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Addressing Lives and Livelihoods with a Whole-of-Government Approach – The First Wave of Biden Health Policy

Health Populi

President Biden’s first few days on the job gave us a very clear view on how he sees conquering COVID: through a whole-of-government approach to public policies that bolster directly addressing the virus, along with the many forces shaping how we got here and how to come out of the pandemic era stronger. Ultimately, U.S.

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Health Care Financing: How Inflation and Health Care Prices Could Hit the U.S. Consumer

Health Populi

middle-class households finding that health care has returned to the #1 household fiscal concern ahead of inflation in 2023. That’s represented by the lighter blue line in the first chart.

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How Will the “New” Health Economy Fare in a Macro-Economic Downturn?

Health Populi

These are shown in the first diagram from the report, breaking out factors that have exacerbated challenges on both the demand and supply side of the American health economy. Many of these were already in motion before the COVID-19 pandemic emerged; the public health crisis exacerbated several of them. In the U.S.,

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Health Provider News – July 22, 2022

Hall Render

Amazon to buy primary health-care provider One Medical for roughly $3.9 Covid-19 public health emergency extended in the US. Lamont: Changing federal health guidelines hindered CT in pandemic. Politics got in the way of public health’: Experts question if CT is losing battle against COVID. CMS proposes 2.7%

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Hall Render’s Health Provider News – February 25, 2022

Hall Render

CMS overhauls Direct Contracting model to include new requirements on governance, health equity in 2023. Alabama’s Covid-19 positivity rate falling, giving hope to health leader. U of California, Irvine to Launch Institute for Precision Health. Georgia House starts work on comprehensive mental health bill.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

in billing fraud Arizona system names new CEO Banner Health CEO Peter Fine to retire after 24 years, handing the reins to health system president Four UArizona bioscience startups selected for Flinn Foundation program Gov. s health, hospital chief says Raising Ky.’s

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The 2020 Social Determinants of Health: Connectivity, Art, Air and Love

Health Populi

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.