Health Populi

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

As such, American health consumers are wrestling with sticker shock from surgical procedures, surprise medical bills weeks after leaving the hospital, and the cost of prescription drugs — whether six-figure oncology therapies or essential medicines like insulin and EpiPens. Patients are now front-line payors in the U.S.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 23, 2021

at the time of this writing), process medical payments across the health care ecosystem, and published the company’s 2021 Healthcare Payments Insights Report. The Elavon consumer survey also covered patients’ views on affordability — where concerns remain high. Two-thirds of U.S. Two-thirds of U.S.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

They rose 26%, and general price inflation by 20%, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation survey on employer-sponsored benefits for 2019 released yesterday. In 2019, ”cost” for health consumers translates into the premium, deductible, out-of-pocket spending, and surprise medical bills — an issue that’s getting a lot of attention in U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 2, 2023

In light of a recent survey indicating that 31% of consumers expect remote care to be available for space travelers by 2053, DrFirst announced its patent-pending iPrescribe 3-D printer cartridge for printing commonly prescribed medications in space.

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Mend

JULY 19, 2022

According to the same statistics, approximately one in five American households has “bad medical debt.” These numbers are concerning, as they indicate that many Americans are struggling to keep up with their medical bills. How Many Healthcare Organizations Still Rely on Paper Bills.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

adults had problems paying medical bills, largely delaying care due to cost for a visit or for prescription drugs. Larger practices have fared better than those with one to five physicians, possibly due to the bigger offices pivoting toward telehealth and remote health monitoring. The first chart here shows that one in four U.S.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A Debt.com survey out this weeks concludes that i nflation is making us sick, physically and financially — with 67% of U.S. adults saying inflation has made it harder to pay medical bills. In particular, 21% of consumers with medical debt say the primary source of that debt was due to the bills from doctor visits.

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Mend

JUNE 8, 2022

The question is no longer whether a practice will adopt the telehealth trends, but which platform they will choose. What are the telehealth trends to look for this year? Some of the telehealth trends presented in this article will become standards of care for virtual encounters as well as in-office visits. Before the Encounter.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Retail clinics, walk-in urgent care centers, telehealth companies, and pharmacy clinics are readily available, significantly more convenient, and often less expensive. Ninety percent of patients surveyed said that provider loyalty depends on the patient financial experience. However, nearly one in seven U.S.

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Mend

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

A recent survey by KFF/Washington Post shows that 76% of frontline healthcare workers say they feel “hopeful” when going to work these days. The survey shows that younger healthcare workers are more likely to report negative feelings than their older counterparts. Telehealth Helps Solve Burnout & Staffing Issues.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Brian Klepper of Worksite Health Advisors , longtime consigliere to self-insured employers, unions, and value-oriented providers of medical services, explained the growth in value-based care he expects to see in the coming months: “Today’s descendants of the disruptor Managed Care companies of the 1980’s are value-focused and high performing….that

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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

DECEMBER 20, 2023

There’s a sort of health care “shrinkflation” that has been shaping patients-as-payors of medical bills. Further refining the point that patients’ medical bills and expenses are now part of their household and retail financial budgets, the Federal Reserve published this report on households’ well-being, asserting that 23% of U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2019

has avoided medical services for nearly a decade, based on annual surveys from the Kaiser Family Foundation and others. In 2020, avoiding care will be a new normal for even more people, a fact of American health life explained in a recent survey from NRC titled, The Decade of Deferment. mm over five years).

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