In the news this week, HHS officials are bringing an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency, which will have wide-ranging implications for politicians and patients across the United States....
By leveraging several tailored communication methods, specialty pharmacies can improve patient engagement and outcomes using digital tools. Digital-driven tools, such as patient portals, mobile apps...
In healthcare policy news this week, a new report discovered that Democrats are preparing their answer to VA EHR modernization issues in response to a Republican proposal released recently. Meanwhile,...
Philanthropic efforts can provide a needed boost to disadvantaged communities, but payers that want to offer this kind of support to lessen social determinants of health barriers should be wary of...
In the news this week, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) recorded more enrollments than in any prior year, including 3.6 million enrollees who had not used the marketplace before. Meanwhile, a study by the...
You can’t do value-based contracting alone. That is one of the biggest lessons learned from Scott Anders, MD, MBA, FAAGP, CPE, chief medical officer of value-based care and ambulatory quality at...
This week’s policy roundup reviews the FDA Modernization Act signed at the end of last year, which allows for innovative pathways for pharmaceutical companies to test their drugs. And a new probe...
Technology-centered solutions, lack of payer alignment, and competition over data are barriers to digital health advancement in health insurance.
Peter Long, executive vice president of strategy and...
In this week’s policy roundup, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its detailed timeline for drug pricing negotiations that will begin next year. Meanwhile, the FDA granted...
In 2023, leaders in EHR, health IT analytics, mHealth, and health IT security may see a spike in innovation around reducing provider burden and addressing healthcare consumerism, experts told...
Last week retail pharmacies were granted permission by the FDA to distribute critical abortion medication to patients with a prescription. Meanwhile, the federal government shared that it was...
Payers, providers, and life sciences industry leaders will face a variety of pressures in 2023, particularly financially, and they should be alert to their current condition and to opportunities for...
Policy news this week includes updates on the Oracle Cerner Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) project and news about an emerging pro-Russian hacktivist group threatening the US healthcare...
In this week’s policy roundup, the annual CMS accounting report found that healthcare expenditures slowed compared to 2020 but still reached $4.3 trillion in 2021. And a CDC study looking at...
Although primary care clinics offer numerous beneficial healthcare services to patients, they often fall short of delivering effective gender-affirming care (GAC), which requires empathy, trust, and...
State health officials are publicly considering the benefits of another mask mandate as hospitals and health infrastructure struggle to bear the pressure of rising RSV, influenza, and COVID-19 cases....
For generations, the LGBTQ+ community has faced discrimination in the healthcare system. Seniors in the LGBTQ+ community, in particular, have faced a lifetime of inequity and many now enter some of the...
According to CDC reporting, this year’s flu season will be the worst in recent memory as infection rates spike, hospitalizations rise, and vulnerable populations are walloped. Meanwhile, the...
Although roughly 80,000 babies are born each year through in vitro fertilization (IVF), behind every successful birth could be numerous heartbreaks and complications, such as emotional and...
A group of 10 state attorneys general wrote a letter to Apple’s Tim Cook asking the CEO to improve health data privacy in its app store in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s undoing. Meanwhile,...
