Susan Morse
Population Health
COVID-19 emphasizes how the social determinants are connected to physical health, according to Humana and National Quality Forum.
Population Health
The population health initiative for Medicare Advantage members is a personal check-in on health, well-being, food, housing and transportation.
NAACOS and others want CMS to hold harmless providers participating in alternative payment models from performance-related penalties for 2020.
Population Health
In HIMSS20 Digital, health informatics expert Brian Dixon links the power of health information exchange networks to actionable data for hospitals.
Walgreens Find Care now includes a COVID-19 risk assessment, powered by Microsoft Healthcare Bot on Microsoft Azure.
UnitedHealth Group previously announced $50 million to fight COVID-19 by supporting healthcare workers, seniors and hard-hit communities.
CMS is also allowing ERs to use drive-through testing and telehealth, and for tests to be done at home for stay-at-home residents.
HHS and CMS should immediately distribute funds to every hospital at the rate of $25,000 per bed, or $30,000 in hot spots, AHA says.
The designation frees up billions in funding for states and relaxes rules for providers and the federal government.
President Trump is expected to make an emergency disaster declaration today at 3 p.m.