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Surprise-Billing Proposals Present Risks

BHM Healthcare Solutions

The post Surprise-Billing Proposals Present Risks appeared first on BHM Healthcare Solutions. BHM understands the special bridge between payers and providers because our they both are clients. Click HERE and discuss how BHM helps reinvent payers and build relationships.

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Patients-As-Health Care Payers Define What a Digital Front Door Looks Like

Health Populi

pre-care cost estimates that are accurate (personalized based on their own health insurance plans), payment plans for paying medical bills over time, digital payment options (think: Venmo meets medical bills), a multi-purpose portal, and mobile access for both administrative tasks and care — that is, virtual care/telehealth.

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Why Is So Much “Patient Experience” Effort Focused on Financial Experience?

Health Populi

The first chart presents data from the research which the Times has been gathering over time, nationally, from patient reports and requests to hospitals. adults worry about unexpected medical bills, and another 2 in 3 are afraid they won’t be able to afford health care in 2021. Here’s Why. Two-thirds of U.S.

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Transparency Ecosystem in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Health Catalyst, a data and analytics platform, presents the online marketplace as an opportunity for providers. This presents the opportunity for an ecosystem of transparently-priced care, highly-engaged patients, and high patient satisfaction and net promotion levels.

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Flurry of AI, Partnerships, and New Features Announced at Epic UGM

Healthcare IT Today

Explaining Medical Bills. An AI-powered chatbot will be available in the future through Epic’s Hello World platform that will help explain complex medical bills to patients. Early response has been positive with some patients commenting how the generated responses are more empathetic than prior communications.

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Peering Into the Hidden Lives of Patients: a Manifesto from Paytient and Nonfiction

Health Populi

While the findings of the research are not new-news, per se, they are presented in a chillingly compelling format that might touch your head and heart in new ways as they did mine. I’ve absorbed a lot of graphic and data visualizations, read countless peer-reviewed papers, and reviewed myriad PowerPoint decks.

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A Dose of Optimism Is a Prescription for Financial Health, Says Frost Bank

Health Populi

For the 60 percent of Americans living with at least one chronic condition , high deductibles present precarious financial conditions that recur every January 1. ” The piece presents scenarios for patients dealing with cancer, auto-immune disease, and epilepsy.