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As Medical Cost Trend Remains Flat, Patients Face Growing Health Consumer Financial Stress

Health Populi

. “Employer health spending has grown from 6 percent of total wages in 1988 to more than 12 percent in 2018,” driven by healthcare prices growing faster than the general economy, and the adoption of new technologies, procedures, and increasingly expensive new prescription drugs, PwC observes. economy by 2026.

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6 Ways to Drive Higher Medicaid Reimbursement with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

That number will rise to 82 million by 2026. Fortunately, there’s a solution that can benefit both provider revenue and population health: telemedicine. Medicaid is the largest payer for mental health services in the United States. 76 million people – 1 out of 5 people in the United States – are on Medicaid.

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'Roll-Up Strategies to create Platforms' likely to define the HealthTech landscape in 2024

Lloyd Price

Mental Health and Wellness Platforms: Rollups can combine companies offering therapy, counseling, mindfulness apps, and digital therapeutics to create holistic mental health and wellness platforms that address the growing demand for mental healthcare.

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Bonus Features – September 17, 2023 – 20% of healthcare marketers worried about job security amid AI adoption, 53% of executives using AI to address drug diversion “very confident” in their efforts, and more

Healthcare IT Today

Paymentus validated the Paymentus Patient Billing and Payments stack through Oracle Health’s developer program and now integrated with the Oracle Health EHR. AvaSure integrated Ouva AI-powered patient observation into its TeleSitter product for virtual nursing.

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