared during their many years and investment in medical school.

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The Health Care Cost Curve is Bending Down – A New View from Deloitte

Health Populi

Current spending on health care in America is roughly $4 trillion (with a “t”) dollars, approaching 20% of the nation’s economy. trillion based on future health trends — not historic workflows and delivery mechanisms which would consume an additional $3.5 By 2040, spending is projected to be $8.3

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Food As Medicine: Grocery Stores Expand as Health Destinations While the Federal Government Cuts Food Stamps

Health Populi

A current example comes from Kroger, partnering with Ascension’s health system in Tennessee, enhancing the organization’s community-based health services in communities where people live…and shop. This is a trend under the growing “farm-to-table” movement.