In healthcare policy news this week, the American Hospital Association (AHA) rejoiced with news that CMS would pay $9 billion to rectify previous 340B payment cuts. Meanwhile, Alzheimer’s...
It’s been three years since healthcare organizations and industry groups across the country made promises to achieve health equity.
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Survey data from TechTarget’s 2023 IT Priorities Study revealed that 41% of healthcare organizations had increased their information technology budget in 2023 to support a more robust...
Characterized by economic and financial instability, political uncertainty, social isolation, and widespread illness and death, the COVID-19 pandemic left Americans' mental health in tatters.
The...
In healthcare policy news this week, school leaders from the Rochester City School District are instituting a telemental healthcare program for students. Meanwhile, the nation’s preeminent...
In this episode of Healthcare Strategies, Colin Banas, MD, MSHA, Chief Medical Officer at DrFirst, discusses the importance of mental health treatment and the main challenges for medication adherence...
In healthcare policy news this week, an AHA friend-of-the-court brief derided the Federal Trade Commission as biased. Meanwhile, a large group of United States senators is working to push the CONNECT...
Women in healthcare comprise less than 35% of the C-suite healthcare workforce, a significant drop from the 75% across entry-level positions. Although female representation in healthcare is higher than...
In policy news this week, CMS will test a new value-based care model in eight states. The model offers participants additional revenue to improve their primary care services. Meanwhile, research from...
The transfer of sensitive data to non-HIPAA-covered entities may result in compliance complexities, data breaches, lawsuits, and threats to patient privacy. Following multiple high-profile healthcare...
In policy news this week, elected officials are pushing Google to get stricter with its health data-sharing policy. Meanwhile, CMS rescinded its health worker vaccine mandate.
Senators Ask Google to...
Remote patient monitoring tools can improve chronic disease management and patient records, but healthcare stakeholders also must grapple with the accessibility and reimbursement challenges that these...
In policy news this week, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials were denounced by a sitting congresswoman for implying that facilities would have to cut staff in order to pay for budget...
Medical and health research is vital to advancing evidence-based care delivery and treating existing and emerging diseases, but it faces numerous headwinds, from funding and trust in research to...
In healthcare policy news this week, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) successfully renegotiated its EHR contract with Oracle Cerner. Meanwhile, new legislation may extend telemental health...
In healthcare policy news this week, the FDA seems primed to approve over-the-counter sales of birth control pills. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) ended the mpox public health emergency...
Healthcare is on the precipice of having 100 million people lack access to primary care, a problem that could have catastrophic downstream impacts. But according to April Kapu, the president of the...
Policy news this week includes the DEA’s recent flip-flop on telehealth prescribing rules and a groundbreaking Washington state health data privacy law.
Washington Governor Signs Health...
The significance of diversity in healthcare cannot be overstated, as it ensures that medical staff is representative of the communities they serve, leading to better outcomes for patients and their...
This week in policy news, politicians are preparing legislation to reign in the VA EHR modernization program while CMS gears up to fine hospitals that still haven’t complied with transparency...
