Jeff Lagasse

The #Biden Administration will require all staff at nursing homes to receive the #COVID19 #vaccine: https://t.co/PT8kvsYIeb #health #healthcare #policy #vaccinations #WhiteHouse

The #FDA has granted final approval to the #Pfizer/BioNTech #COVID19 #vaccine, marking the first such vaccine to receive official approval: https://t.co/31UCwtmEng #vaccination #coronavirus #populationhealth #health #healthcare

#Telehealth isn't just for the Earthbound: It's also helping to treat #astronauts in space. That's the sort of thing you get to learn about at #HIMSS21: https://t.co/KjXxI5gP7J #HIMSS2021 #NASA #space #ISS

Addressing children's #health needs can be a challenge during the #COVID19 #pandemic. One effective approach: Expanding #telehealth into #schools. Check out the full scope of our #HIMSS21 coverage: https://t.co/o0u6RxWCFf #HIMSS2021 #telemedicine

What can #healthcare learn from #Netflix? A lot, especially when it comes to #patient engagement, customer retention and #digital outreach. Check out our #HIMSS21 coverage: https://t.co/r1bZN7Uy2Y #HIMSS2021 #health #HealthIT

Do #empathy and compassion have a place in #healthcare? Yes, according to Dr. Laura Cooley, speaking at the #HIMSS21 conference in #LasVegas. We've got the coverage: https://t.co/ovZco8lm0h #health #IT #HealthIT #HIMSS2021

Direct contracting is a fairly new payment model from #CMS and #CMMI, and it's capitation that's making it a hit with payers and providers, though hurdles remain: https://t.co/je29oILaKy #health #healthcare #reimbursement #finance

Uh oh. #COVID19 is once again on the rise in the U.S., primarily hitting areas with low #vaccination rates: https://t.co/TqtgbFwb5B #vaccines #health #healthcare #Coronavirus #DeltaVariant

The House Oversight Committee has criticized #drugmakers' buybacks of stocks and dividends, saying drug prices have risen while #pharma executives' salaries have increased: https://t.co/EvHYtw3lwZ #health #healthcare #pharmaceuticals #drugs #Medicare

#COVID19 has affected many facets of #healthcare. Among them: #Physicians worked fewer hours last year compared to 2019: https://t.co/XKY5ZIblVW #health #Physician #workforce #hospitals #healthsystems

The #Biden administration, through #HHS, has released an interim final rule banning surprise #medical bills: https://t.co/WWMq82oPeg #bills #billing #collections #health #healthcare #policy #surprisebills

Independent #physicians are becoming increasingly rare, with more than 70% of physicians now employed by #hospital systems or other corporate entities: https://t.co/TsnchKGQbO #physician #health #healthcare #practices #hospitals #physicianpractices

The #OIG says #CMS is ill-equipped to handle a future #pandemic: https://t.co/rvKXMnuvX0 #healthcare #health #COVID19 #viruses #outbreaks #policy

A sign that the nation's #hosptials are recovering from the #COVID19 #pandemic came in the form of a new report showing volumes and margins are up from this time last year: https://t.co/WpJs7PQl5Q #health #healthcare #Finance #healthsystems

Blue Shield of California President and CEO Paul Markovich said #healthcare would benefit from a #patient-centered digital ecosystem: https://t.co/crBbl7gwzv #health #PatientCare #patientexperience #patientscomefirst #patientfirst

Several Blues plans are launching a nonprofit focused on lowering #drug prices: https://t.co/xMZrYEHsAr #pharmacy #drugs #health #healthcare #bluecross #blueshield #payers #insurance #healthinsurance

The nation's #hospitals are slowly recovering financially from the #COVID19 #pandemic, but there's a snag: The ongoing #physician shortage, which is getting worse: https://t.co/sBsMcdFDFL #health #healthcare #Workforce #coronavirus