Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

rank prescription drugs, lab tests, emergency room visits, dental and vision care, preventive services, chronic disease management and mental health care as the “most essential” health care services, according to the 2019 Survey of America’s Patients conducted by The Physicians Foundation. People in the U.S.

Pharmaceuticals 136

Pharmaceuticals Medical Billing Medicare Mental health 136

Health Populi

MAY 5, 2019

This is what rationing health care looks like in America: one in two people in families dealing with a chronic health condition have difficulty affording paying medial bills before meeting a deductible, unexpected medical bills, co-payments for prescription drugs, co-payments for physician visits, and/or their monthly health insurance premium.

Medical Billing 239

Medical Billing 239

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

And bad debt — write-offs that come out of uncollected patient bill balances after “significant collection efforts” by hospitals and doctors — is challenging their already-thin or negative financial margins.

Nursing 170

Nursing Medical Billing Patient Experience 170

Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2019

The survey polled 2,002 U.S. adults 18 and over in September 2018 in English and Spanish. As the National Center for Health Statistics has reported , people with HDHPs are far more likely than those with traditional health plans to forgo or delay medical care or to be in a household that is having difficulty paying medical bills.”

Medical Billing 149

Medical Billing 149

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The report’s insights are based on surveys FMI has conducted over the past two years, as the Foundation has observed that consumers broadening their definition of health to include emotional health, energy levels, and sleep quality. One-third of stores in FMI’s survey have in-store retail health clinics.

Nursing 308

Nursing Public Health Medical Billing Primary Care 308

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

Research published in JAMA Internal Medicine in December 2018 found that as out-of-pocket costs for insulin have increased over the past few years, many patients use less insulin than needed. The therapy treats thalassemia, a genetic disease that affects 1,000 people in the U.S. and 300,000 people worldwide.

BioTech 160

BioTech Medicare Medical Billing Patient Experience 160

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

health care economics, patients are now payors as health consumers with more financial skin in paying medical bills. As consumers, people have great expectations from the organizations on the supply side of health care — providers (hospitals and doctors), health insurance plans, pharma and medical device companies.

Mental health 157

Mental health Medical Billing Medical Technology Pharmaceuticals 157

Health Populi

DECEMBER 3, 2018

One in two people have had at least one personal “economic crisis” in the past year, we learn in the American Family Survey 2018 , released last week from Deseret News and The Brookings Institution. The project surveyed 3,000 U.S. adults across the general population, fielded online by YouGov.

Medical Billing 180

Medical Billing 180

Health Populi

DECEMBER 5, 2019

of their household income on health insurance premiums and deductibles based on The Commonwealth Fund’s latest report on employee health care costs, Trends in Employer Health Coverage, 2008-2018: Higher Costs for Workers and Their Families. Workers covered by health insurance through their companies spend 11.5% of household income.

Medical Billing 272

Medical Billing Digital Health Patient Experience 272

Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

Becker’s Healthcare is pleased to release the “150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare | 2018” list, which highlights hospitals, health systems and healthcare companies that promote diversity within the workforce, employee engagement and professional growth. Baylor Scott & White Health (Dallas).

Leadership 32

Leadership Nursing Pharmaceuticals Primary Care 32

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

While customer satisfaction with health insurance plans slightly increased between 2018 and 2019, patient satisfaction with hospitals fell in all three settings where care is delivered — inpatient, outpatient, and the emergency room, according to the 2018-2019 ACSI Finance, Insurance and Health Care Report.

Primary Care 170

Primary Care Medical Billing Patient Experience Health Policy 170

Health Populi

AUGUST 9, 2018

Pew also calculated that median weekly earnings increased from $232 in the beginning of 1979 to $879 in 2018. Here’s evidence from a new Bankrate survey which had a question regarding women’s concerns about healthcare, shown in the table. Purchasing power over time is shown in the second chart.

Medical Billing 168

Medical Billing Patient Experience Health Policy 168

Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2018

So warns the Sixth Annual Nationwide TCHS Consumers Healthcare Survey , with the tagline: “Stressed Out: Americans and Healthcare.” ” Perhaps this is why healthcare has become a top voting issue for the 2018 mid-term elections that will be held on November 6 one week from today. adults in August 2018.

Medical Billing 209

Medical Billing Public Health Health Policy 209

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.

Medical Billing 178

Medical Billing BioTech Patient Experience Mental health 178

Health Populi

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Now, in late 2018, we look toward 2019 and the 2020 Presidential elections and must also contemplate the lower darker green line. Healthcare costs are part of a family’s budget in 2018, and that is a sure thing for 2019 as well. That’s the top lighter green line in the first chart. That’s answered in the third chart.

Medical Billing 178

Medical Billing Medicare Federal healthcare Public 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

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

This finding is bolstered with the survey finding that overall favorability of the ACA is the highest it’s been since KFF began to measure it in nine years of polling this question. This survey found the share of Democrats with favorable views of the ACA increased by 11 percentage points while President Trump moved into the White House.

Medicare 130

Medicare Medical Billing Health Policy 130