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CMS Issues Contract Year 2023 Final Rule for Medicare Advantage Organizations and Prescription Drug Sponsors

Healthcare Law Blog

On April 29, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), issued the final rule on Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (the “Final Rule”). With a few exceptions, the Final Rule is a wholesale codification of the proposed rule.

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CMS’ Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs

Healthcare Law Blog

On January 6, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the proposed rule on Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (the “Proposed Rule”). Refining Definitions for Fully Integrated and Highly Integrated D-SNPs (§§ 422.2

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

With a PhD background in AI and machine learning, he has helped grow its electronic health record into an integrated platform. This helped the organization achieve HIMSS Stage 7 in 2017 – the first academic hospital in Canada to do so. CIO, Delaware Valley Community Health. CIO, Banner Health. Isaiah Nathaniel.

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CMS releases its Measures Under Consideration List for 2018 pre-rulemaking

CMS.gov

Thu, 11/30/2017 - 15:28. Medicare and other payers are rapidly moving toward a healthcare system that rewards high quality care while spending more wisely. CMS releases its Measures Under Consideration List for 2018 pre-rulemaking. keya.joy-bush@…. Kate Goodrich, M.D., Initiatives. Leadership. End-Stage Renal Disease. Physicians.

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CMS Begins Option to Extend Medicaid Postpartum Coverage

Healthcare Law Blog

On April 1, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced states may seek to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage from 60 days to one year through a new state plan option offered by the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”). 1] Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Extension Tracker (Mar. 31, 2022). [2]

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Harms and Biases Associated with the Social Determinants of Health Technology Movement

Bill of Health

The rationale for SDOH interventions is that the identification of resource gaps coupled with closing those resource gaps will yield better health outcomes. Health-system based SDOH efforts are large and growing. billion dollars of health system funds were invested into SDOH efforts from 2017 to 2019.

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The 2022 Health Populi TrendCast for Consumers and Health Citizens

Jane Sarashon

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.