The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought an emerging healthcare technology to every-day practice nearly overnight. Two years ago, telehealth was something new that many practices were shying away from. Once the pandemic took over, they became a literal virtual necessity. Before the pandemic, legislation required many telehealth visits to still occur in a medical facility …
We are most certainly living in uncertain times. The healthcare field looks nothing like it did a month ago. And things seem to be changing daily, essentially because they are! When a stress was put on Social Distancing a few weeks ago, the question started to become – how do I visit my doctor’s office? …
After two rounds of Democratic debates, a huge spotlight has been placed on Healthcare. While people on both sides of the aisle agree an overhaul to the system is a necessity, the agreement ends there. We have heard several proposals, and one in particular could lead to devastating consequences to America’s Rural Healthcare System. Anyone …
A new report from CMS recently published in Health Affairs, states that the US is projected to spend $5.96 trillion on healthcare in 2027. This would be a 19.4 percent share of the gross domestic product (GDP). In 2017, healthcare spending accounted for 17.9 percent of the GDP. The largest catalyst behind this projected growth …
CMS Projects Exponential Growth of Healthcare Spending Read More »
A new study released this week by The Urban Institute shows that Medicare and Medicaid spending is increasing more slowly than with Private Insurers, contrary to some of the policy proposals that have been put forth in recent years. According to the study of CMS data between 2006 and 2017, “Medicare and Medicaid spending per …
Private Insurers, not Medicare or Medicaid, are behind increased healthcare spending Read More »
We have had CMS on the mind a lot the last few blog posts, and we have one more we want to share. If you are not familiar with it, CMS launched a Targeted Probe and Educate Program over the last few years and have been stepping it up incrementally each year. What is Targeted …
