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Bonus Features – October 29, 2023 – 66% of patients prefer email or text for reminders about medical bills, 94% of clinicians said lack of timely access to insights within EHR impacts patient care, and 28 more

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Digital health funding has dropped to levels not seen since 2016 , with just $3 billion in global funding announced in Q3, according to the latest report from CB Insights. That’s an increase of more than 10x from 2021, though the gains are explained in part from a longer reporting period and more providers participating.

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EHR Medical Billing Healthcare IT Pharmaceuticals

A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act. Patients-as-consumers increasingly expect retail-enchanting service levels from health care – especially as patients pay medical bills increasingly out-of-pocket. Why this call-to-action on the 118 th U.S. Congress to address telehealth right now?

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Telehealth Mental health Public Health Medical Billing

Why health care costs are making consumers more afraid of medical bills than an actual illness

Henry Kotula

APRIL 24, 2018

health care costs keep rising, and hit more than $10,000 a year per person in 2016. ” However, the poll, conducted by the University of Chicago and the West Health Institute, found Americans fear large medical bills more than they do serious illness. And 53 percent received a bill that was higher than they expected.

Medical Billing

Medical Billing Medical Technology Medicare Health Policy

What Are The Current Regulatory Changes And Compliance Requirements That ASCs Need To Be Aware Of In Their Billing Practices?

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

As of November 15, 2017, ASCs are being surveyed on the new requirements of a September 2016 final rule. ASC billing teams are informed and compliant. About Isaac Smith Isaac is a highly accomplished healthcare professional with over 13 years of experience in healthcare administration, medical billing and coding, and compliance.

Medicare

Medicare Medical Billing HIPAA Medical Billing Services

ACA Cut Unpaid Hospital Care By $7.4 Billion

ACA Times

MARCH 24, 2015

The HHS review of the economic impact of Medicaid expansion looked at the program’s effect in the 28 states and the District of Columbia that took advantage of the federal government’s 100% of the cost of expanding Medicaid through 2016, decreasing to 90% by 2020.

Medical Billing

The Rise of High-Deductible Insurance

ACA Times

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Deductibles are the portion of medical bills individuals must pay before their insurance begins to cover the costs. The average deductible for an individual bronze-level plan will exceed $5,700 for 2016, according to a plan-comparison service cited in the article.

Medical Billing

Why We Should Prioritize Access-related Advocacy

Insulin Nation

MARCH 30, 2018

I am able to divert enough money from my paycheck to our health savings account to cover our medical bills, and that amount doesn’t leave us struggling with our other expenses. But a 2016 Kaiser Family Foundation survey found that 29% of workers were enrolled in such plans, up 9% from 2014.

Medical Billing

The Patient As Payor: Workers Covered by Employer Health Insurance Spend 11.5% of Household Incomes on Premiums and Deductibles

Health Populi

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The topline of this study is that average annual growth in employer premiums rose faster between 2016 and 2017, by about 5% for both single and family plans. Workers covered by health insurance through their companies spend 11.5% Health care stress is a mainstream featured in Americans’ collective psyche approaching the 2020 election.

Medical Billing

Medical Billing Digital Health Patient Experience

The Affordable Care Act, and Why You Can’t Afford to Ignore It [UPDATE]

ACA Times

AUGUST 27, 2018

It meant that some employees skipped preventive medical care, resulting in a less healthy, productive workforce. million Americans went bankrupt in 2013 because of medical bills they were unable to pay. It also resulted in financial ruin for some workers; about 1.7

Medical Billing

Does Amazon have answers for the future of the NHS?

Lloyd Price

AUGUST 29, 2019

Since 2016, NHS England has been awarding grants of up to £10m to digitally advanced NHS trusts to create blueprints for others to follow. Why Amazon is moving into health Few doubt new digital technologies have roles to play in the huge challenges healthcare systems are facing.

Health Data

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The Women’s Health Gap Is Especially Wide During Her Working Years – Learning from McKinsey, the World Economic Forum, and AARP in Women’s History Month

Health Populi

MARCH 6, 2024

McKinsey and team have considered data from U-Wash’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation on the global burden of disease, coupled with OECD data on retirement ages — for the latter, finding that the average pension age for women in 2016 was 63.7

Life Science

Life Science Mental health Medical Billing Pharmaceuticals

150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Boston Business Journal named the hospital a Best Place to Work in 2012, 2014 and 2016. In 2016, BayCare spent $346 million on community benefits, including pet insurance, personal training services and child care. AJH also offers an on-site BSN program to help RNs continue their education. Atlantic Health System (Morristown, N.J.).

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Leadership Nursing Pharmaceuticals Primary Care

Getting Started with Telehealth

TheraNest

AUGUST 20, 2018

Understanding Telehealth Billing. Telehealth billing and reimbursement, much like all medical billing, is a confusing topic. 2016, February). You should know this information for every virtual client you see and you should include it in their charts. Ben-Arieh, D. Godleski, Linda, Adam Darkins, and John Peters.

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Telehealth Mental health Private practice Telemedicine

Getting Started with Telehealth

TheraNest

AUGUST 20, 2018

Understanding Telehealth Billing. Telehealth billing and reimbursement, much like all medical billing, is a confusing topic. 2016, February). You should know this information for every virtual client you see and you should include it in their charts. Ben-Arieh, D. Godleski, Linda, Adam Darkins, and John Peters.

Telehealth

Telehealth Mental health Private practice Telemedicine

The Pharma Industry Hits Bottom of Consumers’ Industry Rankings, and Healthcare Is Only Marginally Higher on the List

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Politicians pointing to drug prices, from President Trump declaring the pharma industry as “murderers” in his TIME magazine interview as “Person of the Year” in 2016, to Elizabeth Warren calling for the federal government to manufacture lower-cost generic drugs as part of her drug pricing plan.

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Benefit Cost Increases Overwhelm Flat Wages for Most in US: Pew

Health Populi

AUGUST 9, 2018

Then wage growth flattened for several years, until modest increases beginning in 2016. More women know a family member who has avoided care due to cost, and more faced paying a medical bill that was higher than expected. households. This will make healthcare a voting issue for some women in the 2018 mid-term elections.

Medical Billing

Medical Billing Patient Experience Health Policy

Guns, Jobs, or Health Care? In 2018, Voters Split as to Top Issue

Health Populi

MAY 10, 2018

One-fourth of insured Americans, about 41 million people, were defined as under-insured in late 2016, double the 2003 rate when The Fund began to poll on this question. Half of under-insured adults had problems with medical bills or debt, and 2 in 5 said they did not get needed healthcare due to cost.

Public Health

Public Health Medical Billing Mental health

Americans Are Warming to Universal Health Care, Kaiser Poll Finds

Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2019

Other issues, like a new Medicare-for-All plan, repealing/replacing the ACA, and protecting people from surprise medical bills were less important to people. percent in 2016 at the moment when President Trump promised to “repeal and replace” the ACA. from a low of 10.9 Of course, this has not happened.

Medicare

Medicare Medical Billing Health Policy

Two-Thirds of Americans Say Healthcare Doesn’t Work Well, in RealClear Politics Poll

Health Populi

MAY 19, 2019

This poll from RealClear Politics , conducted in late April/early May 2019, makes my point that the patient is the consumer and, facing deductibles and more financial exposure to footing the medical bill, the payor.

Life Science

Life Science BioTech Medicare Medical Billing

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Bonus Features – October 29, 2023 – 66% of patients prefer email or text for reminders about medical bills, 94% of clinicians said lack of timely access to insights within EHR impacts patient care, and 28 more

A Vote for Telehealth is a Vote for American Patients’ and Doctors’ Well-Being

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Why health care costs are making consumers more afraid of medical bills than an actual illness

What Are The Current Regulatory Changes And Compliance Requirements That ASCs Need To Be Aware Of In Their Billing Practices?

ACA Cut Unpaid Hospital Care By $7.4 Billion

The Rise of High-Deductible Insurance

Why We Should Prioritize Access-related Advocacy

The Patient As Payor: Workers Covered by Employer Health Insurance Spend 11.5% of Household Incomes on Premiums and Deductibles

The Affordable Care Act, and Why You Can’t Afford to Ignore It [UPDATE]

Does Amazon have answers for the future of the NHS?

The Women’s Health Gap Is Especially Wide During Her Working Years – Learning from McKinsey, the World Economic Forum, and AARP in Women’s History Month

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Getting Started with Telehealth

The Pharma Industry Hits Bottom of Consumers’ Industry Rankings, and Healthcare Is Only Marginally Higher on the List

Benefit Cost Increases Overwhelm Flat Wages for Most in US: Pew

Guns, Jobs, or Health Care? In 2018, Voters Split as to Top Issue

Americans Are Warming to Universal Health Care, Kaiser Poll Finds

Two-Thirds of Americans Say Healthcare Doesn’t Work Well, in RealClear Politics Poll

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