AMN Healthcare: Talent Planning: The Link Between Caregiver Well-being and the Patient Experience

Optimizing a healthcare organization’s staffing mix is rightly viewed as a way to boost efficiency and reduce costs. What may not be as immediately apparent is the connection between the efficient orchestration of talent and improvements in patient experience, satisfaction, and the quality of care they receive.

Epstein Becker Green: CMS Launches First Federal Regulatory Action to Implement Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

On January 23, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published in the Federal Register its first proposed rulemaking to implement the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, which is included in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The proposed rulemaking puts forward the Small Biotech Exception Information Collection Request Form. This Insight briefly discusses the Negotiation Program and the proposed form and encourages all drug manufacturers, biotechnology companies, and other interested stakeholders to submit comments about the form by the March 27, 2023, deadline.

MCG Health: U.S. Infant Mortality Rate and Social Determinants of Health

The U.S. infant mortality rate is one of the highest in the world when compared to countries with similar economies. Analysis of available data reveals substantial overlapping disparities by geography, race, and socioeconomic status, which has resulted in significant variations in care. The most common conceptual model for bringing these variables under one coherent heading has been the social determinants of health (SDoH) framework. MCG Associate Managing Editor, Sabitha Rajan, MD, MSc, explores the relationship between SDoH, infant mortality rates, and a framework for monitoring social determinants in maternal, infant, and family health.

Mintz: EnforceMintz Newsletter — Health Care Enforcement Year In Review & 2023 Outlook

Mintz’s Health Care Enforcement Defense team reviewed DOJ enforcement actions, and significant federal agency actions and guidance connected to health care enforcement in 2022 to develop its EnforceMintz Newsletter — Health Care Enforcement Year In Review & 2023 Outlook. This comprehensive report provides a discussion of key trends and priorities, regulatory and policy developments, and predictions for what to expect in 2023 and beyond.

Newport Healthcare: The Importance of Cultural Competence in Mental Healthcare

By 2044, people from racial minority communities will represent more than half of the US population, according to census data. Yet currently only 17 percent of psychologists in the country are from minority groups, and many practicing clinicians lack the skills and awareness to provide culturally competent care. In this Q&A, Najah Dail, LPC, LCPC, Newport Healthcare’s Director of Outpatient Services in Virginia, discusses how we define culture and how cultural competence—or lack of it—can impact young people seeking care for mental health challenges.

ProgenyHealth: ProgenyHealth Special Report: “Rising Risks, Renewed Resolve: 5 Trends Impacting Maternal & Infant Health in 2023”

Pregnancy and childbirth are an increasingly perilous journey for American women and infants. The U.S. maternal mortality rate, which has been inching upward over the past two decades, spiked dramatically in recent years—and is now three times the rate of most other high-income countries. The number of preterm births hit a 15-year high in 2022, with more than 1 in 10 babies delivered at least three weeks early. Yet, against the backdrop of rising risks, the year ahead holds potential bright spots.  ProgenyHealth explores five major trends impacting the maternal and infant health landscape—and what this climate of rising risks means for patients, providers, and payers.

UnitedHealth Group: America’s Health Rankings® Annual Report

This special edition of the 2022 America’s Health Rankings® Annual Report provides the platform’s broadest portrait to date of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact, analyzing more than 80 measures of the latest publicly available data at the national and state levels to understand how pre-pandemic trends continued, accelerated or reversed and highlight persistent disparities by race and ethnicity across nearly all areas of health and well-being. Additionally, the COVID-era Disparities Survey, fielded by Morning Consult in October 2022, further contextualizes these data with direct insights from over 3,800 individuals affected during the pandemic.