Health Populi

MARCH 11, 2021

Note: I may be biased as a University of Michigan graduate of both the School of Public Health and Rackham School of Graduate Studies in Economics]. health care, patient assistance programs, Medicare Advantage plans, and the bundling of proven high-value preventive services into the Affordable Care Act.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

.” Nearly a decade ago, I cited the Kaiser Family Foundation Health Security Watch of May 2012 here in Health Populi. adults had problems paying medical bills, largely delaying care due to cost for a visit or for prescription drugs. The first chart here shows that one in four U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2023

In health care, one of the “gifts” inspired by the coronavirus pandemic was the industry’s fast-pivot and adoption of digital health tools — especially telehealth and more generally the so-called “digital front doors” enabling patients to access medical services and personal work-flows for their care.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2023

With the end of the public health emergency, DEA is proposing a rollback on flexibility for remote prescribing. If the DEA’s proposed rules become final, ATA warned in a statement , patients “will fall through the cracks, creating a significant and avoidable public health crisis.”

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

.” As you filter these findings through your own business operations, plans, and innovations, consider how to address supporting the Bedrock of Society, women and their health, through your work and in your personal lives: this could involve, Thinking omni-channel, meeting women where they “are,” in person, at home, closer-to-home, (..)

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Mend

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

A recent report on healthcare workplace shortages by the Minnesota Department of Public Health offers a physician’s perspective. The COVID-19 pandemic saw a massive shift to remote work and the adoption of telehealth and virtual visits. Telehealth Helps Solve Burnout & Staffing Issues. A Provider’s Perspective.

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Mend

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Hybrid Healthcare System has become more popular since the adoption of telehealth, but how does it sync with your in-person treatment? A hybrid healthcare system brings together the best of telehealth and in-person visits. As a result, the adoption of telehealth skyrocketed. Learn more here.

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Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2025

While each goal on its own is a critical driver of high performing health systems, working the five as a strategic quintet can benefit individual patients, families, communities, and the nations that fund (or share in funding) health care services to the country’s residents. Reduce per capita costs.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Dr. Wallensky and other public health officials acknowledged “vaccine fatigue” and the relatively low uptake of vaccinations for fending off the coronavirus and the flu as well as other infectious diseases. In health care, scale matters, and particularly when economic forces are challenging, consolidation happens.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Eskenazi Health (Indianapolis). The Indiana Public Health Association recognized Eskenazi Health for its workplace culture in the Public Health is Good Business category, which complements the American Heart Association’s platinum-level fit-friendly worksite honor also bestowed on the health system.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Among the more than 5,500 pages of the coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress this week were a number of provisions aimed at expanding broadband and telehealth services, as well as addressing the needs of rural hospitals. THE LARGER TREND. Although the U.S.

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Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2021

household budgets have been particularly hard-hit in paying off credit cards and bills (23%), paying for food (17%), falling behind paying rent or mortgage (16%), affording health insurance coverage (16%), and paying for medical bills (16%). adults had trouble affording any of these basic living expenses.

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Health Populi

MARCH 6, 2025

Specific to consumers home health care economics, we learn from Gallup and West Health that Americans borrowed about $74 billion to pay medical bills in 2024. consumers who borrowed money to pay for health care in the past year. That’s about 30 million U.S. FICO scores). FICO scores).

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

I’ll leave you with one outstanding exemplar-leader in the public health community walking the talk about solutions to this crisis: it’s Michael Dowling, head of Northwell Health, who believes gun safety is in his “lane” of health, health care, and community health.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2023

health care micro-economy and how health costs will crowd out other household spending in 2024 Consumers’ financial health blurs (or sometimes bleeds) into their personae as patients: CivicScience has tracked a direct relationship between peoples’ perceptions of financial health and one’s overall well-being.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2019

In 1971, Céline published his book, Death on the Installment Plan ; one wonders what Louis-Ferdinand would have thought about this medical billing model. While retail health in the form of grocery stores and chain pharmacy have been long at this space, with the likes of payors and health plans getting into the retail health segment.

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