Our monthly roundup of surveys and reports from around the industry. Studies and surveys are still focusing on the impact of the pandemic one year later. The delivery of care, virtual and hybrid care, outpatient visits, and the Lown Hospital Index all make it in our list this month.
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The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the West Health Policy Center have launched the Health Savers Initiative, a collaborative research project to develop bold policy solutions to lower health care costs.
Latest announcements made from companies and organizations on the hiring and appointments include RevSpring, Carbon Health, BlackThorn Therapeutics, Luminis Health, West Health, & AZ Health Current.
Americans are borrowing tens of billions to pay for basic healthcare. Nearly 45M Americans suffered from some form of mental illness in 2016. The mean marketing budget of 200 companies increased more than 26%. The financial and market performance of major tech consulting firms. These are topics of the selected reports.
Atul Gawande, Steve Forbes, Mark McClellan, Andy Slavitt and Sanjay Gupta join others to chart path forward on making healthcare more affordable at West Health’s Healthcare Costs Innovation Summit. The one-day summit is focused on advancing solutions to America’s healthcare cost crisis.
The Gary and Mary West Health Institute commends Congress for passing legislation extending the Independence at Home (IAH) program, which demonstrated home-based care can significantly reduce spending and improve care for Medicare patients with chronic diseases.