Health
New Study Shows That Waymark Reduces ED, Hospital Visits for Medicaid Patients
Waymark’s community-based interventions reduce hospital and emergency department visits and improve care quality, according to a new study. The company supports Medicaid patients...
Nearly 7,000 US Healthcare Devices & Records Are Exposed to the Public Internet, Research Shows
New research shows that there are more than 14,000 unique IP addresses across the globe exposing patients’ potentially sensitive medical information on the...
Key Facts About Medigap Enrollment and Premiums for Medicare Beneficiaries
This brief presents facts about Medigap, including the characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries with a Medigap policy, variation in Medigap enrollment by state, and...
Medigap May Be Elusive for Medicare Beneficiaries with Pre-Existing Conditions
This issue brief analyzes federal and state guaranteed issue rules and how they impact beneficiaries’ access to Medigap, including the implications for Medicare...
Gaps in Awareness of Insurance Requirements to Cover Preventive Services Among Women
KFF's 2024 Women's Health Survey finds that women aren't fully aware that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires insurance plans to cover the...
How Wegovy and Mounjaro work to promote weight loss
Wegovy and Mounjaro are two weight loss injections that works by reducing appetite. Wegovy contains a drug called semaglutide. while Mounjaro has Tirzepatide....
Will ICER’s ‘shared savings’ approach decrease value-based prices most for the most severe diseases?
That is the title of a paper recently accepted for publication by Value in Health with co-authors Shanshan Wang, Khounish Sharma, Kathryn Spurrier,...
Kamala will Win The Popular Vote And No One Is Pointing Out That Absolute Certainty In The Popular Media
By GEORGE HALVORSON I have been railing against the Electoral College (and the Senate) as anti-democratic forever, and no one much cares. Turns...
Direct to Patient Healthcare
Struggling with burnout while maintaining high-quality healthcare services that patients love? Tune in to our latest podcast as Lee Aase, founder of HELPCare,...
Where Trump & Harris Stand on Payers, AI, Drug Pricing and CMS
Experts from BRG recently discussed the two presidential candidates’ stances on key healthcare issues, including drug pricing, Medicaid and AI. The post Where...
