Health Populi

MAY 30, 2022

Year 3 into the COVID-19 pandemic, health citizens are dealing with coronavirus variants in convergence with other challenges in daily life: price inflation, civil and social stress, anxiety and depression, global security concerns, and the safety of their families. Medical debt has become such a financial burden and stress in the U.S.

Medical Billing 258

Medical Billing Health Policy Mental health Patient Experience 258

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Beyond the physical and emotional pain that people experience when they become a patient, in the U.S. 98% of Americans rank paying their medical bills is an important pain point in their patient journey, according to Embracing consumerism: Driving customer engagement in the healthcare financial journey , from Experian Health.

Patient Experience 159

Patient Experience Medical Billing Health Policy 159

Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2019

For mainstream Americans, “the math doesn’t add up” for paying medical bills out of median household budgets, based on the calculations in the 2019 VisitPay Report. adults 18 and over assessing peoples’ financial behaviors in the context of health care. Given a $60K median U.S.

Medical Billing 279

Medical Billing Patient Experience Health Policy 279

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

Some research has found that the actual prices insurers and patients pay bear little relationship to the published charges.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: The top employee benefit workers value is health insurance, shown in the latest EBRI survey into health and workplace benefits published last week.

BioTech 160

BioTech Medicare Medical Billing Patient Experience 160

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

health care economics, patients are now payors as health consumers with more financial skin in paying medical bills. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The top challenges in patients seeking care noted in the first chart related to paying for treatment, following by mental and emotional well-being.

Mental health 157

Mental health Medical Billing Medical Technology Pharmaceuticals 157

Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Brian Klepper of Worksite Health Advisors , longtime consigliere to self-insured employers, unions, and value-oriented providers of medical services, explained the growth in value-based care he expects to see in the coming months: “Today’s descendants of the disruptor Managed Care companies of the 1980’s are value-focused and high performing….that

Health Technology 156

Health Technology Mental health Digital Health Primary Care 156

Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

“Patients as Consumers” is the theme of the Health Affairs issue for March 2019. most visibly for prescription drugs , and increasingly for other line items in the medical bill like nursing home care, hospital care, and physician services.

Digital Health 256

Digital Health Health Policy Medical Billing Interoperability 256