Patient Engagement
The administration will task HHS and CMMI with testing new models that are shown to improve quality and lower costs.
Medicare enrollees will also see lower costs for insulin and vaccines beginning in 2023, according to HHS.
Other top headlines this past week include a look at how telemedicine can improve orthopedic care.
The plan provides flexibility for veterans to see in-network local doctors and fill prescriptions at nearby pharmacies, outside the VA system.
<p>Fran Ayalasomayajula, president of Reach, discusses health equity as well as the efficiencies and challenges of hospital-at-home.</p>
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Recent payment reform programs have not been designed with racial and ethnic minority groups in mind, a new report asserts.
The company said the institute is already demonstrating strong results, with a referral rate three times the industry benchmark.
Blue Shield criticized DHCS for intending to award contracts to national, for-profit companies, singling out Kaiser Permanente in particular.
Only about one-third of adults have received the booster aimed at the Omicron variant, which remains highly transmissible.
Plus, a plurality of Americans, 44%, give the healthcare system an overall grade of D (poor) or F (failing).