Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

consumers will continue to spend their disposable incomes on connected consumer devices, but will be looking for more balance in their digital lives according to Deloitte’s fourth annual 2023 Connected Consumer Survey. adults in the second quarter of 2023. For the survey, Deloitte polled 2,018 U.S. While 2 in 3 U.S.

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Accepted Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In the 2023-2024 U.S. And don’t get hung up on the word “unique.” Essay #4 Please answer only one of the following three questions. NYU Grossman application deadlines 2023-2024 Primary applications due October 15 Secondary applications due November 15 Source: NYU Grossman website Disclaimer: Information is subject to change.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2024

Data Breach Insights Healthcare accounted for 28% of data breach incidents, followed by finance and insurance (17%), business and professional services (15%), and education (13%). The biggest known root cause of all incidents was the exploitation of unpatched vulnerabilities (23% of incidents) followed by phishing (20%).

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 1, 2024

Credential theft was the most common method of breaching networks and was the initial access vector in 38% of all data breaches, followed by phishing (15%). While ransomware groups were a major threat in 2023 and were behind some of 2023’s largest data breaches, there was a slight decline in attacks year-over-year.

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Health Prime

MAY 2, 2024

According to The State of Mental Health in America 2023 , 28% of all adults with a mental illness reported that they were not able to receive the treatment they needed. Implement appointment reminders and follow-ups Use automated appointment reminders and follow-up communications to enhance the patient experience.

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Health Populi

APRIL 19, 2023

People have expanded their definitions of health in 2023, with mental health supplanting physical health for the top-ranked factor in feeling healthy. In 2023, it’s much harder to take care of my health, consumers say. In the U.S., that delta is 11 points worse, the second chart graphs, with the U.S.

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Scrubs

JULY 20, 2023

Although the letter started out rather humorlessly with “I am writing to address an incident in room [number] of your Emergency Department on 2023,” this was not a complaint. Needless to say, it was smelly and messy, but I quickly cleaned up and put the woman and her partner at ease. He handed the email to me.

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Practice Index

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In early 2023, I read the tragic news of the death of Ruth Perry, a primary school headteacher from Berkshire. I also know that some great, hard-working, caring people working within general practice will have left our profession on the back of an inspection, devastated by their entire worth being summed up in one entirely pointless word.

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Health Populi

JUNE 11, 2024

between 2023 and 2024, according to the 2024 Milliman Medical Index. This year, I opted for a 2025 Subaru Forester and a year’s tuition for a New Mexico resident living off-campus for 2023-24 attending University of New Mexico. Health care costs for an “average” person covered by an employer-sponsored PPO in the U.S.

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Scrubs

MAY 9, 2023

He’s been chronicling the journey on social media to show his followers what it means to give back to the community. For his next act of kindness, Tsiliacos teamed up with Good Morning America to surprise a group of 167 nurses at Shriners Children’s Hospital/Northern California for Nurses’ Week 2023.

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Scrubs

APRIL 26, 2023

government has offered a 5 percent pay increase for 2023/24 and one-payment of at least £1,655, but the RCN union members voted down the proposal 54 percent to 46 percent. “If that ballot is successful, it will mean further strike action right up until Christmas,” Cullen said.

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2024

In the past year, the growth of prescription drug utilization and spending has much to do with the use of GLP-1 agonists to treat diabetes and obesity, along with immunology therapy, and lipid meds, along with specialty medicines now accounting for over half of spending — up from 49% in 2018.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 6, 2024

Continuum identified unauthorized activity within its network on October 19, 2023, and after taking steps to secure its systems, third-party cybersecurity specialists were engaged to identify the suspicious activity.

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Health Populi

JULY 18, 2024

Following the BLS report on the CPI for June 2024, PwC published their new annual report from PwC titled Behind the Numbers 2025 tells us that commercial health care spending is expected to grow some 8.0% That positive economic news did not extend to medical care and personal care, the BLS reported, whose costs increased by 3.3%

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Health Populi

JULY 7, 2023

In the 2023 Patient Consumer Survey report, the topline lesson is that “cost and location drive patient decisions, while service and comfort drive experience.” adults in April 2023 to gauge peoples’ experiences with healthcare received in the past year (think back to April 2022 and the next 12 months for the time horizon).

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Sensible Medicine

MAY 28, 2024

In June 2023 , the same was recommended to adults. The USPSTF claims "screening interventions" decrease the prevalence of depression at six-month follow-up by an odds ratio of 0.60. But in the real world, not everyone who screens positive for depression ends up in therapy. She ended up on antidepressants.

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) (2022) estimated over 100,000 registered nurses left the profession and predicted that another 800,000 nurses would follow them by 2027. link] Joint Commission (2023, August 24). link] Mcfanhn, C (2023, August 24). Some workers at U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 1, 2023

consumers say they can’t afford to pay their medical bills on-time, based on the 2023 Consumer Survey from Access One, a financial services company focused on healthcare payments. Access One fielded the study in early October 2023 among 1,016 U.S. Two-thirds of U.S. Note that U.S. Note that U.S.

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Coronis Health

MARCH 13, 2024

The CHOPD accelerated and advance payments may be granted in amounts representative of up to thirty days (30) of claims payments to eligible providers and suppliers. The average 30-day payment is based on the total claims paid to the provider between August 1, 2023 and October 31, 2023, divided by three.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Types of MSN Degrees There are numerous types of MSN degrees, making it essential to know your long-term goals as a nurse before selecting which path you will follow. This will ensure you stay current on changes in healthcare and utilize the most up-to-date information in your daily practice. References AMN Healthcare.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

That 1 in 2 clinicians is significantly greater than the global 37% of physicians and nurses thinking about leaving their roles in the next 3 years, according to the report Clinician of the Future 2023 from Elsevier. clinicians for the 2023 research (fielded in April and May 2023).

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Health Populi

JUNE 23, 2023

If you live in Massachusetts, Hawaii, and New Hampshire, you win a kind of state lottery for public health and well-being, based on this year’s read of the 2023 Scorecard on State Health System Performance from The Commonwealth Fund. states ranked by a mash-up of health system indicators.

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Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2024

Paper checks are still a go-to form of payment to patients and plan members, and there remains lots of confusion among patients when it comes to up-front pricing and eventually the EOB statements resulting from the claims payment process. This Health Populi post focuses on the consumer-patient-as-payer aspects of the report.

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Health Populi

APRIL 8, 2024

He asserts that the obvious hack consumers would do is to spend less on food, but the math doesn’t add up, he shows in the first bar chart. In 2023 and 2924, obesity met its match quoting from the Science magazine cover lauding weight loss drugs as breakthrough of the year.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 23, 2023

In response to the deal, Supermarket News said that ALDI “is shaking up the grocery sector with its acquisition” of the Winn-Dixie chain. In addition to the overall “shaking up” of the grocery store industry, might ALDI’s purchase the major food chain also expand the company’s footprint in health care?

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Three in four nurses working in hospitals care about the success of their institution — “they show up and gown up…yet only 57% feel a sense of ownership in their hospitals, leaving leaders to expect 100% quality to be delivered by about half of the nursing workforce.”

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Scrubs

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

These words have echoed through my mind daily since her passing on January 14th, 2023. This is why we must stand up and start advocating for increased diversity in medicine. There wasn’t a day that went by when my daughter Vivian didn’t say she loved us.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2023

We can see health consumers’ shifting priorities for satisfaction-boosting changing from 2019 to 2023 based on HealthEdge’s previous research. That’s followed by making access to “my” health records easier, and granting access to me to providers who align well with my preferences and personal values.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JUNE 5, 2023

However, over time the CPGs have not sufficiently kept up with the innovations and growth of the healthcare industry. Changes will include the following: The OIG will issue a new general CPG (GCPG) that will apply to all individuals and entities in the healthcare industry. The OIG intends to publish the GCPG by December 31, 2023.

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2024

He pointed to a visit to an emergency room, where “the debt is taken on unexpectedly and in a time of crisis,” as well as consumers dealing with “complexities with insurance” (consider: out of network providers, lack of up-front cost estimates, and trauma which prevents one from “shopping” for care).

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Health Populi

JULY 10, 2023

Today and tomorrow are Amazon Prime Days, 2023 style, when you can fetch bargains on lots of electronics (esp. 144 was also the deal Amazon first extended for a year’s introductory offer in February 2023 once the company’s acquisition of One Medical was completed.

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Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

I’ve been following the general conversations and have been particularly interested in AI’s potential to improve diagnostic performance. Judging AI’s performance in December of 2023 is like looking at a college applicant’s APGAR scores. What follows is the suggested reply to the partner of a patient of mine.

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Health Prime

JANUARY 17, 2024

Key Highlights of the CMS CY 2024 Physician Fee Schedule : Rate setting and conversion factor Payment rates under the PFS will be reduced by 1.25% in CY 2024 compared to CY 2023. Also, the final CY 2024 PFS conversion factor is $32.74, a reduction of $1.15 (or 3.4%) from the current CY 2023 conversion factor of $33.89.

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Medical Advantage

JANUARY 4, 2024

The 2023 Merit-Based Payment System Final Rule was recently published by The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) with Health and Human Services. The penalty would apply in 2025 based on the 2023 performance period. A new year means new updates to MIPS. What is MIPS? EST on January 2, 2024.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 9, 2023

First, check out the top portion on funding by therapeutic area: note the blue bars all show declining funding across five therapeutic areas between 2021 and 2022 following go-go growth from 2020 to 2021. That’s my 2023 work-theme for the New Year. and health justice for all health citizens?

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Fast forward and we’re in the next-gen of direct-to-consumer models, with Lilly Direct and PfizerForAll launching programs that get up-close-and-personal with patients for medicines delivery and support services. I referred to that experience here in Health Populi several years ago when discussing health care access and transparency.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 20, 2024

The technological advancements in gastroenterology and endoscopy have opened up new ways of achieving better patient outcomes in our field, effectively and efficiently. If possible, network with GI professionals in your Endoscopy unit and seek opportunities to shadow a case or two and follow a patient through the different phases of care.

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