FierceHealthIT

JUNE 26, 2019

Applying industrial engineering principles to insurers' processes and systems would be a smart way to identify and make improvements.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 13, 2023

You can see the various industries covered in the chart comparing simplicity scores globally and among U.S. You can see the various industries covered in the chart comparing simplicity scores globally and among U.S. This year, Siegel+Gale gauged consumers’ views on DEI and ESG communications across all of the industries.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 21, 2020

Industry Voices—How tech companies can help health insurance leaders meet the COVID-19 challenge. Tue, 07/21/2020 - 11:19.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

A top health aide for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi implored the insurance industry to form a coalition with healthcare and employer groups to blunt pharma and GOP opposition to the speaker’s ambitious drug prices bill.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment. According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary , the first use of the phrase “health insurance” occurred in 1901. Like speaking “American,” health insurance in the U.S.

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Health Populi

APRIL 23, 2024

In this health consumer update, McKinsey spoke with three consumer marketing experts from other industries to learn best practices on how best to “be there” for consumers — in other words, meeting people where they are. The first bar chart from the report tells us that most U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

That’s the mantra coming out of this week’s annual Capitol Conference convened by the National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP). FYI you might know of NABIP by its former acronym, NAHU, the National Association of Health Underwriters).

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Health Populi

APRIL 5, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the field across many industry segments. With such turbocharged growth on the supply side, Beazley, experts in specialty insurance, explores the risks of digital health and wellness in a new report, Digital health, telehealth and wellness: Attitudes to risk and insurance. How to deal?

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FierceHealthIT

JANUARY 6, 2021

Health benefits brokers will have to disclose what they receive from the insurance industry. Lavish bonus? Luxury trip? Wed, 01/06/2021 - 10:08.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The American Customer Satisfaction Index Insurance and Health Care Study 2020-2021 published today, recognizing consumers’ value for the quality of health insurance companies’ mobile apps and reliability of those apps. Life insurance companies garnered a satisfaction index overall at 78, with Allstate and State Farm at 79.

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 7, 2023

Healthcare insurers in the long-term care market over the decades found themselves in a bind because they could not pay claims with prices that had been agreed upon years earlier and that inflation | When many long-term care policies were first drawn up, insurance companies had no historical data to help them predict the financial future.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The industry is just two weeks away from the beginning of Medicare's annual enrollment period, a critical window for the hottest market in insurance. | The industry is just two weeks away from the beginning of Medicare's annual enrollment period, a critical window for the hottest market in insurance.

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FierceHealthIT

MARCH 15, 2024

Leading senators want Department of Health and Human Services, insurers and hospitals alike to know they’re keeping a close eye on the fallout from Change Healthcare’s cyberattack.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

The pharmaceutical industry and health insurance companies garnered 3 in 10 people rating them as excellent/good, with nursing homes at the bottom a 2.5/10 ” For pharma/drug companies and health insurers, 3 in 10 consumers also ranked these medical segments as “poor” providers in the U.S. health system.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 11, 2024

As the industry navigates this perilous digital terrain, understanding, managing, and effectively integrating cyber insurance into its risk management strategies has never been more critical. Only, the healthcare industry’s specific challenges require more than a one-size-fits-all approach.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 3, 2024

It's been a bit of a weird start to the year for the insurance industry, as ongoing headwinds in Medicare Advantage and a massive cyberattack drove results that buck the typical earnings trends.

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Mobi Health News

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The digital health insurance provider confirmed it has closed one of the largest Series B rounds in the booming African healthtech industry to date.

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Digital Health 184

FierceHealthIT

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

A health insurance megamerger is reportedly brewing. | The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reported on Wednesday that payer giants Cigna and Humana are exploring a combination that could shake up the power dynamics of the industry.

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AUGUST 21, 2023

” HealthEdge’s latest research into health consumers’ perspectives finds peoples’ satisfaction with their health insurance plans lacking, with members seeking easier access their personal health information, high levels of service, and rewards for healthy behaviors.

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 12, 2023

Prior authorization has been a flashpoint for providers, and, while insurers have taken steps to ease these utilization management protocols, they still play a key role as the industry shifts to va | Prior authorization has been a flashpoint for providers, and, while insurers have taken steps to ease these utilization management protocols, they still (..)

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 16, 2024

While all eyes were on UnitedHealth Group on Tuesday for an update on the cyberattack that's continuing to disrupt the industry, the healthcare giant also offered an update on multiple critical tre | UnitedHealth is a bellwether for the insurance industry, and was the first to sound the alarm last year about a spike in utilization among seniors (..)

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Health Populi

MARCH 11, 2021

2021 is the 20th anniversary of the University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID). In addition to the importance of cross-industry collaboration to effectively move to value-based care, the other key theme coming out of the U-M Summit was health equity.

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Digital Health Global

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This new pass type in Google Wallet helps healthcare consumers easily identify private passes and requires users to use fingerprint, PIN or other methods to add, view, and use their health insurance ID card in Google Wallet. The healthcare industry is often seen as lagging other industries in terms of innovation.

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FierceHealthIT

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Insurers may not expect new major regulations next year, but the presidential election could severely impact their business.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 25, 2018

Insurers are already excited about a bipartisan-supported effort to delay the health insurance taxes until 2021. The taxes cost insurers billions per year, but another delay could mean $14 billion in lost revenue for the feds.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2021

At the industry level, Sahni’s team calculated a potential $105 bn of savings each year by streamlining the financial transactions ecosystem and operational functions like clinical credentialing. Administrative spending comprise 25% of the $3.8 trillion of health care spending in 2019; medical spending received 75% of the U.S.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Patients’ experiences with the health care industry fall short of their interactions with other industries — namely online retail, online banking and online travel, a new survey from Cedar, a payments company, learned. That’s a new bar not just for retail and banking, but for health care and insurance as well.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 24, 2021

Just like other segments of the financial industry, insurance services providers have been severely shaken by the COVID-19 pandemic. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The increasing rate of unemployment in many places and the rise in claims have contributed to […].

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

A new report from CoverMyMeds details the current state of medication access weaving together key health care industry and consumer data. One basic pillar of prescription drug access is health care insurance; CoverMyMeds points out that unemployment claims hit record (high) levels in 2020, with millions having lost health coverage.

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Digital Health Global

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

In an industry that still receives a quarter of revenue by paper check and remits, Anatomy has a purpose-built solution that works alongside existing practice management systems to digitize paper remittances and checks, eliminating the 7 minutes of post-processing work for the average claim.

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Digital Health 88

BHM Healthcare Solutions

JANUARY 16, 2024

Health insurance, a cornerstone of the healthcare industry, is undergoing a transformation propelled by cutting-edge technologies, data analytics, and a renewed focus on enhancing overall healthcare solutions. The post Innovating Payer Offerings: Revolutionizing Health Insurance appeared first on BHM Healthcare Solutions.

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FierceHealthIT

JUNE 20, 2019

It’s clear that the industry has to do better as Medicare beneficiaries seek to navigate their way in the digital age.

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Medicare 78

FierceHealthIT

JUNE 20, 2019

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—AHIP AHIP is launching a new initiative aimed at convening payers to build solutions to address the social determinants of health.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 8, 2024

In an industry that still receives a quarter of revenue from paper checks and remits, Anatomy has a purpose-built solution that works alongside existing practice management systems to digitize paper remittances and checks, eliminating the 7 minutes of post-processing work for the average claim.

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FierceHealthIT

APRIL 30, 2018

Dan Mendelson, president of Avalere Health, discusses insurers' recent push into value-based care. The actual work of boosting healthcare quality and reining in costs gets done in medical offices, not corporate cubicles.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 29, 2024

Founded in 2018, Overjet has already raised the standard for diagnosing diseases in X-rays, educating patients about their oral health, and reviewing dental insurance claims. dental insurers. Now, dentists, insurers, and patients all have the same source of truth: Overjet. Its platform is the only technology cleared by the U.S.

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FierceHealthIT

JULY 5, 2023

Healthcare mergers and acquisitions are in no short supply as providers, health tech companies, payers and other industry players look to expand their businesses and gain a competitive edge.

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