Changes to payments and premiums plus new venues for care dominate the news. How have you changed the way you access healthcare? Would you augment visits to your primary care physician with a retail clinic?
Providers and states are looking for ways to change the way they are being paid, while CMS comes under fire for not doing the best job in providing guidance on what they should be paid, even if they are following the rules.
It seems the label “Medicare for All” is being attached to all sorts of proposals. Plans to provide universal healthcare coverage to Americans abound, but they aren’t all Medicare for All. Broadly speaking, “Medicare for All” applies to only those proposals that would cover everyone, replacing private insurance.
The cost of uncompensated care and both sides try to influence legislation on the topic of surprise billing. With tens of millions at play supporting messaging, how can consumers separate fact from rhetoric?
Population Health and Telemedicine topped our reading list this week with proven models in improving the quality of healthcare in the Northeast. Can these positive strides be scaled and reach across the country into facilities providing care to our rural and underserved populations?