Health Populi

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

And note how Americans’ trust in hospitals — historically the top-trusted health care segment in the nation — eroded from 2018, tying with consumer health companies, and just north of biotech and life science organizations. .” Yet it’s health care costs that rank top in U.S.

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Medical Billing Digital Health Patient Experience Life Science 225

Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

84% of Americans told the Foundation that they were concerned about how much health care costs will affect them in the future, with 42% of patients saying they couldn’t afford to pay over $500 for an unexpected medical bill. Hospital costs contribute to rising medical costs to 49% of health consumers.

Pharmaceuticals 136

Pharmaceuticals Medical Billing Medicare Mental health 136

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

What’s underneath that macro “healthcare” index number of 67 is a precipitous decline in the past year for Americans’ trust in hospitals, compared with biotech, pharma, consumer healthcare, and even health insurance — all of which grew in trust between 2018 and 2019, but not so with the hospital segment of U.S.

BioTech 160

BioTech Medical Billing HIPAA Health Information 160

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

First, a Wall Street Journal profile of Bluebird Bio , a biotech firm that plans to sell gene-replacement therapy extending annual payments to patients based on whether the drug is effective. As the Harvard Chan-POLITICO study points out, prescription drug costs are top-of-mind for health consumers in America. and 300,000 people worldwide.

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BioTech Medicare Medical Billing Patient Experience 160

Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2019

As patients have taken on more financial responsibility for first-dollar costs in high-deductible health plans and medical bills, hospitals and health care providers face growing fiscal pressures for late payments and bad debt. Over one-half of people told APA that medical bills and the cost of medications were sources of stress.

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Medical Billing BioTech Patient Experience Mental health 178

Health Populi

JULY 10, 2018

.” In the sample, two-thirds of respondents had seen a health care provider for an illness or medical condition in the past 12 months, so two-thirds of the survey sample have faced a medical encounter yielding some kind of medical bill in the past year. adults in April-May 2018 for this survey.

BioTech 120

BioTech Medical Billing Life Science Pharmaceuticals 120