CVS Health Sells MSSP Business to Wellvana
CVS says it remains committed to value-based care and is advancing efforts through Oak Street Health and MinuteClinic
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Keys to Provider Patient Communications Amidst President Trump’s Massive Policy Shifts
Exactly what the administration is ultimately able to accomplish will be anyone’s guess, but here are some key policy and market shifts healthcare leaders and their PR teams should watch closely and be prepared to communicate around. The post Keys to Provider Patient Communications Amidst President Trump’s Massive Policy Shifts appeared first on MedCity News.
Making Automation a Mainstream Function in Healthcare Practices
[Sponsored] In a webinar sponsored by Jotform, scheduled for Thursday, March 13 at 1 pm ET, panelists will discuss how health tech companies approach data automation and how practices implement it. The post Making Automation a Mainstream Function in Healthcare Practices appeared first on MedCity News.
7 Charts About Public Opinion on Medicaid
This data note provides an overview of recent KFF polling on the public’s views of and connections to Medicaid, the federal-state government health insurance for certain low-income adults and children and long-term care program for adults 65 and older and younger adults with disabilities.
KFF Health Tracking Poll February 2025: The Public’s Views on Potential Changes to Medicaid
Amid discussion of changes to the Medicaid program, most of the public say that Medicaid is important to their local communities. About two in ten (17%) favor of cuts to Medicaid spending. Support for Medicaid cuts remain low even among typically conservative groups such as Republicans, Trump voters, and those living in rural communities. The…
Marty Makary, Often Wrong as Pandemic Critic, Is Poised To Lead the FDA He Railed Against
Panelists at a covid conference last fall were asked to voice their regrets — policies they had supported during the pandemic but had come to see as misguided. Covid contact tracing, one said. Closing schools, another said. Vaccine mandates, a third said. When Marty Makary’s turn came, the Johns Hopkins University surgeon said, “I can’t…
Medicaid Advocates Say Critics Use Loaded Terms To Gain Edge in Congressional Debate
In Washington’s debate over enacting steep funding cuts to Medicaid, words are a central battleground. Many Republican lawmakers and conservative policy officials who want to scale back the joint state-federal health program are using charged language to describe it. Language experts and advocates for Medicaid enrollees say their word choice is misleading and aims to…
Poll: With More Than Half the Public Saying They or a Family Member Have Been Covered by Medicaid, Large Majorities Don’t Want Cuts, Including Most Trump Voters and Rural Residents
As Congress considers changes to the Medicaid program as part of the budget debate, relatively few (17%) in the public say they want to see a reduction in Medicaid spending, with larger shares saying they want spending to stay about the same (40%) or increase (42%), a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. Support for…More
Calculating Social Vulnerability Index by ZIP Code
A paper by Ng, Zhang and Kowal (2025) use the American Community Survey (ACS) data from 2016–2022 were used to construct Social Vulnerability Index (SVI). SVI is calculated from 16 social determinants of health (SDoH) variables that are grouped into 4 themes: socioeconomic status, household characteristics, racial and ethnic minority status, and housing type &…
6 HIMSS Announcements You Don’t Want to Miss
This year’s HIMSS conference featured many news announcements — from advanced partnerships to product launches to new research. In this list, MedCity News compiled short summaries for six of the conference’s most notable announcements. The post 6 HIMSS Announcements You Don’t Want to Miss appeared first on MedCity News.