The average person keeps their cell phone within proximity at all times and opens a text message within 90 seconds. So why continue to communicate only through phone calls and email, with incremental return? Optimize your outreach efforts by incorporating a digital strategy to close gaps that will help you reach coveted triple aim goals….
In 2019, more than 1 in 5 US adults experienced mental illness, with 5.2% experiencing serious mental illness. In 2020, the percentage of uninsured adults with mental illness increased to 10.5%, and 57% of all US adults experiencing a mental illness received no treatment. Existing issues with the fractured mental health care system in the…
The long-term care industry is facing an employment crisis, and providers must go beyond traditional compensation and benefit offerings to solve them. This industry’s employee demographic operates with unique characteristics that influence their needs and desires from an employer. Employers must consider their employees’ social determinants of health in order to build a customized incentive,…
Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) is hopeful about the Social Determinants Accelerator Act, a bill she’s cosponsored to help get funding directly to communities for the purpose of addressing social determinants of health. The bipartisan bill, among other proposed legislation, got airtime late last week during a hearing of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce….
CMS has released the proposed rule for the Home Health Prospective Payment System next year. The rule seeks to expand the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model and address health equity across different groups of beneficiaries. The rule released earlier today proposes to expand the HHVBP Model nationwide to shift home health Medicare reimbursement based…
Payers may be prepared to comply with the interoperability rule for the July 1 deadline, but are they ready to adopt healthcare interoperability long-term? For the past couple of years, CMS has pushed the industry to take bigger steps toward standardizing interoperability. “CMS continues to build on its roadmap to improve interoperability and health information…
As part of the 21st Century Cures Act, the federal government will require that all healthcare providers grant patients access to their personal health information starting July 1. The CMS Interoperability and Patient Access final rule requires payers and providers to remove the industry siloes that prevent seamless patient data exchange across the care continuum….
According to the CDC, six in 10 Americans live with at least one chronic disease like heart disease and stroke, COPD, or diabetes. These and other chronic diseases are the leading causes of death and disability in America; they are also a leading driver of healthcare costs. These chronic conditions put stress on patients, nurses,…
Social determinants of health have been linked with metabolic diseases and other conditions, and researchers have found that improvements in these areas can have an equal effect on disease risks, according to a presentation at the American Diabetes Association’s 81st Scientific Sessions. Countries’ social and economic development is highly correlated with a healthy life expectancy…
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are associated with increased Medicare spending per beneficiary in certain geographic areas, according to a study from the Journal of the American Medical Association. Addressing social determinants of health in these regions can potentially lead to reduced healthcare spending and better quality healthcare. The results show that Medicare spending was higher in geographic locations where…