U.S. health care spending grew 4.1% to reach $4.5 trillion in 2022, faster than the increase of 3.2% in 2021, but much slower than the rate of 10.6% in 2020. The growth in 2022 reflected strong growth in Medicaid and private health insurance spending that was somewhat offset by continued declines in supplemental funding by the federal government associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Check out the most recent episodes added to our SoundCloud channel from Value-Based Care Insights, The Tate Chronicles, Conversations on Health Care, Healthcare IT Today, and PopHealth Week.
By Linda Justice RN MCSM – As 2024 approaches, we will continue working to improve healthcare quality and patient safety. To better understand the biggest challenges and opportunities facing healthcare systems, we surveyed a small group of symplr customers about their quality priorities for 2024. The results revealed four major themes:
What makes marketing in the health IT space unique? Who are the movers and shakers? What’s working, what’s trending? Where can you learn more? News from Brafton, Amendola Communications, Merge, KNB Communications, Clarity Quest, Swaay.Health, Matter Communications, Finn Partners, & more.
As we bid farewell to 2023, it’s time to reflect on the pivotal moments that shaped the healthcare landscape over the past year. This week’s Friday Five highlights HCNR stats, top reports from Health IT Answers, and some of the top healthcare stories of 2023.
NOW on demand, The Virtual Shift with host, Tom Foley and his guest Jamie Hall, President & CEO of CirrusMD to discuss the launch of a new model of care, “physician-first care and guidance” and the success they have had.
Debuting at ViVE 2024, Nurses @ ViVE is centered on the critical contributions of nurse leaders advancing healthcare delivery innovation and challenging the status quo in healthcare to drive organizational change and improve patient care.
Our podcast library is growing! Subscribe on your favorite platform. This week we have new episodes of MRO’s Follow the (Medical) Record, Seamless MD’s The Digital Patient, Nordic’s In Network’s Podcast Feature: Designing for Health, Healthmark Industries’ Ask the Educator, and Healthcare Rap.
By Sarah Jane Tribble – There are many reasons labor and delivery units close, including high operating costs, declining populations, low Medicaid reimbursement rates, and staffing shortages. Family medicine physicians still provide the majority of labor and delivery care in rural America, but few new doctors…
Check out the most recent episodes added to our SoundCloud channel from Health UnaBASHEd, Healthcare de Jure, The Incrementalist, and The Tate Chronicles.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of December that we think deserve sharing again.
STARTING January 15: Tune in this week for these highlighted shows. Don’t miss new episodes of Health Unabashed, The Tate Chronicles, and Healthcare de Jure.