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Bonus Features – September 24, 2023 – 72 percent of patients say affordability is the biggest challenge for paying medical bills

Healthcare IT Today

Collaborations between AI vendors and biotech/pharma companies over the last five years are worth more than $45 billion , according to a recent report from Accenture. Medicare Advantage costs are 12% lower than similar beneficiaries covered under fee-for-service Medicare, according to research from Inovalon and Harvard Medical School.

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In U.S. Health Care, It’s Still the Prices, Stupid – But Transparency and Consumer Behavior Aren’t Working As Planned

Health Populi

First, a Wall Street Journal profile of Bluebird Bio , a biotech firm that plans to sell gene-replacement therapy extending annual payments to patients based on whether the drug is effective. But what’s been published online since hospitals began to post prices hasn’t been very helpful, as this story in Vox documents.

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