Urban Institute: 400,000 Veterans Expected to be Uninsured in 2024
About half (47%) of nonelderly uninsured veterans will be eligible for Medicaid or subsidies through the ACA Marketplace in 2024, according to a new report from the Urban Institute.
2.3M People Would Gain Coverage If Remaining 10 States Expanded Medicaid
If the remaining 10 states expanded Medicaid, uninsured rates would greatly drop for women of reproductive age, non-Hispanic Black adults and young adults, a new Urban Institute report found.
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When Investment Rhymes with Canada
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
Report: 22.2M Women Could Lose Access To Free Mammogram Screenings
A recent court decision could lead to women losing access to free mammogram screenings, a new Urban Institute report showed. Without insurance, mammograms can cost up to $560 in out-of-pocket expenses.
Report: Noncitizens Will Account for One-third of Uninsured Population in 2024
A recent Urban Institute report found that the uninsurance rate for nonelderly people who aren’t citizens will be 39.2% in 2024, about four times higher than it is for the entire U.S. population at 9.8%.
Report: 21% of Adults Without a Vehicle or Public Transportation Skip Care
About 8% of Black adults and 7% of Hispanic adults skipped care because of transportation challenges in the last year, compared to 4% of White adults and 2% of Asian adults, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. In addition, 14% of adults with low family incomes passed on care.
64% of Medicaid Enrollees Are Unaware of Redeterminations. How Can the Industry Help?
After three years of not having to renew Medicaid coverage, redeterminations are set to return April 1. Yet, more than 64% of enrollees are unaware. Constant repetition and outreach from healthcare players will be needed to combat this, one payer expert said.
Report: $27B remains unspent in Covid-19 Provider Relief Fund
Of the billions of dollars provided by the government to support providers during the pandemic, $11.7 billion has been allocated but not spent, $7.1 billion has not been allocated and $8 billion has been returned for various reasons, including that the organization recovered faster than expected.
Patients report unmet care needs despite rising telehealth use
Roughly a third of adults had a telehealth visit in the first 6 months of the pandemic, according to a new survey conducted by the Urban Institute. But not everyone who wanted a telehealth visit was able to access it, leaving some adults with unmet care needs.
Report: 10M could lose insurance by the end of 2020
Researchers at the Urban Institute found that up to 10 million people could lose their job-based insurance due to Covid-19 by the end of the year.
Playing doctor-patient to improve patient experience, starting with antibiotics
One goal of the simulation platform, developed by Kognito, is to improve the quality of interactions between patients and physicians.
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
$10M infusion to allow OpenNotes to reach 50 million people
OpenNotes, once an academic experiment to see if physicians would accept patients viewing encounter notes and if patients could decipher the medicalese, is getting ready to scale, thanks to a large donation.
Out-of-network doctor coverage is getting harder to find with insurance marketplace plans
Two-thirds of the 131 carriers that offered silver-level preferred provider organization plans in 2015 will either drop them entirely or offer fewer of them in January, according to an analysis by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Study calls attention to diminishing size of physician networks for insurance exchange plans
The study labeled 11 percent of plans “extra small” because they covered fewer than 10 percent of physicians in a plan’s region.
Games for Health conference looks to HIMSS after RWJF grant ends
Ten years after Robert Wood Johnson Foundation allocated grant funding to support the Games for Health Project, it’s coming to an end. Next year the annual Games for Health conference may be held as part of the annual HIMSS conference starting next April in Chicago, according to a source familiar with the project. In a […]
ONC lays groundwork for ‘EHR of the future’
Building on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s idea to incorporate data from beyond healthcare, the ONC is hoping to lay the groundwork for an “EHR of the future” that includes a wide swath of data that it said could more accurately capture a person’s overall health. In a lengthy report released this week, in conjunction […]