Healthcare’s next frontier isn’t policy reform or payment reform. It’s experience reform — reimagining every touchpoint between members, providers, and plans through the lens of design and empathy. The post If People Can Use TikTok, Why Can’t They Use Healthcare? appeared first on MedCity News.
Sodium intake across the world is now at an all-time high, whether it be in. A high-income or a low-income country. The primary source of this high-sodium diet is packed and processed food, which, even in a single big serving, can raise sodium levels more than the recommended daily amount. Increased sodium consumption is an…
This blog post details ten things to know about the 2025 open enrollment period.
Leaders from three health systems — Providence, OSF HealthCare and UMass Memorial Health — detailed how their organizations are maximizing hybrid and home-based care models during a recent panel. The post How 3 Health Systems Are Scaling Hybrid & Home-Based Models appeared first on MedCity News.
Medicare officials are pushing back against a federal watchdog’s call to crack down on home visits by Medicare Advantage health plans — a practice the watchdog says may waste billions of tax dollars every year. In late October, a Health and Human Services inspector general audit found that the insurers pocketed $7.5 billion in 2023 from diagnosing health conditions that…
February has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For example, health tech companies like Cadence and Bamboo Health hired new C-suite leaders, and providers like Mass General Brigham and Corewell Health announced rounds of job cuts. The post Healthcare Moves: A Monthly Summary of Hires, Exits and Layoffs…
This brief analyzes changes in the new tax and budget reconciliation law that modify which drugs will be selected for Medicare drug price negotiation, which will lead to higher Medicare spending and higher costs for beneficiaries who take these medications.
To ramp up its food-as-medicine support, NationsBenefits has acquired Good Measures, a company that offers coaching and personalized food prescriptions. The post NationsBenefits Acquires Good Measures to Advance Food-as-Medicine Offerings appeared first on MedCity News.
Amy Frank said it took 17 hours on the phone over nearly three weeks, bouncing between her insurer and her local hospital system, to make sure her plan would cover her husband’s post-surgery care. Many of her calls never got past the hold music. When they did, the hospital told her to call her insurer….
Sharpen your quills, brave souls. The spirits of health care bills past, present, and future are calling … and they demand haikus. Submissions are now open for KFF Health News’ seventh annual Halloween haiku competition. KFF Health News has been publishing reader-submitted health care haikus for years and is dying to read your frightful inspirations….