Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 20, 2019

Now that the 2019 health insurance Open Enrollment period has concluded, healthcare industry stakeholders are watching closely for any shifts in consumer behavior regarding enrollment and the overall uninsured rate. This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In the 2019 dictionary next to the word “stress,” we would find variations of a definition all deriving from Americans’ current worries about their money, the economy, and health care costs…then, family responsibilities and jobs. The 7th Annual U.S.

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Kaiser Health News

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The penalties — a 1% reduction in Medicare payments over 12 months — are based on the experiences of Medicare patients discharged from the hospital between July 2018 and the end of 2019, before the pandemic began in earnest. ” KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

on an annual basis as of October 2019. in the 12 months including October 2019. in the year to October 2019. BLS calculated that general price inflation rose 1.8% Costs for medical care services (hospitals, ambulatory care, doctors, dentists, vision) bundled together grew 5.1% Health insurance costs increased a whopping 20.1%

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The last chapter of HealthConsuming, published in 2019, asked whether U.S. Note that coronavirus costs were an issue for patients across demographics — including a consideration for 58% of Americans with college degrees. A few weeks ago, we published Health Citizenship: How a virus opened hearts and minds.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

For context, I re-visited a similar recent study on this topic, published in the November/December 2019 Annals of Family Medicine, looking at national trends in primary care visit use between 2008 and 2015.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

That number is down by 19 in the 2019 calendar year, the worst year of rural hospital closings seen in the past decade. There are 1,844 rural hospitals operating in the U.S. That hockey-stick growth of closures is shown in the first chart, where 34 rural hospitals shut down in the past 2 years. hospitals are in poor fiscal health.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Census Bureau found that the level of health insurance enrollment fell by 1 million people in 2019 , with about 30 million Americans not covered by health insurance. In terms of income, U.S. households entered 2020 in the best financial shape they’d been in years, based on new Census data released earlier this week. However, the U.S.

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Kaiser Health News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Esa política de gran alcance entra en vigencia en enero y va mucho más allá de la expansión opcional de Medicaid que la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) ofreció a los estados. Florida no cuenta con un mercado estatal, ni ofrece subsidios patrocinados por el estado.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2020

billion, up 22% from 2019. political/election outcomes that could result in a significantly different payor mix: the major aspect of which will be whether Medicaid will grow as part of a bolstered ACA under a Biden administration, or whether a repealed ACA would diminish the role of Medicaid and underpin a bigger self-pay market.

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C&M Health Law

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The final rule complements the hospital transparency rule that CMS promulgated in November 2019 (the substance of which is discussed here ),which requires hospitals to post pricing information based on negotiated rates for standard items or services. The hospital transparency rule is currently on appeal before the D.C.

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Kaiser Health News

JUNE 16, 2022

La deuda de los pacientes se acumula a pesar de la histórica Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) de 2010. ACA amplió la cobertura de seguro a decenas de millones de estadounidenses. Muchos hospitales prosperaron incluso durante la pandemia. El papel de Washington.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Roughly the same proportion of companies offered health benefits to at least some workers between 2019 and 2020, about 56% of firms. This premium growth was 1 percentage point below the 5% uptick in 2019. In 2020, KFF found that 89% of large companies offered a telemedicine benefit, compared with 82% in 2019 and 74% in 2018.

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Healthcare Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

Mothers with incomes up to 138% of the federal poverty level (“FPL”) in states which have expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) are eligible to remain covered by Medicaid and those with incomes above 138% FPL may be eligible to qualify for subsidized coverage through the ACA marketplace. Peterson, et. 3] Madeline Y.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Using enrollee-level data from the Enrollee-Level Data Gathering Environment (“ EDGE ”) server from 2019, 2020, and 2021 for recalibrating HHS risk adjustment models to ensure that the models accurately reflect the most current claims experience, contributing to market stability. Maintaining the 2.2% FFM user fee rate and 1.8%

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2019

Employers cited several main tactics to address coupon cards looking forward from 2019 to 2022. One-third of employers were already doing this in 2019, with another 20% adding in 2020 and 16% considering for 2021-22. In contrast, employers have used rebate payments to defray premium costs). Across party identification, U.S.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The study reviewed reports and articles published between January 1, 2012 and May 15, 2019, dressing the topic of waste across six domains previously identified by the Institute of Medicine: Failure of care delivery, with waste ranging between $102 bn and $166 bn. Political debates in this 2020 U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 2, 2021

All categories of health care costs were lower in 2020 versus 2019, with the exception of prescription drugs. What caused costs to decline in 2020 were “eliminated and deferred care,” the Milliman analysts write, which offset the direct costs of COVID-19 testing and treatment.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 19, 2022

Health Affairs report shows Alaskans spent more out-of-pocket dollars on health care than residents in any other state in 2019. ACA health plan costs to drop sharply in Virginia. Anchorage’s Mobile Crisis Team hopes funding to operate 24/7 will expand ability to address mental health crises. Northern Arizona Healthcare CEO steps down.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

“Patients as Consumers” is the theme of the Health Affairs issue for March 2019. patients in 2019 — patients, consumers, people, health citizens? Taken together, these four papers from Health Affairs lead to the following themes: By 2019, patients in the U.S.

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CMS.gov

OCTOBER 22, 2018

After the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) regulations took effect, we have witnessed a serious deterioration of the individual market across the country because of skyrocketing costs and the withdrawal of insurance plans. As the ACA regulations took effect, choice plummeted and premiums soared.

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Hall Render

MARCH 31, 2023

in 2022, survey finds Senate votes to end COVID-19 national emergency Why are 600+ rural hospitals at risk of closing?

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

The HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2024 (“Proposed Rule”) would streamline ACA health plan selection, simplify marketplace enrollment, and expand access to care for low-income and medically underserved consumers through revision of network adequacy and essential community provider (“ECP”) standards.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Florida orthopedic practice more than doubles revenue since 2019 merger. Florida’s ACA enrollment is tops nationally, but Medicaid expansion questions remain. has seen ‘unprecedented’ loss of 40% of nursing staff since 2019. Florida ASC sues Cigna for $434K spine reimbursement. Florida physician group gets $500M investment.

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Health Populi

MARCH 27, 2019

The millions of people covered by employer-sponsored health plans would also be impacted: the ACA baked in assurances for lifetime caps on personal health spending, as well as guarantees for covering pre-existing conditions. It’s not so obvious to some public policymakers or voters who have chosen to erode the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

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Kaiser Health News

APRIL 22, 2022

KHN (Kaiser Health News) is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation).

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 13, 2020

If you perceive you are more stressed in the COVID-19 pandemic than you were in 2019, you are one in many millions feeling so. This third bar chart tells the sad stress story of Americans mid-summer, compared with how people felt in 2017 and 2019. Clearly, U.S.

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Hall Render

MAY 12, 2023

Cloud Hospital names Chief Quality Officer Tampa’s Lions Eye Institute adopts new name Troubled Cano Health records $60.6M

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Governor Kasich has led the Buckeye State since 2011, and his second and final term ends in January 2019. “Citizens scare politicians,” I heard Governor John Kasich say to Nicole Wallace on her show Deadline: White House yesterday, just hours from today’s U.S. 2018 midterm elections.

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Health Populi

JULY 31, 2019

voters’ views on health care, through the lens of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Health Tracking Poll for July 2019 published yesterday. In fact, enthusiasm for a Medicare-for-All plan fell in this month’s KFF poll from 56% favoring M4A in April 2019 dropping to 51% in July. there’s more to consider.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2019

Let’s start with the Morning Consult poll results, which compare support for Medicare for All from January 2019 and August 2019. In the general election, Dach said, the health care debate will recalibrate on the gulf between the Republican zeal to overturn the ACA and “what the American people want.” . Among the 500 U.S.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The big headline in this poll following last night’s third Democratic Presidential debate is that 55% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning Independent voters prefer a candidate that will build on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) versus a President that would replace the ACA with a Medicare For All plan (M4A). The post Most U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Today is 4th November 2019, exactly one year to the day that Americans can express their political will and cast their vote for President of the United States. ” Majorities of people agree with this statement — even the lowest percentage of 60% of people who would favor replacing the ACA with state-run health plans.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In this case, I feel it’s important to capture the Zeitgeist of the Republican Party’s commitment to cutting down the ACA since President Trump took office in January 2017. Virginia will expand Medicaid on January 1, 2019, McDonough asserted, noting that they’ll be state #32 in Medicaid expansion.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2019

Other issues, like a new Medicare-for-All plan, repealing/replacing the ACA, and protecting people from surprise medical bills were less important to people. percent in 2016 at the moment when President Trump promised to “repeal and replace” the ACA. Health care costs are an integral part of family budgets in 2019.

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Health Populi

JULY 12, 2019

year-on-year between June 2018 and June 2019, according to the latest report published this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The Consumer Price Index rose 2.1%

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Employers, too, will be nudging insured workers to lower-cost sites of care in 2019, from virtual care via telehealth platforms to retail clinics for flu shots and less-acute care providers.

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