Jane Sarashon
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
The NIH crafted one for patients enrolled in clinical trials, the American Hospital Association served one up in 1973, and many individual health providers like the University of Pennsylvania Hospital ( aka Penn Medicine) have developed patient bills of rights for consumers entering their hospital systems.
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
There are 1,844 rural hospitals operating in the U.S. That number is down by 19 in the 2019 calendar year, the worst year of rural hospital closings seen in the past decade. That hockey-stick growth of closures is shown in the first chart, where 34 rural hospitals shut down in the past 2 years.
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Bill of Health
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Despite the important enactment in 2010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which increases access to care by expanding Medicaid eligibility and protecting insurance coverage of people with pre-existing health conditions and disabilities, more than 25 million people remain uninsured. First, while the U.S.
MedTrainer
JANUARY 12, 2024
Affordable Care Act (2010): The ACA introduced the concept of value-based care, emphasizing quality and patient outcomes over quantity of services. Compliance efforts expanded to encompass EHR security. Compliance evolved to include performance reporting and quality metrics.
Healthcare Law Blog
JANUARY 26, 2023
The amendment defines healthcare entity to include any individual physician or other healthcare professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of healthcare facility, organization, or plan.
Health Populi
APRIL 24, 2018
consumers rank hospitals as the top-trusted segment in the U.S., Trust in the other four segments (biotech, consumer, health insurance, and hospitals) rose from a high of 9 points for hospitals down to 3 points up for consumer health. Hospitals ranked top in trust among U.S. The positive key finding here is that U.S.
Kaiser Health News
JULY 6, 2022
Since late 2010, when this provision of the ACA took effect, many patients have paid nothing when they undergo routine mammograms, get one of more than a dozen vaccines, receive birth control, or are screened for other conditions, including diabetes, colon cancer, depression, and sexually transmitted diseases. Your insurance matters.
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