Payer+Provider regularly speaks with the media about healthcare. Here are some insights that have been shared:

Payer Issues

Healthcare Reform

Home Care, Massage, Grocery Store Trips: Some of the New Benefits Under Medicare Advantage Plans. Healthline. Christopher Curley.

Will the Healthcare Bubble Burst? Becker’s Hospital Review. Laura Dyrda.

Why Cleveland Clinic Jumped into the Insurance Fray. MedCity News. Arundhati Parmar.

Obamacare Repeal and Replacement: What the AHCA Does and How It Will Affect You. Highya. J.R. Duren.

What President Trump’s Executive Order Means for Hospitals & Physicians. Becker’s Hospital Review. Laura Dyrda.

Medicaid Expansion Results in Sustained Increase in ED Use. Medscape. Tara Haelle.

What Insurers Leaving Obamacare Exchange Means for Physicians. Medical Economics. Keith Loria.

Quest to the White House: The Obamacare Reconciliation Bill. Healthcare Dive. Heather Caspi.

Free Preventative Care Can Cost You Under Obamacare. Main Street. S.Z. Berg.

Health Insurance Exchanges: 3 Changes Impacting Spine Surgeons. Becker’s Spine Review. Adam Powell.

7 Healthcare Leaders Share Thoughts on Sequestration. Becker’s Hospital Review. Jim McLaughlin.

Small businesses fume, now seeing ‘Obamacare’ as unavoidable. The Christian Science Monitor. Mark Guarino.

Pricing

‘Surprising’ Insurance Barriers for Antinausea Meds, Even Generics. Medscape. Megan Brooks.

Billions Spent on DMD Meds Despite Scant Proof of Efficacy. Medscape. Megan Brooks.

Increasing value when negotiating with payers. Medical Economics. Jordan Rosenfeld.

What’s driving healthcare prices? Not doctors. Medical Economics. Keith Loria.

How Not to Go Broke Buying Prescription Drugs: Advice for Seniors. MSN Money. Robert McGarvey.

Comparing Medical Costs No Easy Feat. dailyRx. Nishi Viswanathan.

How the Medical Bills Stack Up. dailyRx. Tara Haelle.

Out of Network? Don’t Be Out a Lot of Money. Fox Business. Christina Couch.

Growth of patient navigation companies could impact traditional healthcare business. Healthcare Payer News. Stephanie Bouchard.

Products

UnitedHealthcare Medical Policy: FDA Cleared or Approved Companion Diagnostic Testing. UnitedHealthcare.

Smart-Bed Technology Reveals Insomnia, Flu Risk. Medscape. Megan Brooks.

‘Smart Bed’ May Detect, Track COVID-19 Symptoms. Medscape. Megan Brooks.

Why doesn’t health insurance cover eyes and teeth? Mel Magazine. Ian Lecklitner.

Why Aren’t Dental Benefits Typically Included With Health Insurance? WGBH News. Edgar B. Herwick III.

How Will AI Factor into the Future of Managed Care Markets? First Report Managed Care. Paul Nicolaus.

Oral health is crucial. So why is dental insurance separate from health insurance? Salon. Nicole Karlis.

Ten ways plans must change to meet consumer demands. Managed Healthcare Executive. Karen Appold.

7 Things to Consider When Picking a New Health Insurance Plan. HealthPlans.com. Danielle Blundell.

Making the most of that shiny new HSA. Reuters. Matt Stroud.

Provider Issues

Access to Care

Where can you find dental care in Florida without insurance? The Florida Times-Union. C.A. Bridges.

Why 30% of Americans haven’t been to the dentist since before the pandemic. USA Today. Katie Wedell.

WFAE’s Charlotte Talks kicks off mental health series. WFAE 90.7. Wendy Herkey.

Older Adults Struggle to Find Affordable Mental Health Care. AARP. Barbara Stepko.

Oral and Dental Health is Crucial. But Access to Coverage is Spotty. Managed Healthcare Executive. Karen Appold.

Teleintegrated vs Telereferral Care for Complex Psychiatric Disorders. Medscape. Megan Brooks.

I tested mental health apps to see if they could reduce my stress and anxiety. The Columbia Chronicle. Isabel Colado.

Teletherapy in 2020. Mary Christie Quarterly. Adam Powell.

Demand for mental health apps is spiking. Marketplace.

Accessing Care While Abroad. Mary Christie Quarterly. Adam Powell.

Bringing Doctors to Rural America Over the Phone. The Heartland Institute. Sarah Lee.

Mental health services: How to get treatment if you can’t afford it. NBC News. Nicole Spector.

Florida Considers Taking First Steps in Telehealth Reform. The Heartland Institute. Matthew Glans.

Millennial Doctors, Patients Shaping Healthcare World. Healthline. Shawn Radcliffe.

States Should Not Block the Growth of Optical Telemedicine. The Heartland Institute. Matthew Glans.

Navigating healthcare beyond borders. Becker’s ASC Review. Megan Wood.

Research & Commentary: Telemedicine. The Heartland Institute. Matthew Glans.

Health Clinics are Helpful. dailyRx. Jessica Smith.

Patient navigation companies grow. Healthcare Finance News. Stephanie Bouchard.

5 ways telemedicine is reducing the cost of healthcare. Healthcare IT News. Steff Deschenes.

Costs

Most US Neurologists Who Prescribe MS Drugs Take Industry Money. Medscape. Megan Brooks.

Immunotherapy Stewardship Could Save Tens of Millions a Year. Medscape. Megan Brooks.

Exploring Costs Associated With Mental Health Apps & Reimbursement. Physician’s Weekly. Adam C. Powell.

What Will Be the Most Costly Medical Conditions In 10 Years? Managed Healthcare Executive. Karen Appold.

Heart Disease Exacts High Financial Toll on Low-Income Families. Medscape. Megan Brooks.

Slash Diabetes Spending. Managed Healthcare Executive. Karen Appold.

Taxes: Docs’ Unique and Not-So-Unique Needs. MedPage Today. John Gever.

Doula Support Could Improve Care, Reduce Costs. NPR. Tara Haelle.

Measles Outbreak: It Costs Taxpayers Bigtime. Forbes. Tara Haelle.

How much does the measles really cost taxpayers? MedCity News. Nicole Oran.

Vicious Cycle Flagged in MA Hospital Financing Disparities. HealthLeaders Media. John Commins.

Vaccination May Mean Big Savings. Yahoo! Health. Tara Haelle.

High Cost of Injuries among Elderly. dailyRx. Jessica Smith.

Tenet to Acquire Vanguard in Surprise $4.3B Deal. HealthLeaders Media. John Commins.

Who Wins in Cleveland Clinic, CHS Alliance? HealthLeaders Media. John Commins.

Healthcare provider associations highlight costly and unnecessary practices. dailyRx. Travis Hill.

What is Depression Costing You? dailyRx. Kate Gose.

How ASCs Can Become a Disruptive Force in the Healthcare Market. Becker’s Spine Review. Laura Miller.

Technology & Quality

Biomarker Testing Optimizes Therapy Choice in Advanced NSCLC. Medscape. Deepa Varma.

AI on AI: Cardio Journal Editor Interviews ChatGPT. Medscape. Megan Brooks.

Adam Powell, PhD, on Use of a Virtual Tumor Board for Breast Cancer Care. MedPage Today. Jeff Minerd.

Virtual Tumor Board Increases Use of Whole-Breast Hypofractionated RT. Journal of Clinical Pathways. Lisa Kuhns.

Effect of Virtual Tumor Board Implementation on Whole-Breast Radiation. The ASCO Post. Matthew Stenger.

Mental Health Apps Often Share Data Without Users’ Knowledge. Medscape. Megan Brooks.

How Withings plans to recover from its Nokia experience. MedCity News. Kevin Truong.

Perplexing Privacy Policies. PsyberGuide. Adam C. Powell.

Mobile Health App Effective for Serious Mental Illness. Medscape. Megan Brooks.

Make the most of predictive analytics. Managed Healthcare Executive. Karen Appold.

Digital biomarkers are the new ‘digital divide’. FierceHealthcare. Evan Sweeney.

Artificial intelligence in healthcare: 10 leaders describe the future. Becker’s Spine Review. Laura Dyrda.

Who Should Ensure the Quality and Safety of mHealth Technology. Verywell. Kevin Hwang.

Challenges persist for behavioral health app evaluation. FierceHealthcare. Judy Mottl.

Can This App Make Me Happier? The Atlantic. Julie Beck.

Is health IT really ‘digital snake oil?’ Becker’s Health IT. Akanksha Jayanthi.

How Gene Testing Forced Me to Reveal My Private Health Information. Vice. Jody Allard.

Radiologists, Pick Your Replacement: Watson or Pigeons. JACR Blog. Julianna Czum.

Prime Time: Can the Health App Wild West Be Tamed? MedPage Today. Sarah Wickline.

500 Drugs Updated with Directions for Child Use Since 2002. Scientific American. Tara Haelle.

The Doctor Is In (Your Pocket): When Your Smartphone Takes Care Of You. WBUR. Adam C. Powell and John D. Halamka.

A Hackathon Team Invents A Ring That Can Hold Your Medical Information. Boston Magazine. Melissa Malamut.

Chinese Healthcare

Dr. Adam Powell on healthcare reforms in China and America. Asia Healthcare Blog. Damjan DeNoble.

Chinese and American Healthcare Systems: A Comparison. Fair Observer. Adam Powell.

Implications of the Dollar & Renminbi Exchange Rate. Global China Review. Adam Powell.

Indian Healthcare

The fine print on health app privacy. Forbes India. Preeti Singh.

Digitising Indian Healthcare Records. ISB Insight. Adam C. Powell.

Health Care in Digital India. Fair Observer. Adam Powell.

Ruby Hall Clinic organises seminar on Telehealth. Equity Bulls.