Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Increasingly, that connectivity has enabled people — as patients, consumers, caregivers, Chief Household-Health Officers, self-care proponents, and Quantified Self’ers tracking the most intimate of metrics — to use technology for health, medical, and well-being goals.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For example, the Bend study found that nearly 60% of consumers have put off scheduling an appointment with their caregivers, and 53% have put off getting a prescription filled due to uncertainty. The High Stakes. This confusion has negatively affected patients’ care. How Employers and Plan Sponsors Can Help .

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 1, 2023

consumers say they can’t afford to pay their medical bills on-time, based on the 2023 Consumer Survey from Access One, a financial services company focused on healthcare payments. Furthermore, one-third of consumers are not confident they could pay a medical bill of $500 or more. Two-thirds of U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

"I am proud to sign this legislation which promotes telehealth services that have become vital during this pandemic, expands access to high-quality, affordable care, takes steps to protect consumers from surprise medical bills, and preserves access to COVID-19 testing and treatment," said Baker in a statement. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

We also asked the Healthcare IT Today community for good examples and heard about expanding access to screenings, checking on out-of-pocket costs for medication, and partnering with community groups. Read more… Firsthand Experience With Sunoh’s AI Medical Scribe. as it arrives.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2019

“In an extreme example of angst over expensive medical bills , an elderly Washington couple who lived near the U.S.-Canadian Canadian border died in a murder-suicide this week after leaving notes that detailed concerns about paying for medical care,” USA Today reported on August 10, 2019.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Patients have more financial skin-in-their-healthcare-games facing high-deductibles and direct out-of-pocket costs for medical bills…including prescription drugs. You can download the paper at this link.

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Health Populi

JULY 28, 2019

patients had received a medical bill that was higher than they anticipated it would be. The first example is Walgreens’ launch of chronic care management through the Find Care platform that will leverage the retail health provider’s virtual care network to help customer-patients manage chronic conditions.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

THINK: electricity and the open Internet, for examples. Eventually, he said, the medical bill needs to be contained. AI is the type of tool that economists (my own professional guild) refer to as a “general purpose technology” because it crosses all industries.

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2024

He called out that, “In recent years, however, medical bills became the most common collection item on credit reports. That rivaled 31% of consumers who delayed going on vacation — an example of the inner-household rivalry between spending priorities.

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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. For example: Jamie Dimon, Chair and CEO of JPMorgan, warned of the U.S. By June 22, economic sentiment fell sharply by 4.6

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Health Populi

AUGUST 23, 2021

The article provides, “numerous examples of major health insurers — some of the world’s largest companies, with billions in annual profits — negotiating surprisingly unfavorable rates for their customers. adults worry about unexpected medical bills, and another 2 in 3 are afraid they won’t be able to afford health care in 2021.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 21, 2023

million for medical billing fraud from Medicare. Execution of Medical Billing Fraud Scheme To execute the scheme, one of the purportedly organized breakfast meetings for senior facility residents, often featuring guest speakers or group activities. through these claims.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

And we realize there’s also more inter-play between the north and south parts of this diagram with, for example, CVS Health’s acquisition of Signify Health earlier this year as health care to the home and closer-to-home begins to take shape. For example, the chart tells us that Walmart welcomes 37 million U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2018

A report published in May this year by the Commonwealth Fund learned that one-half of working-age Americans would not have the money to pay an unexpected $1,000 medical bill within 30 days. This is an example of the “it takes a village” ethos of stakeholders committed to health coming together in the community.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Inbox Health’s platform, for example, reaches patients on the right channel (email, text, or paper statement), with the right message, at the right time, adapting and automating follow-up communications based on how the patient interacts with previous messages. Today’s technologies make it easy for practices to adopt too. About Blake Walker.

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Health Populi

APRIL 12, 2024

Patients-as-consumers increasingly expect retail-enchanting service levels from health care – especially as patients pay medical bills increasingly out-of-pocket. Convenience can take the form of time: for example, time to drive to an appointment and/or time required to be away from work to attend to that appointment.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 3, 2018

An example of this is the employer-aimed Fitbit program, Fitbit Care , aiming to enable covered employees to change health behaviors and ultimately move the needle on costs and better health.

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Mend

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Patients are quickly becoming consumers who want frictionless digital payment options for their medical bills. Yet paper bills, apps, and portals often create friction points in healthcare. With an advanced pay solution, patients can pay their medical bills in just a few clicks. Increased Patient Retention.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Furthermore, health plan members now see themselves as medical bill payers, seeking value and consumer-level services for their health insurance premium investment. Patients and health plan members continue evolving into medical bill payers, with their homes and budgets baked into the concept.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

We also asked the Healthcare IT Today community for examples of how the industry is reaching out to vulnerable populations. Read more… Harnessing AI for Smarter Medical Billing. Read more… Ensuring Equitable Access to Healthcare Services.

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Lloyd Price

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

For example, white and Asian patients are more likely to use digital tools than Black and Latino patients. For example, if a provider finds that their patients are not using online scheduling tools, they may want to promote those tools more heavily. Millennials are also more likely to be digitally engaged than older generations.

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Mend

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

For example, any message regarding billing was still not allowed. Mend integrates with your medical billing software. Payment Posts in Billing System. Once the patient pays their portion, Mend will automatically notify the medical billing system that payment is complete. Schedule a Demo.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

.” As you filter these findings through your own business operations, plans, and innovations, consider how to address supporting the Bedrock of Society, women and their health, through your work and in your personal lives: this could involve, Thinking omni-channel, meeting women where they “are,” in person, at home, closer-to-home, (..)

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 20, 2022

It takes about three paper statements , on average, for consumers to pay their medical bills. Just three years ago, 90% of healthcare organizations relied on paper-based billing statements. Has insurance already paid its portion of the bill?”. And, what do they not include (for example, physician services)?”.

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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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Mend

JULY 12, 2022

They can also access their health information online, schedule appointments, and manage bills. When it comes to digital payment options, a recent Instamed study showed that 91% of consumers prefer an electronic payment method for their medical bills. Patient portals are an example of this.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 9, 2020

“NextPatient is like a digital front office, fully integrated with the DrChrono offering’s advanced mobile capabilities to manage patient information, patient check-ins, scheduling, charting, medical billing, telemedicine and overall EHR management,” Cheng said.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2023

It’s reported that somewhere around 80% of medical bills contain errors, which hurts the patient and the provider. The increased adoption of AI is not only improving processes for these businesses but also continuing care and enhancing experiences.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 23, 2023

For example, as outpatient services such as infusions outpace projections , and as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services open the door to more outpatient procedures by moving 11 procedures off its “inpatient only” list, ambulatory providers must have the financial strength to make the investments needed to support growth.

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Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2018

We have a “responsibility to imagine unintended consequences,” Sara believes, and in 2018 we are not at a loss for examples — like autonomous cars as a risk factor for accidents and possibly mortality. I regularly cover Fidelity’s annual study on retirement healthcare cost sticker shock; here is my latest take on this important report].

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2025

As a common example, a provider submits a claim to an insurer who will pay some but also deny a portion. Whats Needed: An Evolution or Revolution? Healthcare has been stuck in a frustrating loop for decades when it comes to the insurance claim process and providers and health systems getting paid.

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Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2022

Individuals and their families are overwhelmed with the information, tasks, steep medical bills and the ‘unknown’ that cancer brings and are trying to manage everything with limited to no support. And they have helped people co-create health outcomes as quantified in the cancer care experience slide shown here.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 18, 2024

For example, standard pen-and-paper tests to screen for mild cognitive impairment are being replaced with AI-powered digital tools that are more sensitive and accurate. Up to 80% of medical bills contain errors, leading to systemic waste. Finding these mistakes requires sorting through pages of guidelines and medical bills.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Certain pieces of clinical data, such as medication history, are not available to all healthcare providers in the same way, often locked away behind commercial models that are not logical where health is at risk and which can lead to serious patient harm. For example, staffing remains a debilitating problem across the continuum.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 6, 2023

And it is fair to say that the applications of it are making its way into the world of older adults, this AARP article describes its uses for older adults in generating a letter to contest a medical bill. Go ahead – give Bing and ChatGPT a try too – for example, smartphone ownership in the US among those aged 75+.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

adults with unpaid medical bills say they’ve had a provider deny them care due to that medical debt, leading many to put off care. For example, if a patient visits a hospital’s patient portal, they may be looking to schedule an appointment, find a test result, determine a service’s cost, make a payment, or something else.

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