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Month: March 2019

Survey Shows Slow Move to Population Health

Survey Shows Slow Move to Population Health

March 13, 2019 The shift toward population health as a model for healthcare services delivery is moving, but moving more slowly than healthcare organizations anticipated two years ago, according to a new survey of more than 500 C-suite executives and open-ended interviews with selected participants by consulting firm Numerof & Associates. “At its core, population health is about managing the health of a defined population by providing the right intervention for a specific patient at the least costly point in the care…

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House Introduces Medicare for All Legislation

House Introduces Medicare for All Legislation

March 6, 2019 Arguing that “today’s healthcare system fails to provide quality, therapeutic healthcare as a right to all people living in the United States,” and that nearly 30 million Americans are uninsured and 40 million others cannot afford their co-pays and deductibles, Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and 107 fellow House Democrats introduced the Medicare for All Act (HR 1384) last week. Essentially, the sweeping and ambitious legislation, which would be implemented over two years, calls for extending Medicare coverage to all…

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