Respondents to the survey also expect to invest more as potential use and adoption of the technology continues to climb.
Category: Health Insurance
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Trump Merges Health And Immigration
President Donald Trump has ordered that legal immigrants obtain health insurance within 30 days of arriving or prove they can pay for any possible medical need ― another policy certain to be challenged in court. Meanwhile, health issues continue to play a major role in campaign 2020. This week, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Julie Appleby of Kaiser Health News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
KHN’s ‘What The Health?’: Trump Merges Health And Immigration
President Donald Trump has ordered that legal immigrants obtain health insurance within 30 days of arriving or prove they can pay for any possible medical need ― another policy certain to be challenged in court. Meanwhile, health issues continue to play a major role in campaign 2020. This week, Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico and Julie Appleby of Kaiser Health News join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
HHS and CMS are offering safe harbor to Stark Law to promote value-based, coordinated care
Example of changes is allowing a hospital to donate free cybersecurity software to each physician that refers patients to its hospital.
Coordinated care model leads to decreases in unscheduled, preventable hospitalizations
The Oregon model may promote more efficient use of resources, driven by primary care and financial incentives for care coordination.
Illinois Medicaid spending was reduced in pediatric population, with limited savings from care coordination
There was a decrease in utilization among CHECK-enrolled patients, but the reduction was similar in the control group.
As Medicare Enrollment Nears, Popular Price Comparison Tool Is Missing
For more than a decade, customers used the online plan finder to compare dozens of policies. Yet after a redesign of the website, the search results no longer list which plan offers a customer the best value. Federal officials say it will be fixed before enrollment begins next week.
Live Now: HIMSS TV streaming from AsiaPac19 in Bangkok
HIMSS TV is livestreaming from HIMSS AsiaPac19 in Bangkok right now, bringing you interviews with healthcare IT industry luminaries and innovators, reports from the show floor, and news from keynotes and panels.
Trump’s New Order For Medicare Packs Potential Rise In Patients’ Costs
The president’s directive, which he said is designed to give beneficiaries more choices in their health care, could lead to higher costs for seniors. Final rules are to be written by the Department of Health and Human Services.
A quarter of total U.S. health spending estimated to be waste
Administrative complexity accounted for the most waste, estimated at $256.6 billion, and pricing failure was a close second.
