Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Financial health will continue to blur into physical and emotional well-being in 2023. More families face difficulty paying all of their, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wrote in their December 2022 look into Making Ends Meet in 2022. This program will be implemented starting on January 1, 2023.

Health Technology 156

Health Technology Mental health Digital Health Primary Care 156

Henry Kotula

MARCH 17, 2020

A patient can do everything right and still face substantial surprise medical bills. In his recent Oval Office speech, President Trump pledged that Americans won’t receive surprise bills for their coronavirus testing. But insurance companies aren’t the ones sending surprise bills. But it was an empty promise.

Public Health 41

Public Health Medical Billing Nursing Telemedicine 41

Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Patients will likely demand improved access to clearer benefits, billing, and network information to improve transparency, says Brooks Dexter, MBA, Los Angeles-based managing director and head of the healthcare M&A advisory practice at Duff & Phelps, a global consultancy firm.

Primary Care 41

Primary Care Telehealth Patient Experience HIPAA 41

Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2021

household budgets have been particularly hard-hit in paying off credit cards and bills (23%), paying for food (17%), falling behind paying rent or mortgage (16%), affording health insurance coverage (16%), and paying for medical bills (16%). adults had trouble affording any of these basic living expenses.

Mental health 280

Mental health Public Health Medical Billing Telehealth 280

Health Populi

APRIL 4, 2022

About 3 in 5 people worry about unexpected medical bills, followed by one-half concerned about their home’s utility bills and grocery store spending. Other worrisome health care cost items follow down the line, including: 45% of U.S. The cost of filling up a car’s gas tank ranked first among U.S.

Medical Billing 182

Medical Billing Mental health Medicare Patient Experience 182

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

adults believes lowering health care costs is more important than ensuring universal access to health care — another indication that medical bills continue to be a front-of-brain kitchen table issue for mainstream Americans for whom healthcare is a very personal family priority.

Medicare 130

Medicare Medical Billing Nursing Public Health 130

Health Populi

MAY 3, 2019

” I note that, by the time Americans voted in the 2018 mid-term elections, it was no surprise that lower-income Americans were highly concerned about paying higher premiums, most people earning over $75,000 a year were also very worried about covering the costs of health insurance.

Medical Billing 180

Medical Billing Medicare Public Health Health Policy 180

Health Populi

MAY 19, 2019

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.

Life Science 149

Life Science BioTech Medicare Medical Billing 149