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Carah Counts

Carah is a Product Manager here at CareATC. When she's not busy working on our product strategy and roadmap, she dabbles in the occasional creative project or blog post.
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Immigration Reform Can Help Ease the Rural Health Crisis

Posted by Carah Counts on September 20, 2016

America has a physician shortage. By 2025, the shortfall is projected to total 90,000 fewer physicians than needed. This health crisis can be felt across the country, but is most acute in underserved rural areas.

While there are many partial solutions in the works, one may come from an unexpected source: immigration.

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Post Topics Health Reform

EMC Study: U.S. Healthcare Industry Lagging on Data Protection

Posted by Carah Counts on September 20, 2016

The American healthcare sector continues to be a target for cyber criminals. More than 2 Terabytes of patient data was swiped in 2015. The average incident costed almost $1 million to resolve.

Even though healthcare data continues to be vulnerable in some settings, modern data security measures do exist. Most healthcare systems are just too obsolete or underfunded to make use of them.

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Major Federal Mental Health Reform Passed By U.S. House Awaits Senate This Fall

Posted by Carah Counts on September 7, 2016

A proposed bill would transform the $130 Billion program, making psychiatric care much more available and affordable.

The bill passed the US House of Representatives with bi-partisan support, and now waits for the Senate to vote on it in the Fall.

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Post Topics Health Reform

5 Major Emerging Trends in the Healthcare Industry

Posted by Carah Counts on September 6, 2016

We live in a time of incredible upheaval for the healthcare industry. The growing need for specialists and the expansion of nationwide insurance coverage has put great strain on the system.

Many companies are practically starting from scratch. Tech.co identifies five pressure points ready for industry disruption.

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Access to Healthcare Through ACA May Actually Improve Americans’ Health

Posted by Carah Counts on August 24, 2016

Between 2013 and 2015, Arkansas and Kentucky extended access to health care, Texas did not. Harvard kept track of the results for 9,000 low-income citizens during this time.

The citizens of Arkansas and Kentucky reported better access to health care and the quality thereof. These patients were also 5% more likely to be in "excellent health", compared to Texas members of the study.

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Post Topics Health Reform

US Health Care Reform: Progress and Next Steps

Posted by Carah Counts on August 5, 2016

In the years since it became law, the Affordable Care Act has been subject to much study and criticism.

On July 11, the Journal of the American Medical Association published the largest review of the ACA yet, and their findings largely positive.

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Post Topics Health Reform

Study Shows Doctor Engagement Critical to Reaching Health Reform Goals

Posted by Carah Counts on July 27, 2016

In the last days of the Obama administration, people around the world continue to scrutinize how well the Affordable Care Act is working.

Most of Obamacare's goals are noble, but are presented with great challenge when catalyzed by real world healthcare systems. The Administration calls upon doctors for feedback to better understand the implications of Obamacare's incentives.

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Post Topics Health Reform

Should the Veterans Health Care System be Privatized?

Posted by Carah Counts on July 8, 2016

The New York Times hosts an interesting debate between opposing thinkers on the subject of privatization of veterans' health care.

Currently, vets receive state-sponsored healthcare from V.A. hospitals, which are either (depending on who you ask) excellent or substandard. Progressives have been calling for Medicare coverage for veterans.

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Post Topics Health Reform

Unanimous Vote Sends Mental Health Reform to House Floor

Posted by Carah Counts on June 28, 2016

In a national climate rife with public violence and private mental distress, support for mental health reform is at an all-time high.

The heavily contested Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act in a bipartisan bill aimed at increasing outpatient mental illness programs and helping families deal with the issues surround mental illness.

The bill has left committee and is finally going to the floor of the House.

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Post Topics Health Reform

Obama Administration Races to Bolster Healthcare Reform in Final Days

Posted by Carah Counts on June 10, 2016

During his last months as President, Barack Obama is using regulatory power built into the ACA to enact some important healthcare reform.

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation has $10 Billion in funding, and is seen by some as the ACA's most powerful agency.

Already having initiated 34 different measures, the CMMI now turns its attention primary care provision, disease prevention, and lowering presecription drug costs.

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Post Topics Health Reform