Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

As a constant observer and advisor across the health/care ecosystem, for me the concept of a “health plan” in the U.S. Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment.

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Primary Care Medicare Medical Billing Public Health 212

Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2023

In addition to the points I explore here on patient administrative burden, please check out the KFF survey for more insights into peoples’ access to mental health benefits and other experiences with health plans. For more details on this important study, you can check out my post here in Health Populi from November 2022.

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Medical Billing Mental health Patient Experience Medicare 156

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 86

Henry Kotula

AUGUST 28, 2023

Drug-Pricing Laws With the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Congress took meaningful action to lower drug prices , a move the CBO estimates would reduce the federal deficit by $237 billion over 10 years. Americans today pay twice as much for the same medications as people in Europe largely because of Congressional legislation passed in 2003.

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Mental health Medicare Medical Billing Telemedicine 41

Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

the title of the article updating the winter 2022-23 sick-season asked. Thus, the sage advice as we approach gatherings for Christmastime 2022: “Close your mouth and step away from the human,” by Katherine Wu of The Atlantic. We enter 2023 with home economics setting our tables as a context for our overall health and well-being.

Health Technology 156

Health Technology Mental health Digital Health Primary Care 156

Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2023

health care micro-economy and how health costs will crowd out other household spending in 2024 Consumers’ financial health blurs (or sometimes bleeds) into their personae as patients: CivicScience has tracked a direct relationship between peoples’ perceptions of financial health and one’s overall well-being.

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Mental health Medical Billing Public Health Medicare 203

Health Populi

APRIL 4, 2022

Inflation and rising prices are the biggest problem facing America, most people told the Kaiser Family Foundation March 2022 Health Tracking Poll. Underpinning that household budget concern are gas and health care costs. Other worrisome health care cost items follow down the line, including: 45% of U.S.

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Medical Billing Mental health Medicare Patient Experience 182