Health Populi

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

“Two intersecting and interdependent systems comprise democracy in the United States,” Eileen Salinsky, Program Advisor with Grantmakers in Health, wrote in a compelling essay in April 2022. Most Americans don’t feel the government cares about them, nor do most feel protected by U.S.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Currently, less than 2% of the health insurance population requiring specialty drugs is responsible for 51% of drug spending. The cost of specialty drugs in the US is spiraling out of control, increasing 12% from 2020 to 2021 alone, with no sign of slowing down due to the increase of cell and gene therapies expected to come to market.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 13, 2019

In 2020, large employers will be “doubling down” efforts to control health care costs. Key strategies will include deploying more telehealth and virtual health care services, Centers of Excellence for high-cost conditions, and getting more personal in communicating and engaging through platforms.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 2, 2023

In 2020, 20,000 babies died within their first year of life, and the fifth leading cause of death in these cases was pregnancy complications. These high rates are largely due to scheduling-related convenience and financial incentives from health insurance reimbursement. Further, the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

In statistics provided by the UICC as part of its the official #WorldCancerDay campaign marked on 4 February, an estimated 10 million individuals died of cancer in 2020. Due to demographic development, newly diagnosed cancer cases could double from 410,000 to 720,000 cases per year from 2020 to 2040. Total health expenditure: 6.4%

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 7, 2023

A review was conducted of all files on the compromised systems and confirmed they contained information such as names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The DiGA initiative is part of the 2019 Digital Healthcare Act (DVG) that sets the legal framework for doctors to prescribe DiGAs to the 73 million citizens insured with a statutory health insurer that reimburses their use, and has been recognised as a pioneering approach globally.

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Health Populi

JULY 16, 2020

The median charge for hospitalizing a patient with COVID-19 ranged from $34,662 for people 23 to 30, and $45,683 for people between 51 and 60 years of age, according to FAIR Health’s research brief, Key Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients published July 14th, 2020. privately-insured people.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 2024

The global Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) market is expected to reach over $187 billion by 2028, more than four times its worth in 2020—owing in part to improving technology and the rise in remote care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The healthcare market is no exception. About Jessica Rengstorf Jessica Rengstorf Director, U.S

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Bill of Health

MARCH 15, 2022

Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics , in 2020, only 18% of disabled people were employed, compared to 62% of nondisabled. Similarly, our health care system is a significant barrier to employment because most private health insurance companies do not cover critical supports for disabled people, such as personal assistant services.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 16, 2022

San Diego Family Care, a Californian provider of medical, dental, & mental health services, has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit filed by patients affected by a data breach in 2020. The security breach occurred in December 2020 at a technology provider and business associate, Netgain Technologies, and involved ransomware.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 15, 2023

Centene acquired Apixio in December 2020. Apixio improves administrative, clinical and financial outcomes for some of the nation’s leading health plans and provider groups using its proprietary clinical data curation and artificial intelligence engine.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 21, 2022

Per estimates from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), over 106,000 Americans are currently awaiting this life-saving medical treatment. Further, the burden of this shortage falls unequally: in 2020, while approximately 48% of white patients in need of transplants received an organ, only 27% of Black patients secured one.

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C&M Health Law

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Earlier this week, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) that proposes to make sweeping changes to regulations at 42 C.F.R. part 2 (“Part 2”) governing the confidentiality of substance use disorder (“SUD”) records. CARES Act Amendments.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 7, 2023

With the rising costs of providing healthcare, it’s essential that physician offices stay on top of their contracts with payers, such as insurance companies and government agencies. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average inflation rate from 2010 to 2020 was approximately 1.5% between May 2020 and May 2021.

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Health Populi

JULY 16, 2020

say their financial health has been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, through job loss, income disruption, or reduced work hours. The 2020 Financial Wellness Census , from Prudential found that one-half of U.S. adults are anxious about their financial future as of May 2020, an increase from 38% in late 2019.

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Health Populi

MAY 31, 2023

“Healthcare costs came roaring back in 2021” after falling in 2020. In 2023, that roaring growth in health care costs continues with expected growth of 5.6%. consumers with employer-sponsored health insurance, conducted in April 2023. AHIP commissioned a survey among 1,000 U.S.

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Compliance Now

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Beginning January 1, 2023, dependents can start qualifying for government subsidized health insurance if they are not offered affordable coverage through an employer-sponsored plan, even if the coverage offered to their parent or spouse (who is the employee) is affordable for that employee.

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Compliance Now

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Beginning January 1, 2023, dependents can start qualifying for government subsidized health insurance if they are not offered affordable coverage through an employer-sponsored plan, even if the coverage offered to their parent or spouse (who is the employee) is affordable for that employee.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 9, 2021

As a result, the opportunities that exist for health IT companies are massive. billion globally from 2020 through October 2021. To get an idea of what this future may hold, Healthcare IT News interviewed Sebastian Seiguer, CEO of the Johns Hopkins-backed health IT company emocha Health.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 22, 2023

What You Should Know: DUOS , a digital health company focused on empowering older adults to live independently, announced today an additional $10M in funding led by Primetime Partners , SJF Ventures , and CEOC’s Aging Innovation Fund managed by Castellan Group.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 8, 2022

The steep incline in unemployment and fears that millions of people would lose their health coverage drove the declaration of the national public health emergency (PHE) on January 31, 2020. In the long run, this causes economic hardship to the state, healthcare providers, and insurers. About Heather Korbulic.

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Health Care Law Brief

JUNE 5, 2023

In 2013, Jelly Bean contracted with the Florida Health Kids Corporation (“ FHKC ”)—a state-created entity that offers health and dental insurance for Florida children—to create, host, and maintain HealthyKids.org, where, in part, parents and others could apply for state Medicaid insurance coverage for eligible children.

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Innovaare Compliance

MARCH 24, 2024

According to the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, the financial losses due to healthcare fraud are estimated to be in the billions of dollars annually. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported that in the fiscal year 2020, they recovered $3.1 billion in healthcare fraud judgments and settlements.

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Health Populi

JULY 28, 2020

In 2020, CES featured several hundred digital health exhibitors and a growing array of Internet of Things-connected devices adjacent to health and wellness, with representation from beyond “pure” wearable health tech ranging from FDA-cleared blood pressure watches from Omron to health insurer Humana in the exhibit hall.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In 2020, most Black people, men and women alike, feel it is a bad time to be Black in America. More than twice as many Black men believe that in 2020 compared with 2006. Twice as many White people (15%) than Black people (7%) rated “government/politics/election-related” concerns as the third-ranking worry.

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C&M Health Law

APRIL 19, 2022

Now that the Tri-agencies have drawn back the curtains to reveal some of the inner workings of their developing Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) comparative analysis enforcement efforts, the question is: What’s next? Insufficient Guidance. The result of that limited guidance was predictable. Anticipated Rulemaking.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2020

adults 18 and over in mid-June 2020 to gauge peoples’ perspectives on health data and privacy. The most-trusted parties people trust with their personal health information are doctors’ offices (86%), health insurers (75%), and medical researchers (72%), seen as the top health data stewards in the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Director of Healthcare Strategy, LexisNexis Risk Solutions During the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, over 10 million Americans enrolled in Medicaid – nearly a 14% increase from the beginning of 2020. A month before the public health emergency ended on May 11, 2023, 87 million individuals were enrolled in Medicaid.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In addition, Healthcare software providers and organizations must comply with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). Ransomware plagued healthcare organizations in 2020 and 2021, and 2022. It helps them to protect their sensitive information. Ransomware. Recent Ransomware Attack Examples: 1.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The focus of this article is to “connect the dots” between Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and HITECH regarding privacy and security of electronically protected health information (ePHI). In 2020, the U.S. What about Artificial Intelligence? OCR can impose civil money penalties up to $1.5

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 31, 2021

And not only that, but the price of ransomware payments is also increasing, even as the federal government tries to the crackdown. Whether it’s hospitals, health insurance companies, vaccine trials, the pharmaceutical industry, and so on – seemingly no aspect hasn’t been targeted. . Coordination and education. An ongoing effort.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

in early 2020 hasn’t translated into individual American’s optimism for their own family budgets. Note how health insurance, in particular, swelled as a component of family budgets more than housing, transportation, and college education. That is, government spending. could barely be covered by median household income.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The focus of this article is to “connect the dots” between Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and HITECH regarding privacy and security of electronically protected health information (ePHI). In 2020, the U.S. What about Artificial Intelligence? OCR can impose civil money penalties up to $1.5

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HIT Consultant

JULY 17, 2023

And an analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation found Medicaid/CHIP enrollment increased 29% from February 2020 to November 2022. After the expiration of the COVID-19 PHE, analysts predict a potential loss of health insurance coverage for as many as 15 million Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollees, ages 12 -64.

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MedTrainer

AUGUST 15, 2022

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) exists to provide regulations and best practices for sharing sensitive healthcare data. If a patient’s protected health information (PHI) is leaked, then it can land their care provider in hot legal water. However, this all changed in 2020.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 30, 2020

In America, earning lower or middle incomes is a risk factor for having trouble accessing health care and/or paying for it. has health insurance coverage, the third chart tells us. The survey was conducted in July and August 2019 among 1,885 U.S. adults 18 or older. Higher-income, 16%. Top 1% income, 10%.

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