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Mashup Score: 0Quantifying upstream drivers of health can help compound improvement in downstream outcomes - 8 day(s) ago
Can’t sign in? Forgot your password? If the address matches an existing account you will receive an email with instructions to reset your password. Can’t sign in? Forgot your username? Nivedha Subburaman, MDS; Pavan Kumar Bhoslay; Maningbè Keita Fakeye, PhD; Jay Bhatt, DO, MPH MPA; Elya Papoyan, MPH | November 13, 2024 Publisher’s note: This material was paid for by Deloitte and provided by Deloitte. The views expresse d by the author are their own. This material is not part of Health Affairs Forefront;
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Mashup Score: 12Expected Out-Of-Pocket Costs: Comparing Medicare Advantage With Fee-For-Service Medicare - 8 day(s) ago
We compared the generosity of Medicare plans in terms of out-of-pocket costs attributable to cost sharing and premiums, including both basic and supplemental services. From 2014 through 2019, projected out-of-pocket costs for a typical enrollee were 18–24 percent lower in Medicare Advantage than traditional fee-for-service Medicare.
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Benedic Ippolito of American Enterprise Institute and coauthors compare out-of-pocket costs for Medicare Advantage plans with traditional Fee-For-Service Medicare plans. Read the full article here: https://t.co/gvknNQxH5o https://t.co/14WYCByfWe
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Mashup Score: 5The Impact Of The Election On Health Policy And The Courts | Health Affairs Forefront - 8 day(s) ago
The recent election results will usher in sweeping changes for major federal health care policies, programs, and the courts.
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In their new Forefront article, @zbaron, Andrew Twinamatsiko, + @sheelaranga from @oneillinstitute discuss how the recent election results will usher in sweeping changes for major federal health care policies, programs, and the courts. https://t.co/K5PPMSrmCW
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Mashup Score: 6Electronic Health Record Documentation Burden Crowds Out Health Information Exchange Use By Primary Care Physicians - 9 day(s) ago
Although electronic health record (EHR) documentation burden is known to be associated with reduced clinician well-being and burnout, it may have even worse unintended consequences if documentation work also crowds out other high-value EHR tasks. We examined this possibility by assessing the relationship between documentation burden and a high-value but optional EHR task: the use of health information exchange (HIE) to view patient records from outside organizations. Our study took advantage of an exogenous shock to documentation time: appointment no-shows. We found that documentation time had a strong impact on HIE use, with each additional hour spent documenting resulting in a 7.1 percent reduction in the proportion of patients with an outside record viewed by the primary care physician seeing them that day. Our results point to the urgent need for policy makers to do more to reduce documentation burden.
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A. Jay Holmgren of @UCSF and coauthors explore how the demands of Electronic Health Record systems divert primary care physicians from using Health Information Exchange systems. Read the full article here: https://t.co/9Q2fOvUF6b https://t.co/HGVNSv1xqM
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Mashup Score: 0Loss Of Public Health Emergency Funds Challenges The Financial Viability Of Nursing Homes, Especially Not-For-Profit Facilities - 9 day(s) ago
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, for-profit nursing homes’ revenue generally covered their costs, whereas not-for-profit nursing homes often needed donations and other nonpatient revenue to cover expenses. The unprecedented challenges presented by the pandemic caused the industry to report operating losses that were larger among not-for-profits and facilities relying on agency staff. COVID-19 public health emergency funding allowed nursing homes to remain profitable through 2021. By 2022, as these public health emergency funds were cut back, for-profit nursing homes had overall net incomes of $1.68 per resident day, whereas not-for-profit nursing homes lost $31.18 per resident day. Without public health emergency funds, for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes would have had losses of $7.47 and $42.35 per resident day, respectively, in 2022. These results indicate that as public health emergency funds are entirely withdrawn, the long-term financial viability of nursing homes, especiall
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Christopher S. Brunt of Georgia Southern University and coauthors examine how loss of emergency funds poses an obstacle to the viability in long-term care facilities. Read the full article here: https://t.co/ljvj7ZuJnL https://t.co/0tRfFe4fEN
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Mashup Score: 0Unwinding And The Medicaid Undercount: Millions Enrolled In Medicaid During The Pandemic Thought They Were Uninsured - 10 day(s) ago
Policy responses to the March 31, 2023, expiration of the Medicaid continuous coverage provision need to consider the difference between self-reported Medicaid participation on government surveys and administrative records of Medicaid enrollment. The difference between the two is known as the “Medicaid undercount.” The size of the undercount increased substantially after the continuous coverage provision took effect in March 2020. Using longitudinal data from the Current Population Survey, we examined this change. We found that assuming that all beneficiaries who ever reported enrolling in Medicaid during the COVID-19 pandemic public health emergency remained enrolled through 2022 (as required by the continuous coverage provision) eliminated the worsening of the undercount. We estimated that nearly half of the 5.9 million people who we projected were likely to become uninsured after the provision expired, or “unwound,” already reported that they were uninsured in the 2022 Current Popul
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Mashup Score: 9US Nonprofit Hospitals Have Widely Varying Criteria To Decide Who Qualifies For Free And Discounted Charity Care - 13 day(s) ago
US nonprofit hospitals are required by law to have a charity care policy, but hospitals have significant discretion in determining specific eligibility criteria. Using a novel national database, this analysis revealed that nonprofit hospitals have chosen widely varying charity care eligibility guidelines. Among hospitals that offered free care, income limits ranged from 41 percent to 600 percent of the federal poverty guideline. Many hospitals considered assets when determining eligibility for charity care, and a significant minority also had residency requirements and restrictions for insured patients. Hospitals generally allowed charity care in cases of hardship, with a median cutoff of a given hospital bill being 20 percent of the patient’s income. Hospitals in counties with lower levels of poverty and uninsurance had more generous eligibility policies. The wide variation in requirements for hospital financial assistance poses barriers to equitable access to care.
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RT @GeBaiDC: Our new study @Health_Affairs https://t.co/YrrcfMLobc ❤️@LukeMessac @Dollarfor_ and other coauthors https://t.co/75KIeG2xLn
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Mashup Score: 0Login to your account - 14 day(s) ago
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Mashup Score: 4Fifth Circuit Hands Administration Victory In No Surprises Act Litigation | Health Affairs Forefront - 14 day(s) ago
The Administration still maintains broad authority to manage the implementation of the No Surprises Act even in a post-Chevron landscape.
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In his new Forefront article, @zbaron of @oneillinstitute discusses how the Administration still maintains broad authority to manage the implementation of the No Surprises Act even in a post-Chevron landscape. https://t.co/gHofmdtH5s
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Mashup Score: 0US Nonprofit Hospitals Have Widely Varying Criteria To Decide Who Qualifies For Free And Discounted Charity Care - 14 day(s) ago
US nonprofit hospitals are required by law to have a charity care policy, but hospitals have significant discretion in determining specific eligibility criteria. Using a novel national database, this analysis revealed that nonprofit hospitals have chosen widely varying charity care eligibility guidelines. Among hospitals that offered free care, income limits ranged from 41 percent to 600 percent of the federal poverty guideline. Many hospitals considered assets when determining eligibility for charity care, and a significant minority also had residency requirements and restrictions for insured patients. Hospitals generally allowed charity care in cases of hardship, with a median cutoff of a given hospital bill being 20 percent of the patient’s income. Hospitals in counties with lower levels of poverty and uninsurance had more generous eligibility policies. The wide variation in requirements for hospital financial assistance poses barriers to equitable access to care.
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Luke Messac and coauthors examine how criteria variability in charity care policies in nonprofit hospitals hinders equitable access. Read the full article here: https://t.co/V5padMlwHU https://t.co/Osorht8w0r
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