Bill of Health

AUGUST 2, 2023

By Jordan Brooks and Tamar Ezer Expanding access to midwives and doulas in the United States is a vital and often overlooked way to increase access to culturally-congruent birthing options during pregnancy and improve health outcomes for birthing individuals and their children. The Maternal and Infant Health Crisis The U.S.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association (MHA) is a prominent organization representing hospitals and health systems across Massachusetts, advocating for policies and practices that support healthcare delivery and patient care. Non-compliance with the law may result in legal and/or financial penalties.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

With that in mind, PwC found that providers plan to increase digital health investments (which is a cost-increasing factor in and of itself) across a landscape of tools focused on improving relationships with consumers and supporting health outcomes. during the public health crisis.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Regulations in the district encompass diverse healthcare areas, including patient privacy and data security, Medicaid and Medicare compliance, health insurance marketplaces, and scope of practice for healthcare professionals. Healthcare in D.C. is subject to both local and federal oversight, making its regulatory environment distinct.

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Health Populi

JUNE 22, 2022

You’ll spot the trend, that people living in certain states have had poorer health outcomes as well as less productive health system performance. Finally, invest “broadly” in social services to address factors that are determinants of health and well-being, like housing and economic security.

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Health Populi

MAY 15, 2018

Health citizens living in states in New England, and then those west of Michigan and north of Missouri and Kansas, demonstrate better-than-average health outcomes. The social determinants of health — income and good jobs, using tobacco, and having health insurance — bolster good health.

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Health Populi

JUNE 28, 2021

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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Health Populi

OCTOBER 18, 2021

As the HLTH conference convenes over 6,000 digital health innovators live, in person, in Boston in the wake of the delta variant, what should attendees keep in mind to help HLTH make health? Fifty percent of households without health insurance reported trouble affording medical care compared with 13% of people with health insurance.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Mississippi Healthcare Compliance Resources Let’s start with the important state government agencies you’ll need to work with: The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is dedicated to protecting and improving the health of its residents through various public health services, health education programs, and regulatory initiatives.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Partnerships and innovation are the only ways Africa can achieve superior health outcome results with markedly fewer resources. While the lack of adequate resources is a problem, it’s also a massive opportunity to avoid the mistakes of others and build a better, more equitable and effective healthcare system across the continent.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 11, 2021

COVID-19 exacted a toll on health citizens’ mental health, worsening a public health challenge that was already acute before the pandemic. It’s World Mental Health Day , an event marked by global and local stakeholders across the mental health ecosystem.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

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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Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2018

What’s underneath these health outcomes are state and local differences in factors that make health: first, access to quality health care services, complemented by environmental factors and lifestyle behaviors — those social determinants that influence our health more than our genetic code at birth.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 2, 2020

health care community is collectively embracing the concept of social determinants of health that have become so obvious in understanding the disparities of health outcomes wrought by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Jane Sarashon

JANUARY 19, 2024

In our preliminary look, the Elevance Health program appears to address these elements in terms of providing a useful on-ramp to the health plan’s services covered by Medicaid and serving up relevant information accessibly.

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Health Populi

APRIL 7, 2019

The study looked into the food intake among people in 195 countries and their health outcomes (mortality and morbibidity). In addition to the food supply impact for the Planet Earth’s patients, climate change impacts public health in many other ways. The American Public Health Association founded the Center for Climate.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 7, 2023

These agencies help maintain the integrity and quality of healthcare services in Idaho , protecting the public and promoting patient safety. Regulations Unique to Idaho To meet the standards of healthcare compliance in Idaho , there are a few additional regulations.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

These agencies help maintain the integrity and quality of healthcare services in Tennessee , protecting the public and promoting patient safety. Regulations Unique to Tennessee To meet the standards of healthcare compliance in Tennessee , there are a few additional regulations.

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Health Populi

MAY 7, 2020

pandemic among mainstream people who don’t work in health care or policy is that the virus has hit people of color and of lower socioeconomic status much harder in terms of mortality and health outcomes. One of the big realizations in the U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Consumers point to some organizations that they perceive may be working against their better health: these include fast food manufacturers, the entertainment industry, food processors (“Big Food”), the media, government agencies, and health insurance companies. Health care delivery in the U.S.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Because, as I wrote in the Huffington Post about why a grocery store likes health data, employers who cover health insurance are payors keen to drive health outcomes for workers at a reasonable cost – in other words, to derive a good return-on-investment for health insurance spending on behalf of employees.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

In that introductory editorial, Ending Structural Racism in the US Health Care System to Eliminate Health Care Inequities, Ortega and Roby write that, “3 studies in this issue of JAMA show that access to and utilization of services is not merely predicated on health insurance or the availability of health care.

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Health Care Law Brief

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The legislative proposals related to health care, as contained in the Governor’s budget, were introduced as Senate Bill 4007 and Assembly Bill A3007. The bills propose to amend the Public Health Law (“ PHL ”) to introduce a new Article 45-A, named “Review and Oversight of Material Transactions.” at PHL § 4551(2). at PHL § 4554.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

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. Now consider a vision/optical insurance plan entering the retailing side of the business. for Americans.

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Jane Sarashon

MARCH 17, 2022

The Commonwealth Fund has tracked primary care access for many years, and over time has found the United States to lack the kind of primary care “backbone” that many wealthy nations have — whose health citizens also enjoy much better health outcomes that relate to easier access to health care.

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Health Populi

APRIL 11, 2018

the chronic disease burden takes a massive toll on both public health and mortality, accounting for 7 in 10 deaths in America each year. That personal health toll comes at a high price and proportion of national health expenditures. Chronic diseases are what kill most people in the world. In the U.S.,

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 30, 2023

We are more accustomed to emojis being the characters in a “ cinematic masterpiece ” or the subject of corporate public relations. Health care is no exception. Public Health Awareness First, hospitals might try to reach patients through engaging ads that deploy emojis. In health care, complexity is everywhere.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

In the past decade, I’ve been spending a lot of time considering SDoH through a variety of lenses across the health/care ecosystem, including care providers like hospitals, health insurance companies, pharma and life science, retail health care front doors, and non-profits and foundations.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 5, 2023

By Hannah Rahim Algorithms used in health care have the potential to improve health outcomes but are susceptible to racial bias , which can have detrimental consequences for minority populations. At the federal level, the FDA should adopt legally enforceable standards to build upon their current recommendations.

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Health Populi

JUNE 25, 2018

that can nudge the country’s health outcomes, healthcare costs, and health system performance for the better. These personal costs take a toll on Americans’ lives beyond the monetary. Analyzing the U.S. country data in the context of fellow OECD nations points to some constructive policy prescriptions for the U.S.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Feds approve program for rural Arkansas health care but it will cost local taxpayers more. Governor Hutchinson Announces Expansion To Rural Health Services With ARHOME Medicaid Program. Feds OK Arkansas’ Life360 model incentivizing health outcomes. New vice president named at Baptist Health Lexington.

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Health Populi

JUNE 2, 2021

and how much care would be postponed or never realized in the health care system. A big uncertainty in this year’s forecast, pondering the 2022 picture, is what extent eliminate care will have on future adverse health outcomes… something that keeps my scenario planning humming across various modeling.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

See Latest Data RHODE ISLAND Lifespan’s primary care group transitions to Epic Teenage Depression Rates in Rhode Island Prompt ‘Crisis’ Rhode Island native’s AI company helping predict patient health outcomes Coastal Medical switches to Lifespan’s electronic health record R.I.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

ALABAMA American Family Care opens new health care center in Northeast Birmingham doctors secure $13.9M operating margin, $1B net gain halfway through its first year Illinois public health officials warn of “rising COVID-19 activity” St.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 7, 2022

But if the patient doesn’t have access to a car or a nearby bus to hop on, they probably won’t make it to the appointment, missing the chance to prevent a worse outcome. The same applies to patients whose health insurance may not cover the screening or may be uninsured.

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Healthcare Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

The new state plan option allows state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (“CHIP”) agencies to provide 12 months of continuous postpartum coverage, regardless of any changes in circumstances, through a state plan amendment (“SPA”). This option is available for five years and ends on March 31, 2027.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2022

As described in the latest ONC Standards Bulletin , v3 expands the USCDI from 52 data elements in 16 classes to 94 elements in 19 classes, with additions focusing on equity, public health, and documenting health insurance coverage.

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