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Day 2 Notes from the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Sheppard Health Law

Sustainability of our healthcare system was an interesting topic at Day 2 of the 42 nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. Paul Markovich, CEO of Blue Shield of California, expressed the concern that “[T]he status quo is an existential threat to our healthcare system.”

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MedPAC July 2022 Data Book: Health Care Spending and the Medicare Program

Briggs Healthcare

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The MedPAC July 2022 Data Book: Health Care Spending and the Medicare Program (208 pages) provides information on national health care and Medicare spending as well as Medicare beneficiary demographics, dual-eligible beneficiaries, quality of care in the Medicare program, and Medicare (..)

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More Evidence of Self-Rationing as Patients Morph into Healthcare Payors

Health Populi

Wolters Kluwer released a summary of a study this week, to be published in full in 2020, surveying 1,000 consumers (232 of whom had been a hospital inpatient in the past year) and 837 health care providers (a mix of physicians, nurses, and hospital administrators). BLS calculated that general price inflation rose 1.8%

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How Emergency Departments Can Drive Better Outpatient Care for Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke

HIT Consultant

JR Finkelmeier, Business Leader, ECG Solutions at Philips Today’s hospital emergency departments (EDs) face formidable challenges as they strive to deliver high-quality care to more and more patients. Without changes to care delivery, they could even diminish the quality of care. healthcare system.”

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Consumers Want Help With Health: Can Healthcare Providers Supply That Demand?

Health Populi

These and other important health consumer insights are revealed in the firm’s latest report, Waiting for Consumers – The Oliver Wyman 2018 Consumer Survey of US Healthcare. Once a patient enters that healthcare new front door of, say a retail clinic, one-third of these people told Oliver Wyman that it was a better experience.

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6 Healthcare Trends Impacting Medical Practices in 2023

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – AdvancedMD , a provider of cloud healthcare software for independent medical, mental health, and physical therapy practices, announced today the top six healthcare trends that will have the biggest impact on physicians and medical offices in 2023.

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Supporting the Continuum of Care for Serious Illness in Medicaid Managed Care

NASHP

Serious illness is “a health condition that carries a high risk of mortality and either negatively impacts a person’s daily function or quality of life or excessively strains the caregiver.”. Members identified as having significant needs not already enrolled in Commonwealth Coordinated Care Plus program are enrolled in the program.

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