By Will Dede, MPP, Associate Director Health Policy, SNP Alliance January 2022 – Let me introduce you to Gladys. She is an 82-year-old female with poorly controlled diabetes, chronic lung problems, and early kidney disease. Add in “low income” and qualification for Medicaid and you have 70% of the population dually eligible for Medicare and… Read more »
Healthcare Musings
Ring in 2022 With A Thought Leadership Program to Boost Awareness and Visibility: Here Are 5 Steps to Get Started
By Jodi Amendola, CEO and co-founder, Amendola Communications December 2021 – Centering content on thought leadership remains a tried-and-true strategy for generating interest among customers, peers and investors that will continue to pay dividends in 2022—and beyond. Understanding exactly what thought leadership is and consistently generating engaging thought leadership-based content that is of interest to your… Read more »
Healthcare Operations and Healthcare Reform: Mend the Gaps & Get Connected
By Brian Fugere, Chief Product Officer, symplr November 2021 – Why do the changes necessary to survive under healthcare reform distress many healthcare leaders? After all, we’ve met challenges before in quality, patient safety, and revenue. Perhaps it’s because the new order will require nothing less than 100% collaboration, transparency, and data sharing across healthcare… Read more »
In the Halls of Congress, Persistence is Key
By Margaret A. Murray, CEO, Association for Community Affiliated Plans October 2021– Success requires persistence in the face of great doubt and, often, repeated failure. It looks like Thomas Edison’s 10,000 unsuccessful attempts to make the lightbulb. The 1,330 times Babe Ruth struck out. The two candy companies Milton Hershey couldn’t keep solvent. In Washington,… Read more »
How Digital Prior Authorization Is Improving Patient Care
By Siva Namasivayam, Chief Executive Officer, Cohere Health September 2021– The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact in the U.S. and around the world. It also has been a major catalyst for healthcare innovation in many ways because it has laid bare the inefficiencies and inadequacies of this country’s existing system. A nation that… Read more »
Healthcare needs saving. And the hero is not whom you expect.
By Jacob Sattelmair, CEO and co-founder, Wellframe August 2021– American healthcare has struggled for decades with two persistent, intractable problems: the rising cost of care and, simultaneously, a poor patient experience. The US spends nearly $4 trillion annually on healthcare. Many of us benefit from the most cutting-edge medical technologies and the best-trained professionals and caregivers. Yet… Read more »
Healthcare Pricing Transparency: It Really Can Be Done
By Dan Kazzaz, CEO of Secure Exchange Solutions, Inc. July 2021– I confess, I do not like shopping. I do not like comparing products, researching how people like the product, traveling from place to place – nope – I do not like any of it. That said, I love convenience. So, if I want to… Read more »
How to Avoid 5 Common Care Management Pitfalls
By Shelley Davis, MSN, RNC, CCM June 2021– Healthcare pioneer Florence Nightingale may be best known for her reforms of the shockingly unsanitary conditions in the Barrack Hospital during the Crimean War in 1854. A lesser-known achievement, however, is that she also is a pioneer of what we know today as data-driven population health management…. Read more »
What Partnering on your Virtual Care Tech Stack and Curbside Margaritas Have in Common
By Julie Mann, Chief Commercial Officer, Carium May 2021- Picking up tacos, curbside, from my favorite Mexican restaurant is so amazing, and I am grateful every time I do. But, it gets better: margaritas too! I love a good cocktail and have mastered vodka-based martinis, however, margaritas? Not so much. I never would have imagined… Read more »
Patient Safety: the Good News about Bad News
By Mark Crockett, Digital Health CEO April 2021– In the excellent book “The Hard Thing about Hard Things” by Ben Horowitz, he extolls the virtue of communicating bad news. Culturally, after the first few times bad news is delivered, people stop worrying about disclosure and get in a cadence of fixing. So, I’ll start: the… Read more »