👉Restrict tangible & intangible barriers to evidence based policy
👉Restrict dismantling of public health structures & policies w. evidence based support
👉Leverage scientific, clinical & public health expertise for rapid response to public emergencies
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👉Equitable $$ for Primary Care (inc. peds, adult, geri, OB/GYN, family med) vs. procedural specialties
👉⬇️paperwork for clinicians in caring for patients (DME forms, Prior authorizations..)
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👉Incentivize for-profit companies (ie. EMRs) to pass standardized testing for usability
👉Implement requirement for EMRs to offer clinical decision support tools & patient reported outcome capture as standard
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👉Incentivize care delivery in the Home
👉Increase $$ for RN care in the home
👉Expand Hospice qualifications
👉Increase funding for Home Health Assistance
👉Create a National resource guide for Caregivers’ support
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👉Affordable care plans or single payor
👉Decrease cost sharing/deductible burden
👉Improve the process through which persons can obtain plan coverage (non-employment based)
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👉Prohibit child separation at Detention Centers
👉Protect right to choose options for women
👉Improve access to healthcare & wellness of incarcerated persons
👉Prioritize clinician suicide prevention
👉Prioritize firearm related injury/violence prevention
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1/ Let’s talk America's Health Care Plan
This week, we focus on:
-Cost of Care
-Medicaid & who it covers
Next week, we focus on:
-Women’s health care
-LGBTQA health care
-Behavioral health care
-Firearm injury
-Climate Change #PolicyCapsule#VoteHealth #MedTwitter
2/ Cost of care:
-Monetary pre-COVID: $3.6 trillion in 2018
-Lives lost from COVID: >220,000 (greatest in comparison to other nations per capita)
2/ #MedicarePartD is an extension of #Medicare to allow coverage for medication for Medicare enrollees. But it is an optional or opt-in program, with a premium (monthly)
3/ Formulary - used in Part D plans; must cover at least 2 medications per category; formulary change time to time causing concern for clinicians + patients
Tiers are also used within formulary to delineate coverage
2/ #MedicareAdvantage is an alternative to the mother program #Medicare.
This allows Medicare to pay private health plans for providing services/managing Medicare beneficiaries
#Medicare ... such a tiny name for such a BIG program.
The mammoth size program definitely deserves a 101, 102, 103 and many more.
Today, let’s start with #Medicare101
2/ #Medicare is federally sponsored insurance - has 4 parts : A, B, C, D
Inpatient + Prescription Drug payments account for the largest benefit payments for Medicare!