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Celebrating Diversity and Equity in Leadership at HealthAxis: Driving Change and Inspiring Progress

International Women’s Day (IWD) emerged from early movements advocating for women’s rights, particularly in labor, voting, and equality. Initially driven by activists and organizations seeking better working conditions and political representation, it grew into a global movement. Over time, it gained widespread recognition, evolving from protests and demonstrations into a day of celebration, reflection, and […]
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Navigating the Upcoming 2019 CMS Enrollment Changes

November 8, 2018

With the Medicare Annual Open Enrollment (AEP) already in motion (October 15, 2018 to December 7, 2018), it’s important to […]

Blockchain is proving itself for real-world healthcare applications

May 24, 2018

Experts from IEEE, UC San Diego and Health Linkages say the key is to make sure it’s the “right solution […]

Building the Healthcare System of the Future

Medicare Advantage gets supplemental benefits flexibility, including for transport

May 18, 2018

MA plans must still offer all enrollees uniform benefits, premiums and cost sharing. “Under the bipartisan budget deal signed by […]

Three reasons telemedicine will grow in 2017

6 things keeping CIOs up at night

May 14, 2018

CIOs are acutely aware of the security complications medical devices and telehealth bring. “Last month, LexisNexis brought together 30 high-level […]

How Payers Could Assist Primary Care Docs with Value-Based Care

AHIP asks CMS to change Medicare Advantage payment formula

May 3, 2018

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services should update its county benchmark calculation in the 2019 final notice being published […]

Key Challenges and Solutions of Healthcare Payment Reform

Better choices needed to manage US healthcare cost growth, says Paul Krugman at HIMSS18

April 27, 2018

Economist Paul Krugman says more scrutiny on elective procedures could contribute to a long-term solution. “Though the U.S. still has the […]

Predictive analytics can spot patients not taking their medicine

April 23, 2018

While the U.S. spends billions of dollars developing new therapeutics, those investments won’t do much good if the drugs aren’t […]

Commercial/Private Health Plan Solutions

Consumers open to more digital health use, survey finds

April 17, 2018

Consumers are also using a wider array of digital health tools, according to the survey, which found a three-fold increase […]

CMS offering $30 million in grant funding to improve quality measures

April 5, 2018

The funding is to develop partnerships with health systems, clinicians and others to improve measures in the quality payment program […]

A Healthy Start to the Plan Year Begins With Quality Medicare Advantage Enrollment Processes

March 21, 2018

For individuals who have Medicare, they have recently had the opportunity to enroll in a 2018 Medicare Advantage or other […]

The Next Obamacare Battleground: Subsidies For Out-Of-Pocket Costs

Reducing healthcare costs not one-size-fits-all, report finds

March 20, 2018

A new Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) report that reviewed healthcare costs for five states found huge differences concerning […]

Three reasons telemedicine will grow in 2017

Biggest Health IT wins for new spending bill

March 8, 2018

HIMSS Senior Director of Congressional Affairs broke down how the massive spending bill will boost telehealth, Medicaid and other crucial […]