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‘Clash of the titans’: Disputes between Medicare Advantage plans and health care providers can leave older adults stuck in the middle

NC Health News

Many people also dont think about whether a rehabilitation facility , durable medical equipment provider or home health agency is in their network when they enroll in an Advantage plan, said Gina Upchurch, executive director of Durham-based Senior PharmAssist.

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Medicare Advantage Poses Challenges to Health Care Cost-Effectiveness and Equity

The Health Care Blog

Medicare Advantage (Advantage), originally conceived in 1997 during the Clinton Administration as ‘Medicare + Choice’, has progressively grown and become an established health insurance option for those 65 and older.

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The Eisenhower Principle

The Health Care Blog

For example: Employer-sponsored health insurance tax preference (WWII) Hill-Burton Act (1946) Medicare/Medicaid (1965) Federal HMO Act (1973) Stark Physician Self-Referral Law (1989) DGRs (1983) & RBRVS (1992) CHIP (1997) Medicare Modernization Act (2003) Affordable Care Act (2010).

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Government Actions Can Protect Workers from Extreme Heat

The Network for Public Health Law

Workforce inequities in industries such as agriculture and construction mean people of color in these occupations often face disproportionate risks – Hispanic workers accounted for about 1/3 of heat related deaths between 2010 and 2020 but make up only 17% of the United States workforce.

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Disaggregated Data Key to Tackling Low Maternal Vaccination Rates among Boston’s Black Pregnant Population

Maternal Health Task Force

She is currently a Fellow in the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy and is enrolled in the Harvard School of Public Health MPH-45 program in Health Policy with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health. By: Jodian Pinkney , Infectious Diseases Physician.

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Rural America is a Fertile Field for Digital Health

The Health Care Blog

Sixty percent of federally designated health professional shortage areas are rural counties; rural areas average 13 primary care providers and 30 specialists per 100,000 people compared to 31.2 and 263 per 100,000, respectively, in non-rural areas.

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The NHS 10 year plan.

Sheffield DPH

Health policy is not health care policy. Reinstate(adjusted for inflation) the pre-2010 health inequalities allocation in ICB baseline. Hold ICBs to account to spend their health inequalities allocations on the intended areas – See Mark Gamsu led NHS Confederation report on this.