Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

As a constant observer and advisor across the health/care ecosystem, for me the concept of a “health plan” in the U.S. Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment. is getting fuzzier by the day.

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Bill of Health

JULY 26, 2022

billion acquisition of One Medical (NASDAQ: ONEM) by Amazon triggered significant hyperventilating about the transformative and immediate impact of this transaction on the health care industry. Important Disclosure: Flare Capital was a significant investor in Iora Health and had a board seat. By Michael Greeley. Last week’s $3.9

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

First, foremost, Americans are concerned about the impact of a disease outbreak on their health, personal finances and the U.S. First, foremost, Americans are concerned about the impact of a disease outbreak on their health, personal finances and the U.S. recommendations for hygiene, and call to come together in America.

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Health Populi

MAY 30, 2022

Year 3 into the COVID-19 pandemic, health citizens are dealing with coronavirus variants in convergence with other challenges in daily life: price inflation, civil and social stress, anxiety and depression, global security concerns, and the safety of their families. In this post, I summarize some of the key issues we covered.

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Innovaare Compliance

APRIL 27, 2023

A perspective on recent industry shifts influencing ACA plan operations in states, which are yet to adopt ACA Medicaid expansion Health Exchange plans covered under ACA (Accountable Care Act) witnessed 36% enrollment growth between 2021 and 2023. This is the sharpest rise in ACA enrollment since inception. ACA plans).

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

health care’s negative-sum game, stakeholders who survive and win that game will have to deliver value-for-money, we learn from Trilliant Health’s 2023 Trends Shaping the Health Economy Report. practicing providers” largely found in Trilliant Health’s data trove. health care financing.

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Jane Sarashon

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

to reveal trends on health care providers’ ability to collect patient service revenue. The first chart quantifies that bad debt attributable to patients’ self-pay payments after insurance kicks in: that category of bad debt grew by five times between 2018 and 2021, from 11% to nearly 58%.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

While we have seen an uptake in financing rounds and deals closing in during the last weeks, the news of SVB , CreditSuisse fall out and higher interest rates have contributed to the instability in the market, making it more difficult for start ups to secure financing, thus adding another layer of pressure to get quick results and wins.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 23, 2021

Financial Experience (let’s call it FX) is the next big thing in the world of patient experience and health care. Patients, as health consumers, have taken on more of the financial risk for health care payments. Here’s Why. Patients have been much more forthcoming than hospitals, the journalists have found.

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Health Populi

JULY 16, 2020

say their financial health has been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, through job loss, income disruption, or reduced work hours. Concerns about finance and health vary by age, the first table shows. One in two people in the U.S. The 2020 Financial Wellness Census , from Prudential found that one-half of U.S.

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Health Populi

MAY 6, 2018

Universal health care was covered in a section on 28 April 2018, and coverage on financial inclusion was bundled into the 5th May edition. ” At the time, this was one of the world’s biggest public-sector financed health plan. Affordability remains elusive in U.S. healthcare.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2018

” The authors recommend that public health leaders and policy makers address the obesity trend when designing “policies and interventions to improve the public’s health.” The 2017 Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index found West Virginia ranked last of the 50 states in terms of citizen health. In the U.S.,

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Yet restructuring the CDC will have little effect on pandemic preparedness if the decentralized American approach to health finance remains in place. Many emergency aid programs constructed over the last few years contained sunset dates keyed not to public-health metrics but to arbitrary time horizons written into the legislation.

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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 ALABAMA American Family Care opens new health care center in Northeast Birmingham doctors secure $13.9M Newsom announces distressed hospital loan program Kaiser Permanente frontline workers strike could begin Oct.

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Hall Render

JUNE 30, 2023

after home health provider reneges on Option deal Will the doctor see you now? Maybe not amid the changing healthcare landscape in the US. Report: Amazon Pauses 50-State Virtual Care Service Expansion UnitedHealth acquires Amedisys for $3.3B

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Health insurance and property insurance. Lack of insurance makes everything dreadful. Autonomy and insurance help you through a lot of crises. By Leslie C. Griffin You will be surprised I’ve been through all the experiences described in this post, and that I’m still alive to tell you about them.

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Hall Render

JULY 28, 2023

million for rural hospital expansion Hospices in Arizona & other states receive scrutiny over concerns of fraud, waste & abuse Phoenix Children’s Building New 44,000-Square Foot Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Firefighters oppose Banner’s planned $400M hospital There’s a growing nurse shortage in Arizona.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2023

"We follow these patients longitudinally, meaning when someone enrolls with us, we will manage them alongside their primary care physician and specialists throughout their entire care journey. With nearly a decade of successfully running a virtual ICU and a virtual care hospital known today as Mercy Virtual Care Center , Mercy in St.

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Medisys Compliance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Through our software, you will have password-protected access to your company’s reports, which you can use to monitor exactly where your money is, what’s happening with your receivables, and the ongoing financial health of your company. What should the patient do if the bill is covered by insurance?

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Health Populi

AUGUST 6, 2021

health care spending and what comes from it, according to Mirror, Mirror 2021: Reflecting Poorly , a perennial report from The Commonwealth Fund that compares health system performance across eleven developed countries. The metrics compared were access to care, care process, administrative efficiency, equity, and health care outcomes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. Now more than ever before, patients are interested in being active participants in their care, selecting the right health partner, and connecting with their providers.

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Hall Render

MARCH 31, 2023

in 2022, survey finds Senate votes to end COVID-19 national emergency Why are 600+ rural hospitals at risk of closing? in 2022, survey finds Senate votes to end COVID-19 national emergency Why are 600+ rural hospitals at risk of closing? What happens if it disappears?

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Hall Render

AUGUST 19, 2022

Amazon to offer behavioral health services through Ginger partnership. CDC, amid criticism for COVID-19 response, plans reorganization as public health threats grow. House approves sweeping climate, tax, health care package. Joint Commission’s New Accreditation Standards Tackle Health Disparities. WHO to rename monkeypox.

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Hall Render

MAY 17, 2024

NATIONAL A deep dive into health system and health plan Q1 earnings Amazon building ‘modern pharmacy’ of the future: Medical Officer Breaking down the FTC noncompete ban, its impact on healthcare CISA, HHS warn healthcare of Black Basta ransomware attacks CMS extends Medicaid waivers to 2025 Could providers be liable in Change outage?

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Hall Render

JANUARY 5, 2024

Wade; expected to remain big issue in 2024 races Most nursing home residents in Arizona still haven’t gotten their COVID-19 booster COVID-19 hospitalizations are up in Arizona and around the U.S.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Ransomware attacks against hospitals put patients’ lives at risk, researchers say States, FTC continue to target noncompetes: 3 updates The best hospital in each state, per Newsweek What to know about Stark law’s $9.2M

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Health Populi

JULY 5, 2023

The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) turns 75 today. In today’s Health Populi blog, I will discuss a current data-based snapshot of the NHS in 2023, adding context comparing the U.S. In today’s Health Populi blog, I will discuss a current data-based snapshot of the NHS in 2023, adding context comparing the U.S.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

in federal funds for hospitals State of the State 2024: Arkansas health care faces challenges Study ranks Arkansas at the absolute bottom for dental health A mosaic of medical staffing solutions: Groups work to increase health care workforce in Northwest Arkansas CHI St.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 4, 2023

1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1% To Address SDOH Needs U.S. sues UnitedHealth over ‘thousands’ of denied claims What’s a fair price for a prescription drug? 1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1% To Address SDOH Needs U.S. 1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1%

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

NATIONAL 988 suicide hotline adds support for American Sign Language 3 Takeaways from Physician Compensation Trends Adventist Health completes merger with Montebello’s ailing Beverly Hospital AHA-supported bill to protect health care workers introduced in Senate AHA weighs in on CMS’ proposed ASC payment system AHA submits comments on CY 2024 (..)

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Vincent Partners With Park Plaza Mall on Community Health Programs Former Arkansas Medical Board Chair Brian Hyatt Arrested for Medicaid Fraud New Provider in Arkansas Focuses on No-Rush Health Care Walker Foundation Pledges $1M to UAMS Radiation Oncology Center Five nonprofits to split $5.9

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Hall Render

AUGUST 25, 2023

NATIONAL AHA shares proposals for drug shortage legislation with House committee America’s biggest hospital landlord sees deals souring Babylon Health files for bankruptcy Bankruptcies mounting in troubled nursing home industry Calls grow for national patient safety board: 3 leaders weigh in CMS details plan to allow Part D beneficiaries to pay (..)

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The CDC has stopped printing them Telehealth Visits Decline 46%, But Telebehavioral Healthcare Still High URAC to offer health equity accreditation Walgreens CIO is latest to leave in company’s C-suite shakeup AI is creating a complex landscape for healthcare executives ALABAMA Alabama hospital to remain on Cerner after sale Alabama gets $3.6M

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The CDC has stopped printing them Telehealth Visits Decline 46%, But Telebehavioral Healthcare Still High URAC to offer health equity accreditation Walgreens CIO is latest to leave in company’s C-suite shakeup AI is creating a complex landscape for healthcare executives ALABAMA Alabama hospital to remain on Cerner after sale Alabama gets $3.6M

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

NATIONAL AHA Comments on House Proposed “Lower Costs, More Transparency Act” AHA shares workforce bill concerns with Senate committee AHA to agencies: Don’t finalize draft merger guidelines Amazon mulls tying healthcare to Prime: Insider Burnout growing among PAs; 8% plan to leave Costs for common healthcare procedures higher in hospital (..)

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 8, 2023

health care Skilled nursing providers embrace bill nixing staff mandate, despite uncertain fate US News to begin rating ASCs ALABAMA Birmingham business lands pharmacy contract with Louisiana hospital Madison Co. NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

While customer satisfaction with health insurance plans slightly increased between 2018 and 2019, patient satisfaction with hospitals fell in all three settings where care is delivered — inpatient, outpatient, and the emergency room, according to the 2018-2019 ACSI Finance, Insurance and Health Care Report.

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