Who are the Direct Care Workers Providing Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS)?

This analysis uses the 2022 American Community Survey to provide an overview of demographic characteristics, wages, and health insurance coverage of direct care workers, which include home health aides, personal care aides, nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and registered nurses (RNs). his analysis looks both broadly at the direct care workforce as well as…

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Understanding healthcare claim denials: reasons & solutions

Experian Health’s State of Claims 2024 report reveals a worrying trend in healthcare claim denials, with nearly three-quarters of survey respondents reporting a rise. Around four in ten say claims are denied 10% of the time, with one in ten seeing denial rates above 15%. Denials at this scale, driven by various claim denial reasons,…

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Impact of AI on the economy

From Bonney et al. (2024): Using a new large-scale business survey by the U.S. Census Bureau, we find that AI use is having a much greater impact on worker tasks than on employment levels at the firm level. About 27% of firms using AI report replacing worker tasks, but only about 5% experience employment change…

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Engineers: Heal Thyselves (and Health Care)

By KIM BELLARD The article I can’t get out of my head is one by Greg Ip in The Wall Street Journal: Crises at Boeing and Intel Area National Emergency. I’m old enough that I remember when the Boeing 707 took airline passenger travel from the prop age to the jet age. I’m old enough…

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