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Tools for Paying Medical Bills Don’t Help Health Consumers Manage Their Financial Health

Health Populi

There’s a gap between the supply of digital health tools that hospitals and health systems offer patients, and what patients-as-consumers need for overall health and wellbeing. Nowhere in the top 10 most commonly provided digital tools is one for price transparency, cost comparing or cost estimating. .

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Patients Growing Health Consumer Muscles Expect Digital Services

Health Populi

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.

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Value-Based Health Care Needs All Stakeholders at the Table – Especially the Patient

Health Populi

Speaking of design, this Summit was indeed well-designed by spotlighting pragmatic representatives from these various stakeholder groups.

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Business of Healthcare and Value Based Care – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

Compliance with digital health regulations will drive tech modernization. Over 60 countries have now enacted digital health regulations and/or Ministry of Health digital mandates which include unique device identification (UDI) and medication serialized marking.

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In 2020, PwC Expects Consumers to Grow DIY Healthcare Muscles As Medical Prices Increase

Health Populi

In this 14th year of the publication, PwC polled executives from payers, providers, and pharma/life science organizations. Internally, health industry business leaders are prioritizing several workforce strategies in the new year, first and foremost to confront digital transformation.

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Two-Thirds of Americans Say Healthcare Doesn’t Work Well, in RealClear Politics Poll

Health Populi

This poll from RealClear Politics , conducted in late April/early May 2019, makes my point that the patient is the consumer and, facing deductibles and more financial exposure to footing the medical bill, the payor. For more on that phenomenon, see HealthConsuming ‘s chapters on digital health and the new retail health.