Health Populi

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Both employees accessing employer-sponsored health care via the private sector and commercial insurance, as well as health citizens covered by public sector plans Medicare and Medicaid had concerns about medical bills. ” This is the current state of play for health citizens and health care payments in America, circa 2022.

Medical Billing 182

Medical Billing Primary Care Medicare Patient Experience 182

Health Populi

JUNE 23, 2022

An hour after the Morning Consult session, I brainstormed the topic of consumers-as-payers of medical bills and prescription drugs with GoodRx strategy leaders. This consumer research was conducted in January 2022 — well before a gallon of gas cost an average of $4.98 in Hong Kong the week of 20 June 2022).

Medical Billing 288

Medical Billing Medicare Pharmaceuticals 288

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment. Patients and health plan members continue evolving into medical bill payers, with their homes and budgets baked into the concept.

Primary Care 212

Primary Care Medicare Medical Billing Public Health 212

Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2023

Note that one-third of people enrolled in Medicare or employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) self-rationed care due to cost in the past year. For more details on this important study, you can check out my post here in Health Populi from November 2022. The top reason people in the U.S.

Medical Billing 156

Medical Billing Mental health Patient Experience Medicare 156

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

healthcare spending, with curves moving up and to the right, and the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund moving into the opposite direction toward insolvency by 2033. have not returned to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2022. adults saying inflation has made it harder to pay medical bills.

Primary Care 240

Primary Care Medical Billing Medicare Patient Experience 240

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 6, 2023

Healthcare accounted for 36% of all enterprise data breaches in 2022 , according to the latest research from ForgeRock. The report also cited a 50% increase in breaches from 2022 as compared to 2021. Partnerships Fintech company Cedar is working with Google Cloud to build AI-powered tools to hep patients understand medical bills.

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EHR Interoperability RCM HIE 79

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

For example, as outpatient services such as infusions outpace projections , and as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services open the door to more outpatient procedures by moving 11 procedures off its “inpatient only” list, ambulatory providers must have the financial strength to make the investments needed to support growth.

RCM 85

RCM Patient Experience Medical Billing Medicare 85