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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

healthcare spending, with curves moving up and to the right, and the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund moving into the opposite direction toward insolvency by 2033. adults saying inflation has made it harder to pay medical bills.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 18, 2019

As patients continue to morph into consumers who pay for health care services, they are seeking price transparency — but not finding it so easy. American patients well understand the impact of health care costs in the family budget, with health care costs ranking the top pocketbook issue in U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Both employees accessing employer-sponsored health care via the private sector and commercial insurance, as well as health citizens covered by public sector plans Medicare and Medicaid had concerns about medical bills. A little kindness goes a long way indeed.”

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Medical Billing Primary Care Medicare Patient Experience 194

Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The updated ACO Reach payment model from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sets forth a value-based model of capitated payments to physicians who meet quality and spending targets – combined with a plan to deal with health equity.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

And this issue is a key pillar in the Inflation Reduction Act, both for Medicare’s ability to negotiate Rx prices with industry as well as a cap on insulin drug prices for some patients. Always remember that consumers’ health engagement is underpinned by trust, authenticity, and experience satisfaction.

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Health Populi

MAY 22, 2018

families could not afford to pay $1,000 for an emergency medical bill in one study; in another, that inability to pay is as low as a $400 emergency to cover. We know that, ironically, one-half of U.S. This year, Milliman notes, “employers pay more; employers pay a lot more” for healthcare spending.

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Henry Kotula

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

This change is occurring as the result of clinical innovations, patient preferences, financial incentives, electronic health records, telemedicine, and an increased focus on improving quality of care and clinical outcomes. Some ways to do this are to offer better patient portals, expanded hours, improved access, and clear procedure pricing.

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Health Populi

APRIL 4, 2022

About 3 in 5 people worry about unexpected medical bills, followed by one-half concerned about their home’s utility bills and grocery store spending. The cost of filling up a car’s gas tank ranked first among U.S. householder’s worries of household budget items among 71% of U.S. voters across political party.

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Medical Billing Mental health Medicare Patient Experience 194

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

For health care, there are many uncertainties as we reflect, one week after the 2024 U.S. elections, on probably policy and market impacts that we can expect in 2025 and beyond. In today’s Health Populi post, I’ll reflect on the first of several certainties we-know-we-know about U.S.

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