Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2019

These study respondents had also visited a doctor or hospital and paid a medical bill in the past year. One-third of these patients had a health care bill go to collections in the past year, according to Cedar’s 2019 U.S. 50% want clearer, easier-to-understand medical bills.

Medical Billing 235

Medical Billing Life Science Medicare Pharmaceuticals 235

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

Patients-as-consumers increasingly expect retail-enchanting service levels from health care – especially as patients pay medical bills increasingly out-of-pocket. Convenience can take the form of time: for example, time to drive to an appointment and/or time required to be away from work to attend to that appointment.

Telehealth 193

Telehealth Mental health Public Health Medical Billing 193

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

As a constant observer and advisor across the health/care ecosystem, for me the concept of a “health plan” in the U.S. Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment.

Primary Care 212

Primary Care Medicare Medical Billing Public Health 212

Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2022

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.

Mental health 156

Mental health Digital Health Patient Experience Connected Health 156

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

THINK: electricity and the open Internet, for examples. ” In his introductory remarks, Frans called out that health care is unaffordable. Eventually, he said, the medical bill needs to be contained. That’s part of developing deep human interactions with stakeholders in health care.

Medical Billing 267

Medical Billing Life Science Connected Health 267

Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Two approaches quantified in this year’s KFF survey are the use of lower-cost settings, such as retail clinics and telehealth, as well as workers generating health data shared via mobile apps and wearable technology.

Telehealth 157

Telehealth Telemedicine Medical Billing Health Data 157

Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2018

We have a “responsibility to imagine unintended consequences,” Sara believes, and in 2018 we are not at a loss for examples — like autonomous cars as a risk factor for accidents and possibly mortality. I regularly cover Fidelity’s annual study on retirement healthcare cost sticker shock; here is my latest take on this important report].

Medical Billing 189

Medical Billing Public Health Patient Experience Connected Health 189