Center for Health Insurance Reform

APRIL 7, 2022

As we approach the end of the public health emergency, Medicaid will not be the only program affected by pandemic relief policies that expire. Continue reading → The post The Expiration of the Public Health Emergency Also Ends Policies to Lower Health Access Barriers appeared first on Center on Health Insurance Reforms.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

APRIL 29, 2022

As many as 16 million people are expected to lose Medicaid once the COVID-19 public health emergency ends. Continue reading → The post Mitigating Coverage Loss When the Public Health Emergency Ends: The Role of the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces appeared first on Center on Health Insurance Reforms.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 8, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic led to sweeping healthcare policy changes that enable vulnerable Americans to receive affordable health coverage and access essential safety net benefits. In the long run, this causes economic hardship to the state, healthcare providers, and insurers. About Heather Korbulic.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

MAY 4, 2023

After more than three years, the federal COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) is set to expire on May 11, 2023. health care system adapt to the pandemic will also expire. Once the PHE designation is lifted, a number of federal policies intended to help the U.S.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2020

healthcare system, first and foremost the nation’s patchwork public health infrastructure and health inequities in mortality rates due to COVID-19. healthcare: the cost of health insurance relative to working Americans’ relatively flat incomes.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 17, 2023

Talib Jaber, RPh, VP of Customer Success, Sunwave Health The pandemic caused a significant increase in overdose and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) related deaths, exposing long-standing deficiencies in the identification and treatment of SUD. And recent statistics bolster this worry. And as of the latest data, 7.3%

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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

JULY 28, 2020

This week, announcements from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) and Withings further bolster the case for the private sector bolstering public health in this pandemic…and future ones to come beyond the Age of the Coronavirus. On 27th July, CTA announced the Association’s launch of the Public Health Tech Initiative.

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Health Populi

MAY 4, 2023

It’s a volume speaking volumes on the current picture of prescribed meds, spending and revenues, health care utilization trends, and a forecast looking out to 2027. health care: “Wake up, public health!” In my read of this year’s review, I see a flashing light for U.S.

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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. The coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated the erosion of the health insured population. lacked health insurance.

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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. Tribal health departments. Over 160,000 public and private labs. Hospitals and health care providers. Health plans. value-based).

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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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Center for Health Insurance Reform

APRIL 4, 2022

While federal health coverage reforms remain stalled in Congress, several states are pushing forward to establish modified versions of public health insurance options.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

This month, we summarize studies on how the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will impact health coverage, global efforts to achieve universal health coverage, and the effects of eliminating nominal marketplace premiums.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The Oregon Health Authority recently released its Public Option Implementation Report, stemming from a legislative directive to develop a plan to make a public health insurance option available in the individual (and potentially small group) market.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

AUGUST 3, 2022

Employer-sponsored insurance is the largest source of health coverage in the U.S., health care system is imperiled by rising health care costs. but the employer market’s historic status as the “backbone” of the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 30, 2023

Focusing on adults without access to a privately owned vehicle, key findings identified are as follows: Approximately 5 percent of non-elderly adults did not get needed health care in the past 12 months because of difficulty finding transportation, and this experience was more common among adults with low family incomes (i.e.,

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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.

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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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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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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

” The DiGA initiative, created under the 2019 Digital Healthcare Act (DVG), means doctors can prescribe apps to the 73 million German citizens covered by public health, with costs reimbursed through health insurance.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

AUGUST 8, 2022

Many of those losing their Medicaid eligibility after the COVID-19 public health emergency will have illnesses or conditions requiring uninterrupted access to health care services.

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NEJM

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Expansion of the current public health insurance system could narrow gaps. Basic, high-value medical care remains largely inaccessible to undocumented immigrants.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Enterprise Taxonomy: Analytics Population and Public Health Interoperability Strategic Planning Workflow Digital Health Emerging Technologies Data and Information Care Organizational Governance Process Technology. Register now to listen to the session 'on demand' at HIMSS21 Middle East.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The COVID-19 public health emergency expires this spring, bringing an end to pandemic-related funding, infrastructure, and flexibilities. Continue reading → The post COVID “Long Haulers” Still Struggle with Coverage and Care appeared first on Center on Health Insurance Reforms.

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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.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act would amend the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to treat benefits for telehealth services like excepted benefits. In an announcement about the bipartisan bill, Rep.

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

MAY 17, 2022

With the generous support of Arnold Ventures, CHIR experts have launched a new resource center and newsletter to provide policymakers with a dedicated, independent source of unbiased and comprehensive information on public health insurance options and related proposals that promote affordability and contain costs. Find out more.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 29, 2022

Dubai Health Authority ( DHA ) and its health insurance regulatory body have launched a “first-of-its-kind” digital-led programme that is expected to form the foundation for value-based healthcare adoption in the emirate, it has been announced.

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Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2021

” That concerns varies by a person’s type of health coverage: those with private health insurance tend to be more worried about paying the high-deductible, as well as people of color, and those in poorer health. 90% conducted research into health care costs. population). population).

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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

MARCH 24, 2022

CHIR and our colleagues at the Center for Children and Families (CCF) have published two new resources examining state-level preparations for the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency and the redetermination of the Medicaid eligibility of close to 85 million people.

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Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2024

Having health insurance in America is no guarantee of actually receiving health care. It’s a case of having health insurance as “necessary but not sufficient,” as the cost of deductibles, out-of-pocket coinsurance sharing, and delaying care paint the picture of The Hidden Lives of Workplace-Insured Americans.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 5, 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, Director, U.S Healthcare Strategy at Endava Jessica Rengstorf Director, U.S

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Center for Health Insurance Reform

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

health insurance coverage, enrollment patterns on- and off-marketplace, and the impact of marketplace enrollment strategies. Continue reading → The post October Research Roundup: What We’re Reading appeared first on Center on Health Insurance Reforms.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 25, 2023

Data breaches have recently been announced by Santa Clara Family Health Plan, United Steelworkers Local 286, Robeson Health Care Corporation, Two Rivers Public Health Department, and NewBridge Services. The post 277,000 Santa Clara Family Health Plan Members Affected by GoAnywhere Hack appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 18, 2023

On April 25, 2023, PMC confirmed the affected information included names, contact information, demographic information, date of birth, state identification numbers, medical record numbers, diagnosis and treatment information, provider name(s), date(s) of service, prescription information, and/or health insurance information.

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