Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

healthcare spending, with curves moving up and to the right, and the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund moving into the opposite direction toward insolvency by 2033. adults saying inflation has made it harder to pay medical bills.

Primary Care 240

Primary Care Medical Billing Medicare Patient Experience 240

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

For example, as outpatient services such as infusions outpace projections , and as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services open the door to more outpatient procedures by moving 11 procedures off its “inpatient only” list, ambulatory providers must have the financial strength to make the investments needed to support growth.

RCM 87

RCM Patient Experience Medical Billing Medicare 87

Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 21, 2023

million for medical billing fraud from Medicare. The indictment alleges that the couple conspired with a social worker to submit false claims to Medicare, falsely stating that residents had received individual psychotherapy sessions lasting one hour. Medicare fraud, in particular, increases healthcare costs for everyone.

Medical Billing 40

Medical Billing Telehealth Medicare HIPAA 40

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

If the therapy continues to work, the patient would be responsible for an additional 20% of the total for each year they meet positive clinical end-points. It’s mainstream patient experience these days for people to experience a surprise medical bill or be challenged on a new prescription that a payor denies as a first-step therapy.

BioTech 160

BioTech Medicare Medical Billing Patient Experience 160

Henry Kotula

JUNE 21, 2020

While the survey didn’t ask people why they were putting off care, there is ample evidence that medical bills can be a powerful deterrent. “We A pharmacist helped, but Mr. Chapman no longer has insurance, and is not sure what he will do until he is eligible for Medicare later this year.

Medical Billing 41

Medical Billing Medicare Primary Care Telemedicine 41

HIStalk Weekender

MAY 18, 2018

As a cash-strapped buyer who just wants to know what I will be billed when my PCP orders a dermatology test for a sun spot that I’ve had for 10 years, what am to do? My first inclination is to at least publish the Medicare price. I absolutely hate when non-clinical people compare healthcare with any other industry.

Nursing 28

Nursing Medicare EMR Medical Billing 28

Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

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. Financial health will continue to blur into physical and emotional well-being in 2023. This program will be implemented starting on January 1, 2023.

Health Technology 156

Health Technology Mental health Digital Health Primary Care 156

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

I would continue to advance CMS’ directive that by 2030 all Medicare and the bulk of Medicaid beneficiaries be in care engagements governed under a value-based contract. A federal staffing mandate would potentially result in an additional cost of $11B to a sector that is already struggling to provide frontline care.

Healthcare IT 122

Healthcare IT Interoperability HIPAA Nursing 122

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

in the second half of 2022, families and households faced financial stress that strained peoples’ ability to make ends meet… and that included health care, as 5.7 While that economic decline had different features than the one facing the U.S. million more Americans lost health insurance during the Great Recession era.

Pharmaceuticals 156

Pharmaceuticals Medical Billing Primary Care Medicare 156

Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

To keep employees engaged, Hillcrest Hospital South offers employees flexible schedules, such as working Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays to meet family obligations during the week. The health system also offers tuition reimbursement and discounts on medical premiums. Holston Medical Group (Kingsport, Tenn.).

Leadership 32

Leadership Nursing Pharmaceuticals Primary Care 32

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

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. The cost of filling up a car’s gas tank ranked first among U.S. householder’s worries of household budget items among 71% of U.S. voters across political party.

Medical Billing 182

Medical Billing Mental health Medicare Patient Experience 182

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Americans are roughly split — and/or equally confused — about the differences between three major health reform approaches: Medicare -for-All, improving the existing Affordable Care Act, or replacing the ACA with state-run health plans. And many – more than four in ten – find affording basic medical care a hardship.

Medicare 130

Medicare Medical Billing Nursing Public Health 130

Health Populi

MAY 3, 2019

This was equally true for people whether enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid, or covered by private insurance. By late 2018, seven in ten Americans had a negative view of the U.S. health care system , Gallup learned. Two-thirds of people also prioritized expanding financial help to include more people who buy insurance on the ACA marketplace.

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. They may be threatened by a call for “Medicare for All” given their affection for the program.

Life Science 149

Life Science BioTech Medicare Medical Billing 149