Effectiveness of Pegcetacoplan, Avacincaptad Pegol in Geographic Atrophy Treatment | ASRS 2023
July 30th 2023Paul Hahn, M.D., Ph.D., vitreoretinal surgeon at NJRetina, chatted with MHE about the latest geographic atrophy treatments and shared key takeaways found from clinical trials examining them. Hahn presented on macular degeneration today at the American Society of Retina Specialists annual meeting in Seattle.
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Value in Health Care Act of 2023 Introduced to Congress to Reinforce Value-Based Care
July 29th 2023The Value in Health Care Act of 2023, a bipartisan legislation that would make several important reforms to ensure alternative payment models (APMs) continue to produce high quality care for the Medicare program and its beneficiaries, was introduced in a letter signed by seventeen of the nation’s leading stakeholders in healthcare.
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Survey Finds Medicare Members Spend More on Healthcare Than Non-Medicare Members
July 21st 2023Medicare households spent an average of $6,557 on healthcare, accounting for 15% of their total household spending ($44,686), while non-Medicare households spent $4,598 on their healthcare, accounting for 7% of their total household spending ($67,769).
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4 M's Continuity is Crucial in Post-Acute Care Transitions
July 20th 2023The 4 M’s approach is a set of evidence-based practices of high-quality care specific to older adults. The 4 M’s represent ‘What Matters, Medication, Mentation and Mobility,’ as part of the age-friendly health systems (AFHS) initiative.
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The Role of Digital Health In Treating OUD
July 19th 2023In a study recently published in the JAMA Network, researchers sought to investigate the use of patient-facing digital health technologies for opioid use disorder (OUD) by organizations in the United States with ACO contracts. The search began as it was unclear whether these technologies serve as substitute or complements to traditional SUD treatment resources in health care organizations.
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How to Meet Revenue, Optimize Patient Access Workflows in a Burnt Out Provider Environment
July 16th 2023Bryant Hoyal, VP of Client Services, Strategic Accounts at Relatient suggests filling appointment schedules with patients based on their specific needs through best practices is an efficient way to drive revenue, as well as balance workflows for staff. Outside of scheduling tools, Hoyal stressed the importance of being a data-driven organization to understand and control the workflow of your practice.
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US ICUs Experienced ‘Load Imbalance’ During Pandemic
July 13th 2023To decrease hospital strain and overloaded capacity, and support those groups who are affected, researchers suggest the need for enhanced efforts at the regional and state levels to coordinate transfers and balance load across hospitals.
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Addressing the Barriers of Medication Adherence Through Digital Health
July 9th 2023Tony Little, ND, VP of Solutions Architecture at Prescryptive Health, shares how the organization is tackling one of the biggest barriers to prescription adherence — cost — through a digital app, among the other barriers patients face.
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Long COVID Symptom Similar to That of the Flu, Sepsis
July 7th 2023In this population-based cohort study, researchers compared the risks of incident cardiovascular, neurological, and mental health conditions and rheumatoid arthritis in a year following COVID hospitalization to three different groups: pre-pandemic hospitalization for influenza, pre-pandemic hospitalization for sepsis and hospitalization for sepsis post-pandemic.
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Stroke Patients in Post-Acute Stage Had Improved Quality of Life While in Hospital-Based Rehab
July 1st 2023Stroke patients treated in home-based and hospital-based rehabilitation had mean scores of QOL assessment improved significantly after intervention. Though, the hospital-based group had better improvement than the home-based group in mobility, self-care, pain/ discomfort and depression/anxiety.
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UnitedHealthcare Removes Out-of-Pocket Costs for Eligible Members Using 24/7 Virtual Visits
June 29th 2023Removing out-of-pocket expenses for the accessible virtual visits may help improve health equity by reducing medical costs for consumers and encourage earlier interventions. In turn, interventions may reduce the risk of complications and avoid visits to more expensive settings like the emergency room.
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Marijuana Use During Different Times of Pregnancy Can Affect Growth of a Newborn
June 29th 2023Data from a survey conducted by Central Michigan University College of Medicine found that newborn weight can be reduced somewhat by marijuana exposure even if it only occurs early in the pregnancy, while reduced head circumference was caused by exposure continued through the second trimester.
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U.S. Latino Patients Cut Down Binge Drinking After Receiving AB-CASI
June 28th 2023Researchers of a study compared the effectiveness of an automated bilingual computerized alcohol screening and intervention (AB-CASI) digital health tool with standard care for the reduction of alcohol consumption among U.S. adult Latino emergency department patients with unhealthy drinking.
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The Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act is the Latest Effort Combatting High Pharmacy DIR Fees
June 23rd 2023Recently introduced to the U.S. Senate, the Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act (S. 2052) will help to secure Medicare patients’, typically seniors, freedom to receive medications and care from the pharmacy of their choice choice through improvements to the “any willing pharmacy” law.
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The Healthcare Market is Expected to Skyrocket in the Next Decade After a Decline Following the PHE
June 21st 2023According to a report conducted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary (OACT), researchers project healthcare spending growth to pick back up and reach $7.2 trillion by 2031.
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