Comagine Health Blog
As much as the practicing medical community recoils at the thought of prior authorization (PA), the need to address inappropriate and unnecessary medical care remains paramount. In 2012, Berwick and Hackbarth estimated the cost to society of overtreatment to be between $158 billion and $226 billion. A 2019 update to this estimate approximated the cost of overtreatment or low-value care to be between $75.7 billion and $101.2 billion. (The latter study used more conservative cost assumptions that likely explain most of the discrepancy between the two estimates.) Other similar data suggests that low-value care contributes substantially to health care costs. For example, the Washington Health Alliance — a regional health improvement…
By now we’ve all heard the staggering rates of overdoses — over 100,000 dead in one year. There is another side to this story. The side of redemption, hope, recovery.
It is estimated that over 20 million people are in recovery from addiction.
September is National Recovery Month, an observance held annually to promote evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, acknowledge the strong and proud recovery community, and highlight the dedication of providers and community…
Health data interoperability can encompass different types of data: Clinical data, social determinants of health (SDOH) data, community-based organization (CBOs) services and appointments data, and claims data, to name several.
Health data interoperability can involve many parties: Patients and families; providers, surgery centers, lab and imaging centers, hospitals, health systems and pharmacies; dentists; allied health personnel; public health; community-based organizations; state…