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| “The future of healthcare prevention moves away from the clinical setting into the community setting. This transition means that food, fitness and transportation will become an integral component of how we evaluate holistic approaches to the health and well-being of our population.” | ||
| -Dr. Trent Haywood, President, Blue Cross Blue Shield Institute |
| Telehealth usage
has continued to rise as more states and regions implement laws
facilitating it. The rural increase in telehealth
claim lines from 2012 to 2017 was 482 percent and the urban
increase 1,289 percent. In the single year from 2016 to 2017, rural growth was 29 percent and urban growth 55 percent, with
overall national growth 53 percent. By comparison, from 2016 to
2017, national utilization of urgent care centers increased 14
percent; retail clinics 7 percent; and ambulatory surgery
centers 6 percent; while that of ERs decreased 2 percent. Source: FAIR Health, An Annual View of Place of Service Trends and Medical Pricing |
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CVS unveils health hub model
CVS is putting the idea behind its Aetna merger
to the test with a new Health Hub concept store in Houston, with
one-stop shopping for managing your chronic conditions.
Customers can get in store checkups, help from a dietician, even
yoga classes. As more parts of health care move into retail
locations will the quality of care keep up with the new
convenience? We talk to Dr. Christine Cassel of UCSF Dept of
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Percent Changes in Hospitals'
Uncompensated Care Cost in States Implementing Medicaid Work
Requirements 1. Kentucky - 133.7% 2. Michigan - 118.4% 3. Arizona - 65.7% 4. Ohio - 49.8% 5. Wisconsin - 45.9% 6. New Hampshire - 43.6% 7. Indiana - 43.0% 8. Tennessee - 32.3% 9. South Dakota - 25.1% 10. Arkansas - 24.1% 11. Mississippi - 20.9% 12. Alabama - 19.7% 13. Oklahoma - 15.8% Source: Commonwealth |
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