Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2018

I’m blogging live while attending HXD 2018 in Cambridge, MA, the health/care design conference convened by Mad*Pow, 26th and 27th June 2018. Amy, Founder and Chief Experience Office of Mad*Pow, kicked off the conference with context-setting and inspiration. Today was Day 1 and I want to recap my learnings and share with you.

Medical Billing 189

Medical Billing Public Health Patient Experience Connected Health 189

Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

Research published in JAMA Internal Medicine in December 2018 found that as out-of-pocket costs for insulin have increased over the past few years, many patients use less insulin than needed. The therapy treats thalassemia, a genetic disease that affects 1,000 people in the U.S. and 300,000 people worldwide.

BioTech 166

BioTech Medicare Medical Billing Patient Experience 166

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

And bad debt — write-offs that come out of uncollected patient bill balances after “significant collection efforts” by hospitals and doctors — is challenging their already-thin or negative financial margins.

Nursing 177

Nursing Medical Billing Patient Experience 177

Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2022

Walgreens launched Find Care Now in 2018. And they have helped people co-create health outcomes as quantified in the cancer care experience slide shown here. Providers should consider new ways to not only mitigate the damage that has been done, but also find ways to anticipate and address similar challenges in the future.”

Mental health 156

Mental health Digital Health Patient Experience Connected Health 156

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

What’s underneath that macro “healthcare” index number of 67 is a precipitous decline in the past year for Americans’ trust in hospitals, compared with biotech, pharma, consumer healthcare, and even health insurance — all of which grew in trust between 2018 and 2019, but not so with the hospital segment of U.S.

BioTech 166

BioTech Medical Billing HIPAA Health Information 166

Mend

JUNE 8, 2022

Today, patients prefer convenient payment options to stay on top of medical bills. Fortunately, there are ways to automate healthcare payments to make life easier for your patients and practice. Here’s Why Your Practice Should Automate Medical Billing. Increase Patient Privacy. billion in 2021.

Medical Billing 98

Medical Billing Telemedicine HIPAA EHR 98

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 26, 2024

The study found that six out of 10 also focus on improving patient experience, with 55% combining both goals by targeting enhancing the patient payment experience. Patients often find medical bills confusing and difficult to understand, making them hesitant to pay.

RCM 69

RCM Patient Experience Medical Billing Healthcare IT 69

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

health care economics, patients are now payors as health consumers with more financial skin in paying medical bills. As consumers, people have great expectations from the organizations on the supply side of health care — providers (hospitals and doctors), health insurance plans, pharma and medical device companies.

Mental health 166

Mental health Medical Billing Medical Technology Pharmaceuticals 166

Society for Participatory Medicine

DECEMBER 26, 2018

I was very fortunate to have attended the Society for Participatory Medicine’s (SPM) Second Annual Conference , in partnership with the Connected Health Alliance Conference, at Boston’s Seaport World Trade Center on October 17, 2018. I was always concerned and in-tune with the patient experience.

Medical Billing 69

Medical Billing Patient Experience Connected Health Nursing 69

Health Populi

MAY 22, 2018

What could $28,166 buy you in 2018? Welcome to this year’s edition of the Milliman Medical Index (MMI), one of the most important forecasts of the year in the world of the Health Populi blog and THINK-Health universe. home healthcare, ambulance services, durable medical equipment). was $59,214 in February 2018.

Accountable Care 227

Accountable Care Medicare Medical Billing Pharmaceuticals 227

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

While customer satisfaction with health insurance plans slightly increased between 2018 and 2019, patient satisfaction with hospitals fell in all three settings where care is delivered — inpatient, outpatient, and the emergency room, according to the 2018-2019 ACSI Finance, Insurance and Health Care Report.

Primary Care 177

Primary Care Medical Billing Patient Experience Health Policy 177

Health Populi

AUGUST 9, 2018

Pew also calculated that median weekly earnings increased from $232 in the beginning of 1979 to $879 in 2018. That is, if those patients-as-health-consumers can vote with their feet and pocketbook. As the patient is increasingly the payor, the financial experience is embedded into the patient experience, too.

Medical Billing 168

Medical Billing Patient Experience Health Policy 168

Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2019

As patients have taken on more financial responsibility for first-dollar costs in high-deductible health plans and medical bills, hospitals and health care providers face growing fiscal pressures for late payments and bad debt. Stress in America comes from many sources.

Medical Billing 189

Medical Billing BioTech Patient Experience Mental health 189