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Health Care Finance Leaders Look to Cut Costs and Improve Patients’ Financial Experience — Think AI and Venmo

Health Populi

Another way to reduce costs of administration in health care operations is to move from paper to electronic formats — long overdue in the eyes of patients who are increasingly dealing with medical bill paying as payers for out-of-pocket expenses. AI can help here, too.

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

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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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Design, Empathy and Ethics Come to Healthcare: HXD

Health Populi

Amy wrote an important column in MM&M magazine called “ the Rise of the Health-Tech Ethicist ,” which I highly recommend you read. Julie discussed the Cleveland Clinic’s project on designing a better medical bill, detailing the organization’s design thinking on the inpatient journey and commitment to patient-centered care.

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

Founded in 1915, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has grown from a 20-bed facility into a three-hospital health system serving 27 neighborhoods in and around Atlanta. The health system has more than 10,600 employees and 7,000 volunteers. Southwestern Vermont Health Care (Bennington, Vt.). Lenovo (Morrisville, N.C.).

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Top 45 Healthcare Blogs for 2019

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Medical Billing & Coding Blog. This blog is all about medical billing and coding. The perfect resources for doctors, managers, and medical billers and coders, blog posts are written exclusively by Manny Oliverez, CEO of capture billing. The Atlantic Health Blog.