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The Cost of Treating Patients is On the Rise: PwC Goes What’s Behind the 2024 Medical Spending Numbers

Health Populi

The chart on the median price of newly marketed drugs between 2008 and 2002 shows the cost in 2022 reaching $222,000. We’re living in/through and must plan for these ongoing changes, whether we work in provider organizations, health plans, pharma and life science companies, and to be sure, technology and retail/health organizations.

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Bonus Features – March 12, 2023 – 87% of docs used telemedicine in 2021, 65% of healthcare orgs collect more trivial data once they adopt the cloud, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Small practices were less likely to use the technology than larger offices or health systems, though the ONC data saw rural and urban physicians adapting telehealth at similar rates. Median labor expenses peaked at $230 per visit in February 2002 during the Omicron surge. The good news about year-over-year margins (up 3.7%