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The Healthcare Financial Experience is a Stressful One: the Convergence of our Medical, Retail, and Financial Lives

Health Populi

.” That’s a form of financial toxicity that has ramifications for the entire health system enterprise beyond the surgical suite or cancer center. The bottom-line, literally: four in ten consumers would not pay a medical bill if they cannot understand the administrative experience. Cedar polled 1,239 U.S.

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The Patient as Consumer and Payer – A Focus on Financial Stress and Wellbeing

Health Populi

Add on top of these significant stressors the need to deal with medical bills, which is another source of stress for millions of patients in America. These self-care tasks extended in our health care across all dimensions of “health” including mental health, nutrition and gut wellness, sleep, and certainly financial health.

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Weekender 8/3/18

HIStalk Weekender

The White House issues a rule that will allow less-expensive, short-term health plans, aka “junk plans,” to be renewed for up to three years versus the previous three months. Is it OK to be forced into bankruptcy over medical bills? Deliver an educational webinar (providers). What if they can’t afford it?

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150 top places to work in healthcare

Henry Kotula

Christ Hospital Health Network, with over 3,500 employees, is ranked No. Hospital leadership recently refreshed the Employee Assistance Program, which looks to improve work-life balance for employees by addressing behavioral and mental health needs. UnityPoint Health (West Des Moines, Iowa). Cleveland Clinic.