Bill of Health

APRIL 4, 2024

Beyond the health care sector-specific Medical Devices Regulation (EU) 2017/745 (MDR) and the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (EU) 2017/746 (IVDR), this mix of AI & Data related regulatory requirements stems from a series of generalized, cross-sectoral EU laws of the last 5 years. The sectorialism of the U.S.

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FDA Regulatory Compliance Malpractice Health Insurance 282

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Consumers point to some organizations that they perceive may be working against their better health: these include fast food manufacturers, the entertainment industry, food processors (“Big Food”), the media, government agencies, and health insurance companies. Health care delivery in the U.S.

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Doctors Nurses Public Health Medical Billing 123

Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

Enrollee Participation in Plan Governance (§ 422.107). CMS believes its proposals would improve Federal and State oversight of certain D-SNPs (and their affiliated MCOs) through greater information-sharing among government regulators. Key provisions of the Proposed Rule are summarized below. Comments are due by March 7, 2022.

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Medicare Medicare COVID-19 Medicaid 98

Healthcare Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

The new state plan option allows state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (“CHIP”) agencies to provide 12 months of continuous postpartum coverage, regardless of any changes in circumstances, through a state plan amendment (“SPA”). This option is available for five years and ends on March 31, 2027. 31, 2022). [2]

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

.: Relatively high levels of obesity are literally weighing down Americans’ health status, contributing to higher rates of diabetes, raising risks for many cancers, and reversing gains made in heart disease. The 2017 U.S. But in the latter five-year period, 2012-2017, life expectancy gains in the U.S.

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Health Insurance Doctors Governance Hospitals 96

HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

In the first half of 2022, we have observed that a few sectors saw their median multiples tick up relative to the period between January 2017 – December 2021, namely Analytics (by 1.3x), Infrastructure Technology (by 0.9x), and RCM Services (by 0.7x). With low unemployment, wages are gaining but at a lower rate than prices overall. ?

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US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Health Insurance Telemedicine 98

HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Government mandates were an impetus for change, starting with the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 to “promote the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology” (Office of Civil Rights (OCR), 2017).

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Due Diligence Compliance HIPAA Nurses 98

Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Cost concerns are playing into peoples’ perspectives on health care reform proposals, with a majority of survey respondents saying they’d be more likely to vote for a candidate that would support expanding private health insurance reforms versus scrapping commercial insurance for a Medicare for All proposal.

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Single Payer Health Care Medical Billing Health Care Reform Governance 52

Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Between 2017 to 2021, there was also significant movement in a few other areas: identity and self-esteem (up 11 points from 2017), as well as control and reality (up 7 points between 2017 to 2021). We’ve seen more financial and money-focused media bringing health care cost stories under their mastheads.

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COVID-19 Public Health Governance Medicaid 60

Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2019

UPMC launching a social impact program focusing on SDoH, among other projects investing in social factors that bolster public health. As I pointed out in my 2020 Health Populi trendcast , the private sector is taking on more public health initiatives as policy progress at the Federal level feels frozen.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Prescription Drug Pricing Public Health Medicare 125

Hall Render

APRIL 21, 2023

into cutting opioids in hospitals ISU and University of Utah partnership aims to combat Idaho’s mental health crisis Presbyterian-UnityPoint merger moves forward St. Mississippi Dept.

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US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Nurses Nursing Homes 40

Hall Render

JANUARY 28, 2022

California health system to outsource RCM jobs to Optum. New California public health rules make it harder to visit loved ones in nursing homes. Colorado Department of Public Health says new omicron variant detected in Denver metro area. Executive director of Colorado consumer health group to step down.

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Nursing Homes COVID-19 US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses 40

Health Populi

DECEMBER 6, 2018

believe that the Federal government should ensure that their fellow Americans, a new Gallup Poll found. This asked people whether they would prefer a government-run health system. Most say, “no,” a proportion falling from the high of 47% “yes” in 2017 to 40% this year. Most people in the U.S.

Governance 71

Governance Medical Billing Medicaid Medicaid 71

Health Populi

AUGUST 29, 2018

Thus we public health folk say that a person’s ZIP code can be more important than her genetic code. Protecting pre-existing conditions in health insurance outranks lowering the price of prescription drugs and repealing the ACA, voters say.

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ACA Health Insurance Medical Billing Public Health 48

Kaiser Health News

JANUARY 12, 2023

Indeed, one of the first orders of business in the new Congress was the re-establishment of a committee on the covid pandemic with a new focus on investigating the origins of the virus and the government’s response to it. But also, for the first time, Medicare, or the federal government is starting to take on drug prices directly.

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US Department of Health and Human Services FDA Medicare Medicare 52

Kaiser Health News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Biden’s calls for bipartisanship to extend health programs like pandemic-era subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans are expected to clash with conservative demands to slash federal government spending. But first, this week’s health news.

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