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Will Trade Data for (Cheaper) Health Care – USC’s View of the Future

Health Populi

health care system. As such, American health consumers are wrestling with sticker shock from surgical procedures, surprise medical bills weeks after leaving the hospital, and the cost of prescription drugs — whether six-figure oncology therapies or essential medicines like insulin and EpiPens.

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Weekly Roundup – April 27, 2024

Healthcare IT Today

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Exchanging, Managing, and Meaningfully Using Health Data in 2024. Read more… Health Data Sharing Impacts How Clinicians Care for Patients.

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5 Strategies to Improve Healthcare Billing for Both Patients and Practices

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Blake Walker, CEO at Inbox Health. The dreaded healthcare bill: patients’ anxiety rises the second it lands in their mailbox or inbox, and practices find the process of managing patient billing arduous. Practices and billing teams have the ability to set the terms (e.g.,

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Weekly Roundup – September 30, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. Read more… Discussing TEFCA, QHINs, HDUs, and Interoperability With Civitas Health. They also touched on the role of health data utilities as the evolution of the state HIE.

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Understanding CPT Code 99458

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Disclaimer: The information provided in this article is intended for educational purposes only. It does not constitute medical or legal advice, and readers are encouraged to consult with qualified healthcare professionals or legal advisors for specific guidance related to their practice or situation. What is CPT Code 99458?

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Will Technology Cure Americans’ Health Care System Ills? Considering Google and Ascension Health’s Data Deal

Health Populi

“Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ Gathers Personal Health Data on Millions of Americans,” the Wall Street Journal reported in today’s paper and on the WSJ.com website. health care. Was this due to the growing experience and reporting of surprise medical bills? Out-of-network costs?

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Jasper, Scaling a Human Touch for People Dealing with Cancer, Now With Walgreens

Health Populi

And they have helped people co-create health outcomes as quantified in the cancer care experience slide shown here. Individuals and their families are overwhelmed with the information, tasks, steep medical bills and the ‘unknown’ that cancer brings and are trying to manage everything with limited to no support.