Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

To design systems and policies that promote the right to health, a holistic and proactive approach is needed, one in which people, institutions, and corporations have a shared responsibility in promoting physical, mental, and social well-being. health care system. impede the right to health and contribute to disparities.

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Health Populi

MARCH 27, 2019

Health insurance was on the collective minds of American voters in the 2018 midterm elections. Health care, broadly defined, drove many people to the polls voting with feet and ballots to protect their access to a health plan covering a pre-existing condition or to protest the cost of expensive prescription drugs.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

DECEMBER 9, 2022

For the latest installment of our monthly research roundup, we reviewed studies on consumer awareness of Medicaid renewals resuming when the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) expires, integrating health equity into value-based payment models, and trends in hospital consolidation across health care markets.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 26, 2022

In other words, both convicted individuals and those still presumed innocent are stripped of their access to the federal health insurance program for low-income individuals. Gamble (1976), affirmed that incarcerated individuals have the constitutional right to health care. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Estelle v. 3514 and S.2628

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Medicaid Medicaid COVID-19 Public Health 293

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

At the same time, CTA has published a paper on Advancing Health Equity Through Technology which complements and reinforces the PHTI announcement and objective. health/care ecosystem of: Some 3,000 health departments and boards of health. 59 state and territorial health departments. Tribal health departments.

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Kaiser Health News

JANUARY 20, 2022

A wildfire displaced thousands of Coloradans just as the omicron surge began sweeping through the state, so health insurance was likely not on many people’s minds when the regular enrollment period for the state’s health insurance marketplace ended Jan. million additional Americans signed up for coverage.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Health care is no exception. Public Health Awareness First, hospitals might try to reach patients through engaging ads that deploy emojis. Engaging content can improve top of mind awareness and increase the likelihood a patient will consider the hospital when they need care. Health insurance is confusing.

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

NABIP, whose members represent professionals in the health insurance benefits industry, drafted and adopted a new American Healthcare Consumer Bill of Rights launched at the meeting. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 had embedded within the law a Patient’s Bill of Rights.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Bupa Arabia , the Saudi-owned and publicly traded health insurance company, has just announced its backing of the Dubai-based online appointment booking platform, Okadoc. ” Enterprise Taxonomy: Finance Population and Public Health Workflow Business Care Process. ” THE LARGER CONTEXT. ” ON THE RECORD.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 5, 2023

California Attorney General Rob Bonta began an inquiry into racial bias in health care algorithms in September 2022 by requesting information from hospital CEOs about their use of clinical decision-making algorithms. Also, hospitals should establish oversight mechanisms to identify bias resulting from the algorithms they use.

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2021

with employer-sponsored health insurance worry that a major health event in their household could lead to bankruptcy, according to research gathered by West Health and Gallup in Business Speaks: The Future of Employer-Sponsored Insurance. Health Populi’s Hot Points: U.S. One-half of U.S.

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Kaiser Health News

JULY 11, 2023

The public school system here had to scramble in 2018 when the local hospital, newly purchased, was converted to a tax-exempt nonprofit entity. The takeover by Tower Health meant the 219-bed Pottstown Hospital no longer had to pay federal and state taxes. POTTSTOWN, Pa. —

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The Data Service Portal is accessible to the public, particularly researchers, academics, analysts and policymakers, for gathering and using data as a basis for formulating health-related research, policies and programmes.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 12, 2022

By “representing physicians with a unified voice in courts and legislative bodies,” the organization advances policies that help improve the practice of medicine and public health. As the legislative and policy-making body of the AMA, the HOD identifies pressing health policy issues impacting patients and physicians. .

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

MAY 9, 2022

Continue reading → The post April Research Roundup: What We’re Reading appeared first on Center on Health Insurance Reforms. We took some time away from checking out the cherry blossoms to dig in.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 20, 2024

With a background in health insurance, public health, employer-based benefits, and digital health point solutions, she understands the complex challenges of the healthcare ecosystem. About Jessica Rengstorf Jessica Rengstorf Director, U.S

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Public Health COVID-19 Health Insurance Governance 110

Health Care Law Brief

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued a strategy paper highlighting key aspects of its plan to revamp cybersecurity requirements in the healthcare industry. hospitals, HHS issued the strategy as part of a broad effort to implement the Biden Administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 5, 2024

At some healthcare institutions like Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and Kaiser Permanente , VR has already emerged as a transformative tool for refining employee competencies. About Jessica Rengstorf, Director, U.S Healthcare Strategy at Endava Jessica Rengstorf Director, U.S

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

THE PROBLEM The increasing economic pressures faced by people across all levels of society – combined with other recent public health disruptions, such as the pandemic – have placed a spotlight on the growing crisis. Homelessness is a complex and challenging phenomenon, not just in the U.S.

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Health Law Advisor

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Beginning June 21, 2023, New York State (NYS) Public Health Law (PHL) Section 2830 requires hospitals and healthcare professionals to provide written notice to patients before the patient is charged a facility fee. Be available in the top six languages spoken in the hospital’s service area. [5]

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The American Hospital Association is taking disruption seriously right here, right now, as the U.S. hospital sector is facing major challenges on all fronts: staffing (especially nursing and more broadly, clinician burnout), supply chain, financial stressors, demographics, and cross-industry politics vis-à-vis pharma and health insurance.

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Hospitals Health Insurance Doctors Nurses 68

Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Medically tailored meals have been associated with lower hospital admissions. It will also be essential to develop strategies to minimize barriers, such as health insurance and access to the health care system. Patients can access medically tailored meals through a referral from a medical professional.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Hospital Readmissions : Reducing hospital readmissions is a significant focus in healthcare, with costs for readmissions amounting to more than $26 billion annually. Mental Health Integration : With approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. Mental Health Integration : With approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S.

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MedTrainer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This means your organization must comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). Certification. A CMS certification also translates to being a “covered entity.”

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Health Populi

JANUARY 14, 2024

Underneath that statistic is a shameful state of health affairs: that people of color and the LGBTQ communities in the U.S. In 2019, an emerging concern is how the growth in adoption of artificial intelligence and cognitive computing among health care organizations – particularly, insurance plans, providers, and pharma.

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Public Health Health Insurance Health Outcomes Doctors 93

Health Populi

JANUARY 16, 2023

Rates of hospital admissions for uncontrolled diabetes are higher for Black women than for women in other racial/ethnic groups. The rate of hospital admissions for lower extremity amputations due to uncontrolled diabetes is higher for Black women than White women. These interrelationships are fundamental to public health thinking.

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Public Health Health Insurance Health Outcomes Doctors 118

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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Bill of Health

JANUARY 20, 2022

Hospital bed shortages, overwhelmed intensive care nurses, and scarcities of needed medical equipment have been embarrassing but constant features of the American health care landscape. This is the failure to regulate our hospitals holistically, as part of a comprehensive health care system. By Barak D.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 6, 2023

55% of the targets were healthcare systems with at least one hospital and lone hospitals with Level I trauma centers. 31% of the attacks were on pharmaceutical and life sciences firms, 26% on hospitals, 16% on health insurance providers, and 16% on health services and care.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 15, 2022

During the early months of the pandemic, disabled people became unemployed at disproportionate rates , likely related to substantial employment declines in certain industries, such as retail and hospitality, where disabled people are overrepresented. In July 2021, the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

"It made sense that all eyes were on the hospitals, because they were overwhelmed with sick patients," said Dr. Donna R. Shelley, a professor in the Department of Policy and Public Health Management at the New York University School of Global Public Health. " If the U.S.

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment. According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary , the first use of the phrase “health insurance” occurred in 1901. Consulting Noah Webster….and

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Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2020

lost their job as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of whom lost health insurance and others anxious their health coverage will be threatened, revealed in a survey from The Commonwealth Fund published on April 21, 2020. County, public hospitals are concerned that patients are waiting too long to seek care.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Similarly, private employers have expressed concerns about potential costs associated with everything from group health insurance, to disability accommodations related to COVID and long COVID. Why Haven’t Interests Converged During the COVID-19 Pandemic? These messages have persisted.

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Health Populi

MARCH 29, 2019

Welcome to health politics in America as of March 2019, according to The Public and High U.S. Health Care Costs , a poll conducted by POLITICO and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The second chart details these health consumer strategies.

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C&M Health Law

JANUARY 25, 2023

Starting in 2023, the Administration will promulgate regulations to implement the Act’s provisions and to issue reports to Congress as required by statute, including on telehealth utilization, the Acute Hospital Care At Home program, pandemic preparedness efforts, and clinical trials reform, among others.

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Health Care Law Brief

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

After multiple extensions over the past three years, on Monday, January 30, 2023, President Biden announced that the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency (“ PHE ”) will officially end on May 11, 2023. Telehealth services provided in office settings will continue to be paid at the non-facility rate ( e.

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