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Lyfegen Raises $8M for Value-Based Contracting for High-Cost Drugs

HIT Consultant

Currently, less than 2% of the health insurance population requiring specialty drugs is responsible for 51% of drug spending. With Lyfegen’s patent-pending platform, health insurances & hospitals can implement and scale value-based healthcare, improving access to treatments, patient health outcomes and affordability.

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The Healthiest Communities in the U.S. After the Pandemic – U.S. News & Aetna Foundation’s Post-COVID Lists

Health Populi

In addition to the rankings for overall healthiest communities, the study also identified the top areas for health outcomes (San Juan Co., Washington, topping that list), top communities for access to health care (led by Olmstead County, Minnesota), and the top 5 areas for mental health, topped by Honolulu, Hawaii. .

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A Tale of Two America’s for Health

Health Populi

Disparities in Americans’ health vary among people living in each of the 50 states. These differences in health status generally fall into two regions: north and south, found in the Commonwealth Fund’s 2018 Scorecard on State Health System Performance. Ultimately, the Fund asserts, where you live matters.

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HLTH22 Day 1 News Summary: Google, Maven, Highmark, LG, Others

HIT Consultant

Highmark Health, Google Cloud , and League unveiled their collaboration on an interoperable, digital health platform that makes it simple for individuals to navigate healthcare and connect to the right tools and resources when and where they need them. COTA and Google Partner to Use NLP to Harness Unstructured Oncology Data.

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How Will New FDA Hearing Aid Regulations Impact Health Plans?

HIT Consultant

The regulations may provide an opportunity for health insurers to attract new members – and retain existing ones – with hearing loss. Health plans offering the OTC benefit can also leverage the opportunity to educate members about the significant role hearing aids can play in improving their overall health.

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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Health Populi

It’s National Health IT Week in the US, so I’m kicking off the week with this post focused on how digital health can bolster economic development. As the only health economist in the family of the 2018 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, this is a voice through which I can uniquely speak. GDP, in 2018.

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Isn’t It Eyeconic? Vision Care in the Evolving Health Care Ecosystem

Health Populi

He shared this image from Cracked Labs which illustrates the many data sources beyond the legacy health care claim that stakeholders can access and, if used for good, can benefit patient care and health outcomes. Walmart, in particular, had a huge uptick in this during the 2018 holiday shopping season. for Americans.

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