States must rethink how program integrity is designed and delivered by focusing on four key priorities that enable oversight to scale alongside these programs. The post Modernizing Program Integrity in Medicaid Self-Directed Care appeared first on MedCity News.
With Medbridge’s new motion capture capabilities, patients can get more accurate feedback on therapeutic exercises while using their mobile phone or computer’s camera. The post Medbridge Announces New AI-Powered Motion-Capture Capabilities for MSK appeared first on MedCity News.
Recent FDA guidance aims to improve research inclusivity and the generalizability of clinical findings by ensuring diverse participant representation — it’s about better science, improved patient outcomes, and equitable healthcare access. The post Patient-Centricity is Reliant on Representative Clinical Studies appeared first on MedCity News.
Subsidies. Love ’em or hate them, they dominated the news during the Affordable Care Act’s sign-up season, and their reduction is now hitting many enrollees in the pocketbook. While lawmakers continue to disagree on a way forward, and the politics of affordability keeps the issue front and center, it would be understandable to think these…
California Republican James Gallagher, the GOP’s former Assembly leader, has often accused the state’s progressive lawmakers of heavy-handed government intrusion, but this year he added his name to a legislative push for healthier school meals. His party followed suit, with all but one Republican voting to send a bill to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom that…
EUTAW, Ala. — Leroy Walker arrived at the county hospital short of breath. Walker, 65 and with chronic high blood pressure, was brought in by one of rural Greene County’s two working ambulances. Nurses checked his heart activity with a portable electrocardiogram machine, took X-rays, and tucked him into Room 122 with an IV pump…
It took nearly three years to win presumptive workers’ compensation coverage for breast, cervical, and other cancers that firefighters who work for federal agencies may develop because of hazardous exposures on the job. Now, just weeks after the Labor Department added coverage for those illnesses, firefighters worry the gains may be in jeopardy after the…
The status quo for medical malpractice insurance is no longer good enough. While we must always prioritize the need for accountability when it comes to medical malpractice, we must also consider how challenges like increased premiums, rising costs and new risks are impacting providers and consequentially patients. The post It’s Time for Medical Malpractice Insurance…
In Maine, state health officials hoped to steer a slice of $190 million in new federal rural health funding to shield hospitals and clinics from the fallout caused by cuts to federal health programs. Their plan would have helped pay to treat low-income, uninsured patients. But federal leaders overseeing the five-year, $50 billion Rural Health…
By creating payment experiences that feel less like a burden and more like the seamless, convenient, flexible transactions patients experience elsewhere, we can significantly improve both patient satisfaction and financial performance. The post Bridging Financial Services and Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.