by Liz Seegert New care models, partnerships and patient-centered care were frequent topics at last month’s World Health Care Congress. One panel discussion, featuring executives from the Joselin Diabetes Center, Mass General Hospital, Texas Health Resources and Kaiser Permanente, explored mobile apps, ACOs, connectivity among providers, payers, and consumers, and innovations to encourage consumers […]
With no Democrats voting in favor, the U.S. House of Representatives approved Paul Ryan’s budget plan on March 21. It has little chance of clearing the Senate, which was expected to bring its own, very different, budget to a vote the next day. The document is essentially a fiscal blueprint that outlines the GOP’s priorities […]
A new survey has found that many states are investing in technology and simplifying Medicaid enrollment processes. Nearly all states are pressing forward with information technology and process improvements to develop faster, streamlined Medicaid enrollment systems, as required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) whether or not the state accepts the law’s expanded Medicaid […]
by Liz Seegert With one political convention wrapping up this week and another beginning Monday, we assigned staff writer Liz Seegert to study the published platforms of each party and analyze how home care and hospice would be affected if the Medicare sections of either platform were to become law. First up, the Republican Party […]
