Health Populi

MAY 5, 2019

This is what rationing health care looks like in America: one in two people in families dealing with a chronic health condition have difficulty affording paying medial bills before meeting a deductible, unexpected medical bills, co-payments for prescription drugs, co-payments for physician visits, and/or their monthly health insurance premium.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 20, 2022

It takes about three paper statements , on average, for consumers to pay their medical bills. Just three years ago, 90% of healthcare organizations relied on paper-based billing statements. Bank survey found 85% of consumers prefer to make their healthcare payments digitally. Adopting a Digital-First Design Mindset.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Meet patients where they are – on their phones and laptops. According to one survey on healthcare payment plans, 90.7 When patients have questions about their medical bills, offer support over a variety of communication channels like live chat, text, email, or IVR. Adopt digital statements and payments.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2020

has skipped or stopped paying a bill, and over half of Americans have used emergency savings, according to a survey from the BlackRock Emergency Savings Initiative (ESI). The survey, conducted online among 2,043 U.S. One in three people in the U.S. economy continues to morph toward a largely gig-employment economy.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The following is a guest article by Pete Heydt, President at Patient Pay Ninety-five percent of healthcare leaders expect outpatient volumes to increase, with many anticipating increases of 10% or more this year, a recent survey found. More and more, healthcare leaders are looking to revenue cycle to be part of the solution.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

All well and good — a growing supply side to meet what these suppliers assume as health consumer demand for retail health and home care services whether paid-for out-of-pocket or via insurance (perhaps channeled through employers, or self-determined through a high-deductible health plan using “my” money).

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

However, ASC billing practices must be followed to ensure proper reimbursement and regulatory compliance. Medicare Certification ASCs must sign a contract with Medicare and meet its Conditions for Coverage (CFC) to be paid. ASCs must also meet Medicare’s Conditions for Coverage. Two other appendices apply to ASCs.

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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. 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.

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Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2020

On the medical spending front, Bankrate’s survey noted that 1 in 3 Americans did not seek healthcare in the past year due to costs. Without assurance that these medical bills would be paid, there are people in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In fact, 1 in 11 adults delay or go without medical care due to cost reasons, according to the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). For the many patients who do seek out care, they are either surprised by the medical bill at the end of care or are confused about the amount they owe.

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Henry Kotula

JUNE 21, 2020

Nearly half of all Americans say they or someone they live with has delayed care since the onslaught of coronavirus , according to a survey last month from the Kaiser Family Foundation. 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.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

MARCH 15, 2023

According to the National Health Interview Survey , approximately 30 million Americans were without health insurance in the first half of 2020, and around 43% of adults aged 19 to 64 had inadequate coverage as of mid-2022. To be eligible for Medicaid , individuals must meet certain income and asset criteria, which vary by state.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Ninety percent of patients surveyed said that provider loyalty depends on the patient financial experience. 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. The Survey is Short and Easy: Longer surveys are more likely to get abandoned.

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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. Costs, too, can delay patients’ seeking care, which Qualtrics learned in their recent survey of health consumers. consumers delayed seeking routine medical care in the past year.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

According to the hospital’s most recent employee engagement survey, the hospital’s overall employee engagement score was 89 percent and its employee retention rate is 92.6 Beaumont surveys its employees consistently and has several channels for employees to share their opinions on the workplace.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2019

As patients have taken on more financial responsibility for first-dollar costs in high-deductible health plans and medical bills, hospitals and health care providers face growing fiscal pressures for late payments and bad debt. Over one-half of people told APA that medical bills and the cost of medications were sources of stress.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Here’s The Hill ‘s coverage on the survey, which was conducted with the Peter G. The second poll we’ll consider is the survey from The Harvard Chan School of Public Health published in October 2019 (conducted in July-August 2019) teamed with the Commonwealth Fund and the New York Times. Peterson Foundation.

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