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“It’s the Deductible, Stupid” – Health Premiums Reach $20,576 in 2019 for a Family

Health Populi

Here’s the latest arithmetic on American workers’ financial trade-off of wages for health care insurance coverage: in the ten years since 2009, family premiums have risen 54% and workers’ contribution to health care spending grew 71%. politics both at the Federal and State levels.

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Weekender 5/18/18

HIStalk Weekender

The Department of Justice charges a Texas rheumatologist with a $240 million fraud scheme in which he falsely diagnosed patients with rheumatoid arthritis so he could bill for drug administration. The doctor had been reprimanded by the state in 2009 for excessive ordering of lab and radiology tests.

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Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

Studies have shown that the rate of hospital consolidation – which has more than doubled since 2009 – is driving healthcare costs up, creating worse health outcomes, and reducing services available to patients. where maternal mortality rates already far exceed other industrialized nations.

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Gail Phillips: My journey to the Society for Participatory Medicine

Society for Participatory Medicine

Its mission is to assist patients and their families in finding the best path through the healthcare maze: “understanding a difficult diagnosis, finding the best treatment options, assisting with doctor visits and subsequent care, deciphering complicated insurance plans and medical bills.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

National Medical Billing Services (St. National Medical Billing Services provides revenue cycle outsourcing services for ASCs and affiliated surgeons. In 2017, the company participated in five employee engagement surveys and found the average tenure rate of 3.6 AORN (Denver).