Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Clinical and administrative staff used to be afraid of process automation, but over time healthcare has learned to embrace automation as a way to augment staff or meet patients’ needs. One of the biggest misconceptions about healthcare is that everything has been well researched.

Patient Advocacy 73

Patient Advocacy Medicaid Medicaid 73

Health Populi

MARCH 28, 2022

He is collaborating with Dr. Robert Lustig as Chief Medical Officer, a pediatrician well-known for his evangelism about the deleterious role of sugar in the human diet. Foogal was developed by Todd Knobel, who has worked in law, in plastics, and in various entrepreneurial ventures.

Patient Advocacy 111

Patient Advocacy Health Outcomes Medicaid Medicaid 111

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 3, 2022

It has led me to found Tapestry Health, a multispecialty medical practice that focuses on providing medical infrastructure in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), as well as Project Patient Care, a patient advocacy organization based in Chicago, Illinois. Our nursing facility industry is about to crumble. About Dr. Chess.

Nursing Homes 98

Nursing Homes Nurses COVID-19 Medicaid 98

Hall Render

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) finalized significant updates to the Hospital Price Transparency regulation for the first time since the rule took effect on January 1, 2021. Below are additional details about the updates, including effective dates and implementation timelines.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Compliance Patient Advocacy Medicare 52

Natalia Mazina

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Many pharmacy and patient advocacy groups have spoken out against the obscure methods employed by PBMs to increase their profits. These groups have advocated for the fees to be applied at the time a patient picks up the medication at the pharmacy rather than subjecting pharmacies to these fees months later.

Medicare 137

Medicare Medicare Patient Advocacy Medicaid 137

Hall Render

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

On November 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a pre-publication copy of the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update Final Rule (“2024 Final Rule”), which has since been filed in the Federal Register.

Medicare 40

Medicare Medicare Payment Systems Medicaid 40

Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Fraud and abuse, waste between $59 bn and $84 bn; and, Administrative complexity, wasting about $266 bn each year. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) forecasts that prescription drug spending will be the fastest-growing cause of rising health spending by 2027.

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Prescription Drug Pricing Medicare Medicare ACA 104