Credentialing Crunch as PHE Expires The announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will end on May 11th signals a return to normal for providers and payers required to verify the professional records that qualify a clinician to practice medicine. This formal process, known as […]
It’s a fact of modern life that the human body was not designed for sitting long hours in front of a computer. Common aches and pains offer everyday proof. Less obviously, however, sitting for uninterrupted stretches impairs the body’s ability to prevent the build-up of plaque that restricts blood flow to the heart. In one […]
In the dizzying year of 2020 when working from home became the so-called “new normal,” BroadPath posted our work from home maturity model as a roadmap for companies abruptly forced to leave brick-and-mortar behind. Remote work was largely uncharted territory for these organizations, so our decade’s worth of experience as a 100% remote BPO became […]
Among the many changes wrought by Covid-19 was declaration of a public health emergency (PHE) that ensured continuous enrollment in the Medicaid program for millions of low- and middle-income Americans. Under the PHE, states are required to keep people enrolled in Medicaid as a condition of receiving a temporary increase in the federal share of […]
The Covid-19 pandemic intensified a healthcare workforce crisis long in the making. Even before the pandemic, the United States lacked enough doctors to meet the country’s healthcare needs—the shortage of doctors in 2019 was around 20,000, and this deficit could reach 124,000 by 2034, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.  Approximately 1.4 million […]
