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Breaking the Cycle of Financial Toxicity

GlobalMed

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that of $3.5 A distress common to Americans with serious or chronic diseases, financial toxicity can diminish treatment outcomes and impact physical and mental health. trillion in U.S. healthcare spending in 2017, Americans paid $365.5 billion out of pocket.

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Healthcare Consumerism – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

Care models will continue to stray from historically accepted methods of treatment as technology advances to support mental health and chronic condition management and improve care coordination. The Walmart Optum/United Partnership will incentivize Walmart to pivot its focus from in-store clinics to Medicare patients specifically.