In the News: Aug 8–15
By Sg2 TeamThis week: CAR T-cell therapy covered under Medicare; Tennessee Medicaid program addresses physical health through mental health; and equity issues and food deserts fuel the obesity epidemic.
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This week: CAR T-cell therapy covered under Medicare; Tennessee Medicaid program addresses physical health through mental health; and equity issues and food deserts fuel the obesity epidemic.
This week: Cigna is expanding their Medicare Advantage offerings; the FCC plans to reform the Rural Health Care Program; and consumerism grows in the transition to value-based care.
This week: CVS-Aetna launch a new SDOH platform; online check-ins may influence urgent care consumer patterns; and a study reflects a new approach to autism diagnosis.
Newly released CMS payment model Direct Contracting has set the health care provider space abuzz. Find out the questions Sg2 is receiving and our insights on the model.
Before Medicare releases requested historical claims data, it is essential that hospitals begin to assess, evaluate, build, and refine their various systems and assets to prepare for BPCI-A. Read on...
This week: Higher primary care spending brings better patient outcomes and research groups present new results for Alzheimer disease blood tests
There is a lot happening in traditional Medicare alternative payment model (APM) development and evolution. Sg2 is here to help our members stay on track and think through the strategy...
This week: Greater patient access comes from leveraging low-acuity care and physician shortage is growing at an alarming rate.
This week: The correlation between patient portal access and utilization of health care resources; ridesharing for Arizona Medicaid patients; and the rise in death rates from nonopioids.
This week: AI to address quadruple aim; rise in deaths from suicide, substance abuse differs across states; health care costs projected to rise 6% in 2020
Almost a decade ago, Sg2 highlighted the growing importance of building an innovation competency, not just by leading institutions, but by all who wished to remain competitive in today’s complex...
This week: Cancer survivorship and palliative care programs are on the rise and using data insights for compelling narratives