Hall Render

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

342 hospitals have received price transparency noncompliance notices from CMS. The 55 hospitals penalized by Medicare 8 years straight over patient complications. Counties with the lowest hospital bed capacity in Alabama. Cardiac Rehab program at Alaska Regional Hospital builds confidence in patients.

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Hall Render

JULY 22, 2022

CMS releases Medicare OPPS and ASC proposed rule. Omicron variant fueling uptick in Alabama COVID-19 hospitalizations. Five leading children’s hospitals secure $29M in federal funding to enhance future pandemic readiness. Missouri hospital CEO resigns for Alaska job. CMS pitches outpatient payment rule. CMS proposes 2.7%

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

13-year Medicare payment dispute will return to HHS, court rules. 48 hospitals on Forbes’ list of best employers. Hospitals plead with Congress to tackle workforce shortages. Hospitals urge HHS to fix, not end, direct contracting model. Only 14% of Hospitals Met Price Transparency Rule Compliance. .

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Hall Render

APRIL 12, 2024

to Develop Wearable Blood Loss Detector An Academic Lifeline for Rural Hospitals CHI St. to Develop Wearable Blood Loss Detector An Academic Lifeline for Rural Hospitals CHI St.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Physician leaders balk at Medicare 4.48% physician fee cut. US flu hospitalization rate highest its been since 2009 swine flu pandemic, experts say. Staffing shortages biggest issue facing Alabama hospitals. State’s rural hospitals need help: What a $7.3M IHS should pay Arizona tribal hospital $17.4M, HHS says.

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Hall Render

JUNE 23, 2023

voters could clamp down on pay for hospital executives California health system uses philanthropists’ gifts to launch innovation fund Probe into California hospital unearths patient safety concerns Wrong family notified after man dies at SF hospital California Gov.

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Medval Compliance Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Transparency in healthcare has historically been defined as the “making available to the public, in a reliable, and understandable manner, information on the health care system’s quality, efficiency and consumer experience with care, which includes price and quality data, so as to influence the behavior of patients.” [1] Tracking the Rollout.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Can Hospitals Change in Time to Keep Them? NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

I show this market basket of the four sectors as health consumers look for services — say, vaccinations, primary care, over-the-counter medicines, health and wellness products, fitness and wearable technology — beyond doctors’ offices, hospitals, clinics, and health plans.

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Health Populi

MAY 8, 2019

In 2018, we saw more incentives to inspire adherence to prescription drug regimens, particularly in Medicare Part D along with increasing focus by pharmacists and providers. For people enrolled in Medicare Part D, 20% faced over $500 in OOP costs. A cost of $125 or more yields abandonment of at least 50%.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Humana’s Bold Goal initiative targeting Medicare Advantage enrollees. Even seemingly popular plan ideas like prescription drug pricing and coverage for pre-existing conditions can’t get traction in Congress or through the White House’s executive pen.

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Health Populi

APRIL 30, 2021

As such, the debate on prescription drug pricing in the U.S. is heating up, with President Biden mentioning the scenario of Medicare negotiating drug prices with pharmaceutical manufacturers in his latest speech measuring progress at 100 days in the White House.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2018

As Amazon and other entrants apply their innovative approaches and technologies into American healthcare, consumers are expecting more streamlining, convenience, and lower (and transparent) prices. The legacy healthcare system — hospitals, insurance companies, and pharma — haven’t delivered on that expectation.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2018

In the past year, it’s been pricing, not volume, that’s drive medicines price growth in America, as I explained here in Health Populi. A new report from The Commonwealth Fund was published today as I was uploading this post about healthcare prices in the U.S. continuing to drive up healthcare spending.

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2020

The New England Journal of Medicine published an essay on June 4, 2020, titled, Specialty Drugs–A Distinctly American Phenomenon (my apologies–the article is behind the NEJM paywall). Furthermore, net spending on these expensive “specialty drugs” increased from $8.7 bn to $32.8 bn to $9.9 bn for Medicaid.

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Hall Render

JUNE 2, 2023

NATIONAL 9 health systems working with Amazon, Microsoft, Apple 293 hospitals at immediate risk of closure AHA chair-elect participates in CEO roundtable on rural health care crisis AHA report demonstrates benefits of 340B program AHA Urges OCR to Suspend or Amend Online Tracking Guidance AMA and others launch collective call for health equity in Rise (..)

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Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2019

These two surveys are: The Morning Consult’s poll published today finding growing support among Democratic voters for Medicare for All as the centerpiece for health reform in America; and, A recent study from Eligibility.com on “Medicare Myths Explained,” with the tagline, “How much do you know about Medicare?”

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Health Populi

JUNE 28, 2019

Sanders, noting his call for big new government benefits like universal health care through Medicare for All and free college tuition. Senator Harris, too, mentioned government benefits like free college and Medicare for All as her health plan preference. Instead, he is for “Medicare for All Who Want It,” in his words.

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Drug & Device Law

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The manufacturer sought to cover Medicare patients’ Part D cost-sharing obligations for the drug – which were estimated at approximately $13,000 per year – but the OIG said “no thanks,” and the Second Circuit has affirmed that outcome. The problem is, as stated before, the drug is expensive; an annual course costs $225,000.

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