Health Populi

MARCH 3, 2025

The growth of wearable technology, need and desire for real-world evidence and patient feedback, and especially patients’ growing role in paying for health care (think: high deductibles, co-insurance, and the challenge of medical debt) all drive the need to enhance the health care experience for patients in consumer and retail grades.

Digital Health 177

Digital Health Medical Billing Primary Care Interoperability 177

Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

Those pens would do two things to modernize American health care for both patients and doctors: first, Congress would pass the CONNECT for Health Act (HR 4189. S 2016) and second, re-introduce and sign the Telehealth Modernization Act. Plainly put, we have 20 th Century laws governing 21 st century health care delivery.

Telehealth 207

Telehealth Mental health Public Health Medical Billing 207

Henry Kotula

APRIL 24, 2018

health care costs keep rising, and hit more than $10,000 a year per person in 2016. ” However, the poll, conducted by the University of Chicago and the West Health Institute, found Americans fear large medical bills more than they do serious illness.

Medical Billing 32

Medical Billing Medical Technology Medicare Health Policy 32

Health Populi

AUGUST 9, 2018

Then wage growth flattened for several years, until modest increases beginning in 2016. More women know a family member who has avoided care due to cost, and more faced paying a medical bill that was higher than expected. households. This will make healthcare a voting issue for some women in the 2018 mid-term elections.

Medical Billing 168

Medical Billing Patient Experience Health Policy 168

Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2019

These two health consumer objectives remain consistent with polling conducted approaching the 2018 mid-term elections. Other issues, like a new Medicare-for-All plan, repealing/replacing the ACA, and protecting people from surprise medical bills were less important to people. from a low of 10.9 Of course, this has not happened.

Medicare 168

Medicare Medical Billing Health Policy 168

Health Populi

MAY 19, 2019

This poll from RealClear Politics , conducted in late April/early May 2019, makes my point that the patient is the consumer and, facing deductibles and more financial exposure to footing the medical bill, the payor.

Life Science 159

Life Science BioTech Medicare Medical Billing 159