Health Populi

JUNE 23, 2022

An hour after the Morning Consult session, I brainstormed the topic of consumers-as-payers of medical bills and prescription drugs with GoodRx strategy leaders. In my data wonkiness, inflation certainly played a starring role in setting the stage for Mind, Body and Wallet — the title of one of the sources of my plotline.

Medical Billing 288

Medical Billing Medicare Pharmaceuticals 288

Health Populi

MARCH 22, 2018

The data points come from one-half million people who were hospitalized in California between 2002 and 2011 and tracked in credit reports which included information on whether and when the patients filed for bankruptcy. Uninsured working age people bear an even bigger burden of unpaid medical bills and bankruptcy risk.

Medical Billing 168

Medical Billing Mental health 168

Health Populi

AUGUST 23, 2021

in July 2021, the lowest read since December 2011. adults worry about unexpected medical bills, and another 2 in 3 are afraid they won’t be able to afford health care in 2021. The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index fell to 70.2 Two-thirds of U.S.

Patient Experience 227

Patient Experience Medical Billing Health Information Telehealth 227

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Opioid-related deaths grew some 20% since 2011 in the U.S. Increasing rates of obesity and diabetes are countering the positive impacts countries have made in stemming heart disease and stroke across the OECD but particularly in the U.S. and are impacting mortality rates in Canada, Estonia and Sweden, too. Now to Dickens’ lens over U.S.

Primary Care 225

Primary Care Mental health Medical Billing Health Data 225

Health Populi

AUGUST 12, 2024

I’ve covered this study every year since 2011 here in Health Populi, continuing to add to this bar chart; in the interest of space and legibility, I started this year’s version of the chart at 2014, when the cost for a couple was gauged at $220K. The average person in the U.S.

Medicare 177

Medicare Mental health Medical Billing Health Policy 177

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2023

U se additional data from insurers’ medical bills to identify treatment gaps, manage costs, and meet quality performance targets. Ashish previously served as CTO at Medicity, the market leader for vendor-neutral Health Information Exchange solutions (acquired by Aetna in 2011).

Nursing 110

Nursing Patient Experience EMR Medical Billing 110

HIStalk Weekender

MAY 18, 2018

His practices are in and near McAllen, Texas, the subject of a 2009 article by Atul Gawande in which Gawande noted that the tiny, poor town had the highest medical costs in the US other than Miami, which Texas locals attributed to everything from malpractice costs to overuse to fraud.

Nursing 28

Nursing Medicare EMR Medical Billing 28