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Employers Take on Health Activism, Embracing Behavioral Health, Virtual Care, AI, and Transparency

Health Populi

employers are growing activist roles as stakeholders in the healthcare system, according to the 2019 Large Employers Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey from the National Business Group on Health (NBGH). One of the most concerning rising cost components in medical trend come from the pharmaceutical supply chain.

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Increases in Employee Healthcare Costs Pushing Businesses to Innovative Solutions to Lower Costs

ACA Times

The National Business Group on Health (NBGH) recently conducted the Large Employers’ 2018 Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey and found that the total healthcare (medical and pharmaceutical) costs this year will be $13,482 per employee. In addition, more employers will invest in accountable care organizations (ACOs).

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Fellow Physicians: Join the Telehealth Revolution

American Well

Primary care doctors, on average, see 20 to 30 patients a day, maybe more, back-to-back. Our time out of the exam room is filled with a flood administrative work, phone calls, hospital rounds, shooing away pharmaceutical reps. s more, with telehealth physicians and practices can actually manage chronic disease and coordinate care.

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Fellow Physicians: Join the Telehealth Revolution

American Well

Primary care doctors, on average, see 20 to 30 patients a day, maybe more, back-to-back. Our time out of the exam room is filled with a flood administrative work, phone calls, hospital rounds, shooing away pharmaceutical reps. s more, with telehealth physicians and practices can actually manage chronic disease and coordinate care.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

The key issue in the US isn’t the oversupply of physicians, test, procedures — it’s the cost of care, the cost of pharmaceuticals, the cost of all healthcare goods and services. We also need to be thinking about the payment methodologies we use for different health care providers. The Harlow Group LLC.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

The key issue in the US isn’t the oversupply of physicians, test, procedures — it’s the cost of care, the cost of pharmaceuticals, the cost of all healthcare goods and services. We also need to be thinking about the payment methodologies we use for different health care providers. The Harlow Group LLC.

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Will Vertical Integration Kill the Primary Care Practice?

Health Blawg

The key issue in the US isn’t the oversupply of physicians, test, procedures — it’s the cost of care, the cost of pharmaceuticals, the cost of all healthcare goods and services. We also need to be thinking about the payment methodologies we use for different health care providers. The Harlow Group LLC.