Healthy.io, a health technology company focused on at-home urinalysis and digitized wound care services, has partnered with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Idaho to promote early detection of kidney damage and chronic kidney disease (CKD) by essentially transforming people’s smartphones into medical devices.
In a bid to improve nursing home transparency, safety and quality and accountability, the White House has announced new actions to reduce the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications and to bring greater transparency about nursing home citations to families.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services outlined changes that will be made to speed up and align the prior authorization process across all payers, during a press call on Tuesday.
To advance its goal of having 100% of people in traditional Medicare in an accountable care relationship in seven years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced three initiatives in the Medicare Shared Savings Program and the ACO REACH and Kidney Care Choices models.
IQVIA director of healthcare strategy Dr. Calum Yacoubian discusses how NLP can help with population health and predictive analytics, social determinants of health, clinical decision support, and precision medicine.
Internal data from the Department of Health and Human Services shows that Americans made substantial gains in health insurance coverage between 2019 and 2021, including in some key demographics, such as adults aged 19 to 35, and those aged 35 to 49 – with both groups seeing their uninsured rate decline by a percentage point.
The State of California has filed a lawsuit against drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers for allegedly increasing the cost of insulin illegally, accusing them of “unlawful, unfair, and deceptive business practices” in violation of the state’s Unfair Competition Law.
In October 2022, after three months of relative stability, national telehealth utilization declined 3.7%, from 5.4% of medical claim lines in September, to 5.2% in October, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.
In October 2022, after three months of relative stability, national telehealth utilization declined 3.7%, from 5.4% of medical claim lines in September to 5.2% in October, according to FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.
Digital Medicine Society CEO Jennifer Goldsack talks about how newcomers could influence the adoption of healthcare technology this year.