Opinion
MedCity Influencers,Opinion,Payers
It’s Not Just Work Requirements; Food Insecurity is a Multidimensional Issue
Twelve short years ago I was a single mother, pregnant and surviving off of food stamps where I relied on the support of the SNAP program. Now, I’ve been given the opportunity to build a platform where I can give a voice to those in similar positions that I once was in and advocate for their needs.
Hospitals,MedCity Influencers,Opinion
Op-Ed: CMS Should Fine 30% of Hospitals It has Found to Be Violating Federal Price Transparency Law
As a first step to move toward greater hospital price transparency and lower costs, CMS can immediately issue $2 million fines on the 30% of American hospitals it concludes are noncompliant. If CMS takes enforcement seriously, the hospital industry will respond by quickly coming into compliance.
What is the ROI for Conversational AI in Patient Access?
Health systems need to turn their attention to technology that can improve staff retention by reducing employee burnout, according to HCA Divisional CIO Andy Draper. Here’s a look at what Parlance is doing to realize ROI with conversational AI.
Preserve Access to Home Oxygen Therapy Post-Pandemic
CMS should honor its commitment to Medicare beneficiaries, especially those who began home respiratory therapy under the PHE, without requiring them to “restart” the documentation process. Requiring requalification would also be a nightmare for physicians who are already overwhelmed with patient demands.
MedCity Influencers,Policy,Opinion
Growing Nephrology Nursing Workforce Crisis Demands Policy Attention
It is critical for policymakers to work with nephology RNs to increase federal resources that will enable us to address burnout, decrease turnover rates, and build and support a stronger healthcare workforce nationwide.
MedCity Influencers,Devices & Diagnostics,Opinion
Why We Need a New Category for Safety Devices
Creating a category for technologies like the safety release valve would confer benefits, including improved patient safety, reduced costs for the healthcare system overall, and lowered liability risk.
Financial Management: The Next Area for Innovation in Serving Seniors
Some financial management service companies have earned the patronage of local governments and prestigious funders, including the National Institutes of Health and AARP. It is time for health plans, particularly MA plans, to pay attention as well.
MedCity Influencers,Health Tech,Opinion
5 Steps to Delivering Virtual First Care that Will Redefine the Healthcare Value Chain
Virtual first care (V1C) – high-quality healthcare delivered virtually until it cannot be – will allow both new and incumbent providers to achieve success in the redefined value chain.
Debunking Cloud Cost and ROI Hogwash for Healthcare
The hogwash started in The Wall Street Journal with a contrarian take on a recent KPMG technology report. But cloud operates in a fundamentally different paradigm from the IT infrastructure of the past, and embracing big change is rarely free or easy. But the rewards of evolving are obvious and far too great to ignore.
MedCity Influencers,Opinion,Legal
停止削减医疗保险d preserve access to home health services
The Covid-19 pandemic challenged the U.S. healthcare system like never before—particularly the segment of the […]
Enhancing Efficiency in your Practices: Unleashing the Power of Greenway Health’s Optimization Services
Resolve your healthcare information technology concerns by optimizing your technology, boosting workflows, improving staff productivity, and driving revenue.
Pharmacy benefit managers inflate drug prices and decrease competition while consumers pay the price. Does the FTC have the medicine to fix it?
Many have never heard of a pharmacy benefit manager, mega-profitable companies that control what consumers pay for prescription drugs. The FTC’s new probe needs to go far to change the status quo.
Why Texas wants to be the headquarters of ARPA-H
Texas has the right environment to help ARPA-H achieve its promise of eliminating existing deficiencies in our national biomedical ecosystem, promoting the integration of multiple disciplines and institutions, and fully addressing persistent inequities in America’s health system.
An audiologist’s take on the news that OTC hearing aids are on their way to consumers
If FDA’s decision on making hearing aids available over the counter leads to greater adoption, it could encourage consumers to learn more about their condition, and therefore improve the health literacy of the public. The downstream effect of this is to increase the perceived value of the audiologist beyond mere salespeople of a medical device, which audiologists everywhere should applaud.
MedCity Influencers,Health Services,Opinion
Patients will bear the steepest consequences of proposed cuts to home health
In the current market where inflation and the costs of healthcare continue to rise, there’s […]
Aduhelm’s loss is a win for value-based drug pricing
Value-based pricing could have shown us with more certainty the real level of effectiveness of Aduhelm. Maybe it is worth paying something for; and value-based contracts are the only way to figure that out.
Worried about long Covid? Support primate research
Nonhuman primates will be critical to our efforts to understand the long-term effects of Covid-19. Yet scientists conducting critical research have faced harassment and threats.
Promoted
Your Thought Leaders Should Be Thought-Provoking. Here’s How to Make It Happen
It takes time to develop a cogent thought leadership platform. Julia Fuller, Executive Vice President at Ford Hutman Media provides insights, tips, and strategies for companies and industry leaders looking to get ahead and define emerging trends.
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TriNet Pharma Highlights the Rise of the Medical Science Liaison and Honors Legacy of Its Founder
For those who knew Bryan Vaughan, the late founder of TriNet Pharma, he was an […]
