Second-Class Medicare for Dually Eligible People Violates Civil Rights, Worsens Disparities, and Harms Millions. A Case Study of Dually Eligible People with Medicare and Medicaid in New Orleans
Sheldon M. Hersh (National Coalition for Dually Eligible People), Second-Class Medicare for Dually Eligible People Violates Civil Rights, Worsens Disparities, and Harms Millions. A Case Study of Dually Eligible People with Medicare and Medicaid in New Orleans, SSRN (2022): "The... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 17, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
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Policies that promote continuous Medicaid coverage, which protects beneficiaries financially and helps ensure access to care, are gaining momentum.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - February 10, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Cindy Mann Source Type: blogs
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By expanding Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, Mississippi could provide approximately 230,000 uninsured adults with health coverage over six years, at no net cost to the state.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - February 4, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Adam Striar, Patricia M. Boozang, Cindy Mann Source Type: blogs
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For the 12 states that have declined to expand Medicaid eligibility, leaving millions of their poorest residents without affordable health coverage, the Build Back Better Act offers a temporary solution to closing the Medicaid gap.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - February 1, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sara Rosenbaum Source Type: blogs
Rethinking conventional wisdom on Medicaid IT funding
As Medicaid programs determine what ' s next for health IT investments, state and regional HIEs, increasingly serving as " health data utilities, " are natural partners to build on current programs with Medicaid Enterprise System funding. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - January 31, 2022 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
Welcome Back Kotter: New York ’ s next 1115 Waiver
The objectives of DSRIP 1.0 – a laundry list of HEDIS measures – made the program difficult to manage “on the ground” and too tightly tied to medical measures of success.
Too many choices. PPS were given choices about which projects they would work on – and by extension – which projects would be funded and measured. The projects were tactically expressed – and therefore too prescriptive – not just defining goals to be achieved – but presuming that DOH knew how goals would best be achieved. In many cases – this mismatch between what to do and how it would be done was...
Source: Docnotes - January 30, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jacob Tags: Health Politics Technology 1115 DSRIP VBP Source Type: blogs
Vida Health Hires New Chief Medical Officer from Hims & Hers: A Sign ‘Scripts’ Are Coming Soon?
By JESSICA DaMASSA, WTF Health
Vida Health’s new Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Patrick Carroll is bringing a very unique expertise to the chronic condition management startup’s C-suite: pharmacy. Pat just left virtual pharmacy co, Hims & Hers, where he helped take the company public as CMO after building-out their virtual primary care practice. Before that, he was CMO at Walgreens…
We get to know Pat – brand-new in his role as Vida Health’s first-ever CMO – and catch glimpses of how his years of experience as a primary care doc and executive leader at leading consumer-focused pharmacy businesses will li...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 24, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Tech WTF Health Chronic conditions Jessica DaMassa Patrick Carroll vida health Source Type: blogs
mPulse Mobile Acquires HealthCrowd and Receives Growth Investment from PSG
Strategic moves aim to position the company as a major force in the market working to improve health outcomes through innovative engagement capabilities mPulse Mobile, a leader in conversational AI and digital engagement solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced its acquisition of HealthCrowd, a leading communications platform-as-a-service innovator focused primarily on the Medicaid market. Also […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 18, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Bonfire Ventures Chris Nicholson Echo Health Ventures Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare Communications HealthCrowd HLM Venture Partners Marco Ferrari Mark Emkjer Source Type: blogs
Medicare Advantage Is a Superior Program (Part two)
By GEORGE HALVORSON
Former Kaiser Permanente CEO George Halvorson has written on THCB on and off over the years, most notably with his proposal for Medicare Advantage for All post-COVID. He wrote a piece in Health Affairs last week arguing with the stance of Medicare Advantage of Don Berwick and Rick Gilfillan (Here’s their piece pt1, pt2). Here’s a longer exposition of his argument. We published part one last week so please read that first. This is part two – Matthew Holt
Medicare Advantage is better for the underserved
The African American and Hispanic communities who were particularl...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Medicare Don Berwick George Halvorson health equity Medicare Advantage Rick Gilfillan Special Needs Plans Source Type: blogs
Waymark Closes $45M Series A to Improve Healthcare Access and Outcomes Among Medicaid Beneficiaries
Waymark, the Medicaid provider-enablement company devoted to scaling value-based care in Medicaid, today announced the closing of a $45M Series A financing co-led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Lux Capital and leading angel investors also participated in the round. Today, the wealthiest Americans outlive the poorest Americans by 10-15 years. The one in […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 17, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT a16z Andreessen Horowitz Health IT Funding Medicaid Mohamad Makhzoumi NEA Rajaie Batniji Sanjay Basu Vineeta Agarwala Waymark Source Type: blogs
Primary Health! Now from Circulo
BLUF – in October, Circulo acquired my little company, Huddle Health. We are now fully integrated into Circulo – and it’s time to describe the rationale for our convergence and some of what comes next.
If you haven’t read my short essay on Primary Health, please go read that first. We’ll wait.
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Ok … back? Great. Now, let’s resume the story.
Years ago, I was on the faculty at Albany Medical College. We had a course called Health, Care & Society wherein students were challenged to learn and think about ethical issues, health policy principles and enga...
Source: Docnotes - January 3, 2022 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jacob Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
My 22 Oldest Jokes and Why they Still Matter in 2022
By IAN MORRISON
I have been studying American healthcare for more than 40 years and I have assembled a large number of one-liners over the years. As we enter 2022, I thought I’d share my 22 oldest jokes and why they still matter.
Coming to America
I grew up in Glasgow, Scotland. In Glasgow, healthcare is a right, carrying a machine gun is a privilege. America got it the wrong way round.
Gun violence continues to ravage the United States. We have more guns than people. Kids get gunned down in school playgrounds and classrooms routinely. ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Policy American healthcare healthcare quality Source Type: blogs
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States and health plans can employ promising strategies to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates among Medicaid beneficiaries.
(Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog)
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - December 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Michelle Fiscus, Hemi Tewarson, Rachel Nuzum, Katie Greene, Mark McClellan Source Type: blogs
Centauri Health Solutions Adds Clinical Data Exchange Capabilities with Acquisition of Secure Exchange Solutions
Centauri Health Solutions (“Centauri”), an innovative healthcare technology and services company, announced today that it acquired Secure Exchange Solutions (“SES”), a Rockville, Maryland-based health information technology provider focused on physician connectivity and clinical data exchange. This addition expands Centauri’s comprehensive healthcare technology solutions, which already include Risk Adjustment, Quality, Medicaid and Disability Eligibility and Enrollment, […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability Abry Partners Adam Miller Centauri Centauri Health Solutions Dan Kazzaz Health IT Acquisition Healthcare Interoperability Michele Darnell Secure Exchange Solutions SES Silversmith Source Type: blogs
The Eisenhower Principle
By KIM BELLARD
I’ve finally come to understand why the U.S. healthcare system continues to be such a mess, and I have President Dwight Eisenhower to thank.
I’ve been paying close attention to our healthcare system for, I hate to admit, over forty years now. It has been a source of constant frustration and amazement that – year after year, crisis after crisis – our healthcare system doesn’t get “fixed.” Yes, we make some improvements, like ACA, but mostly it continues to muddle along.
Then I learned about President Eisenhower’s approach to problems:
That’s it! All these smart people, all ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Public Health eisenhower Health Care Reform Health infrastructure Healthcare cost healthcare costs Kim Bellard Source Type: blogs
