Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2023

In light of a recent survey indicating that 31% of consumers expect remote care to be available for space travelers by 2053, DrFirst announced its patent-pending iPrescribe 3-D printer cartridge for printing commonly prescribed medications in space. Intermountain Health unveiled Culmination Bio , a clinical research data platform.

Nursing 85

Nursing Medical Billing Primary Care EHR 85

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

They rose 26%, and general price inflation by 20%, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation survey on employer-sponsored benefits for 2019 released yesterday. In 2019, ”cost” for health consumers translates into the premium, deductible, out-of-pocket spending, and surprise medical bills — an issue that’s getting a lot of attention in U.S.

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Medical Billing Telehealth 192

Health Populi

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Gallup points out in its analysis that the government is already a major health care channeler and funder through Medicare and Medicaid. Note that over one-half of people who were ill had serious problems paying at least one type of medical bill, from hospitals and prescription drugs to the doctor’s office and ambulance services.

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Medical Billing Medicare Federal healthcare Public Health 178

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Based on Trilliant Health’s calculations in this analysis, we project a provider deficit of over 200,000 primary care providers. A Debt.com survey out this weeks concludes that i nflation is making us sick, physically and financially — with 67% of U.S. adults saying inflation has made it harder to pay medical bills.

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Primary Care Medical Billing Medicare Patient Experience 240

Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Family premiums for health insurance received at the workplace grew 5% in 2018: to $19,616, according to the 2018 KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). These two trends combine for a 212% increase in workers’ deductibles in the past decade. in the same period. .” employers ask.

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Telehealth Telemedicine Medical Billing Health Data 157

Health Populi

MAY 26, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating financial stress in America, hitting women especially hard, based on PwC’s 9th annual Employee Financial Wellness Survey COVID-19 Update. While the survey was conducted just as the pandemic began to emerge in the U.S., workers, the first chart illustrates.

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Medical Billing Nursing Public Health 182

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Here’s The Hill ‘s coverage on the survey, which was conducted with the Peter G. Last week, the Fed cut interest rates by 25 basis points for the third time this year,” the FT-Peterson Center analysis observed. And many – more than four in ten – find affording basic medical care a hardship. Peterson Foundation.

Medicare 130

Medicare Medical Billing Nursing Public Health 130

Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2019

In a regression analysis, the study showed a significant relationship between optimism and. The survey polled 2,002 U.S. Put another way, pessimists stress about finances 62% of the year, shown in the first chart from the study. better financial health: a 1-point increase in optimism was associated with a 0.1-point

Medical Billing 149

Medical Billing 149

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.

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Mental health Medical Billing Medical Technology Pharmaceuticals 157

Health Populi

AUGUST 9, 2018

The Pew analysis recognizes this factor, citing the BLS statistic that total benefit costs for civilian workers have risen 22.5% Here’s evidence from a new Bankrate survey which had a question regarding women’s concerns about healthcare, shown in the table. since 2001, compared with a 5.3% wage and salary cost increase.

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Medical Billing Patient Experience Health Policy 168

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

Article #3 in my deep dive here extends the second analysis into digital health information, next focusing on Americans’ use of quality information on doctors. most visibly for prescription drugs , and increasingly for other line items in the medical bill like nursing home care, hospital care, and physician services.

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Digital Health Health Policy Medical Billing Interoperability 256

Henry Kotula

JUNE 21, 2020

Nearly half of all Americans say they or someone they live with has delayed care since the onslaught of coronavirus , according to a survey last month from the Kaiser Family Foundation. While the survey didn’t ask people why they were putting off care, there is ample evidence that medical bills can be a powerful deterrent.

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