Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 3, 2023

EHR data is a prime target for cyber attackers, as it includes personal data and medical data that can be resold and used to perpetrate financial fraud, extortion, medical billing fraud, and illicit access to medication. Insecure medical devices can also be exploited to hurt patients and damage institutions.

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FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Lawmakers are returning to work on Monday to a simmering fight over how to handle surprise medical bills, with the provider industry having spent the summer pushing hard for major changes.

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Mend

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Patients are quickly becoming consumers who want frictionless digital payment options for their medical bills. This article explores the benefits of advanced patient pay solutions and how you can leverage this technology to drive results in your practice right now. How Advanced Patient Pay Solutions Can Benefit Your Practice.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Health systems should prepare for the future today and start thinking not only about how to manage their traditional business model but also how to invest in and create new competing business models at the same time… Decision-makers could do better to turn their focus away from inpatient settings.”

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Henry Kotula

APRIL 24, 2018

” However, the poll, conducted by the University of Chicago and the West Health Institute, found Americans fear large medical bills more than they do serious illness. And 53 percent received a bill that was higher than they expected. Although virtual visits are billed as more cost effective, new data suggest otherwise.

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Mend

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

This article will explore both of these elements, and how you can leverage them to improve patient satisfaction, retention, and more. How to Improve the Patient Financial Experience Through Text. Here’s how we do it at Mend: Patient Has Outstanding Balance. Mend integrates with your medical billing software.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 16, 2023

If this looks like a position that would interest you, check out the full details for the job and how to apply. As always, you can search our Health IT job board for a variety of jobs from leading companies in the industry. You can also register for free and post your resume where recruiters search for job candidates regularly.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Invest in staff training to equip your front desk to answer questions around how billing codes translate into dollar amount owed, why certain visits cost more or less than others, and how to navigate insurance coverage. Patients are comfortable paying their bills when confidence emanates from the front desk.

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Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

has known how to deliver. Unless these legislative proposals are signed into law by summer 2024, the nation will have lost precious time to assure health citizens and providers alike that they can receive health care when and how they need it. We have the opportunity to modernize U.S.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 23, 2021

adults worry about unexpected medical bills, and another 2 in 3 are afraid they won’t be able to afford health care in 2021. Two-thirds of U.S. Beyond the short-to-mid-term, my broader more audacious objective and Health/care Holy Grail is to imagine a U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 23, 2022

“Inflation is the big story,” the economics team at Morning Consult told us yesterday in a call on “How to Think Like An Economist.” An hour after the Morning Consult session, I brainstormed the topic of consumers-as-payers of medical bills and prescription drugs with GoodRx strategy leaders.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Healthcare IT Today received a demo from Rajat Mukherji at Spectrum Enterprise on how to monitor network traffic in the hospital and at home – including temperature and humidity sensors in key locations. Bonus Features for September 24, 2023: 72% of patients say affordability is the biggest challenge for paying medical bills.

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BHM Healthcare Solutions

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The No Surprises Act (NSA) protects people covered under group and individual health plans from receiving surprise medical bills when they receive most emergency services, non-emergency services from out-of-network providers at in-network facilities, and services from out-of-network air ambulance service providers.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

have cobbled together new home offices and WiFi networks, convening meetings via Zoom and Microsoft Teams and adopting virtual conference modes for the past several months, employers have been assessing just how to “return to work,” facing commercial real estate leases and office towers with elevators shooting beyond ten stories.

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Health Populi

JUNE 21, 2018

On special event days, Cap One “members” can get free coffee and snacks, too; some of the events coming up at the Philadelphia branch included “Spend Smarter, How to Get More for Your Money;” “Building Your Savings;” and, “Navigating Life’s Twists and Turns.” Finance and fun?

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

have been self-rationing medical care for many years, well before any of us knew what “PPE” meant or how to spell “coronavirus.” adults had problems paying medical bills, largely delaying care due to cost for a visit or for prescription drugs. Patients in the U.S.

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Mend

JULY 12, 2022

They can also access their health information online, schedule appointments, and manage bills. When it comes to digital payment options, a recent Instamed study showed that 91% of consumers prefer an electronic payment method for their medical bills. Then, they are recorded in the payment management system. View The eBook Now.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The biggest cost problem is for people who are sick, Altman asserted: this is, as he observed, “the opposite of how a health system should work.” ” Health Populi’s Hot Points: As workers bear a greater financial risk for covering their and their families’ healthcare costs, how to bend that cost curve downward?

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Lean into an Evidence-Based Cadence for Communications There is a science to communicating with patients about their financial responsibility for care—one that incorporates data such as the patient’s past history of medical payment, how likely they are to respond to a particular form of communication, like digital versus paper, and how quickly.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Organizations today are struggling with how to get a grip on AI and apply the tool in their businesses: where and how much to invest? Eventually, he said, the medical bill needs to be contained. THINK: electricity and the open Internet, for examples. What is the business case for AI in our enterprise right now?

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Mend

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Learn what the best patient financial solutions are and how to use them. While many industries have already gone digital, healthcare is still catching up when it comes to billing. Paper mail still leads for medical bills. Fifty-one percent of patients receiving a billing statement via the mail in 2021.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

If you fall behind even slightly, catch up quickly and figure out why and how to avoid falling behind again. ASC billing teams are informed and compliant. About Isaac Smith Isaac is a highly accomplished healthcare professional with over 13 years of experience in healthcare administration, medical billing and coding, and compliance.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

JULY 20, 2021

Seven medical bills are nothing to sneeze at. At one point, I had to ask him how to spell the word “blepharitis” because I wanted to look it up on my phone. I guess he assumed I knew how to spell an odd-sounding word that I had never heard about before?

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

APRIL 30, 2024

It does not constitute medical or legal advice, and readers are encouraged to consult with qualified healthcare professionals or legal advisors for specific guidance related to their practice or situation. Among the myriad codes, CPT Code 99458 stands out as a pivotal component in the realm of remote patient monitoring (RPM) services.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

health care economics, patients are now payors as health consumers with more financial skin in paying medical bills. As consumers, people have great expectations from the organizations on the supply side of health care — providers (hospitals and doctors), health insurance plans, pharma and medical device companies.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

But this distress gives employers (and their plan providers) an opportunity to bring clarity and relief to their employees and their families by simplifying their Explanation of Benefits (EOBs) statements, answering their questions, and showing them how to navigate their plans. .

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

What does my doctor bill mean?” addresses medical bill literacy – the explanation of benefits wonkiness, the coinsurance and copayment concerns, and, simply put, what did the health insurance company cover? and “which doctor can I see?” deal with the in/out-of-network uncertainties.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

A huge friction point we identified in our data-for-healthcare-good panel wrapping up the day is surprise medical billing due to patients’ unwitting use of out-of-network physicians and providers. Frictionless retail is also an important paradigm for health care, an industry rife with friction.

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TheraNest

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Medical billing codes are a hassle to keep up with and that includes place of service codes. Providers everywhere have to struggle to memorize billing codes that always seem to change, yet are vital to their receiving reimbursements from payers. With the right tools, providers can perfect their billing process.

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Insulin Nation

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Everywhere we go, every doctor has a different opinion about how to manage diabetes,” Jim says. It’s no surprise that the Murphy family is severely struggling to make ends meet, as medical bills pile up with only one person earning income. I said, ‘Guys, that’s a truckload,’ but they didn’t care.

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 29, 2019

Together they would be well placed to create and sell lower-cost payment plans for other companies or advise them how to do so, based on an in-depth understanding of insurance risk and Haven’s experimentation. Berkshire Hathaway’s multibillionaire CEO Warren Buffett has described healthcare as the “tapeworm” of the US economy.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

Yet the macroeconomic turbulence expected next year will force companies to take an even closer look at how to lower overall healthcare costs while continuing to move towards value-based care and improve patient/provider satisfaction.

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Mend

JUNE 8, 2022

Today, patients prefer convenient payment options to stay on top of medical bills. Here’s Why Your Practice Should Automate Medical Billing. There are several reasons why switching from paper to automated patient billing. And when you automate healthcare billing, your practice is doing your part.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

In addition to paying for “my” medical bills, most people in the U.S. also say that income inequality and inadequate social services significantly contribute to high medical spending for every health citizen in the nation. This year’s poll was conducted in September 2019 and included input from 2,001 U.S.

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Mend

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

How to Make Employees Feel Valued. Here’s how we do it at Mend: Schedule a Demo. Mend integrates with your organization’s medical billing software in order to automate patient payments. It will also come at a significant financial cost to organizations. Automate Patient Payment.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Today’s patients are more savvy about how to spend their healthcare dollars and they have more options than ever regarding where to get their care. adults with unpaid medical bills say they’ve had a provider deny them care due to that medical debt, leading many to put off care. However, nearly one in seven U.S.

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Mend

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Mend starts by integrating with your organization’s medical billing software. Mend alerts the billing software once payment is complete, removing all steps from your staff. RELATED : How to Optimize Patient Attendance and Reduce No-Shows in 2022. It can also reduce the loss of revenue secondary to no-shows.

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