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How virtual-first can improve outcomes and make care more affordable

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

And virtual care providers – online companies that specialize in telemedicine, sometimes known as "payviders" – are offering a virtual-first approach to healthcare directly to consumers. Avihai Sodri is CEO of Antidote Health, a telehealth services provider. He has extensive experience in the virtual-first approach.

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Will Trade Data for (Cheaper) Health Care – USC’s View of the Future

Health Populi

As such, American health consumers are wrestling with sticker shock from surgical procedures, surprise medical bills weeks after leaving the hospital, and the cost of prescription drugs — whether six-figure oncology therapies or essential medicines like insulin and EpiPens. Patients are now front-line payors in the U.S.

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3 in 4 U.S. Patients Say the Healthcare System is Broken — But Technology Can Help

Health Populi

Note that patients falling into all four of these segments believe, in the words of Lavidge, that, “companies developing health care technology care more about making money than helping patients…All patients worry that a single medical bill could severely impact their financial security.”

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The future of the waiting room, and how telemedicine and mobile health could change it

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Dr. David Berg, cofounder and chairman of the board of Redirect Health, a primary care national healthcare organization featuring telemedicine and mobile health, believes the healthcare industry should reduce unnecessary inconveniences – such as extensive travel or wait times – from the healthcare experience.

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Most Workers and their Employers Want to Receive Digital Healthcare On-Demand

Health Populi

Four in ten consumers would also welcome wearable tech for medical and fitness, telemedicine for chronic conditions, AI-baked personalized treatment, and virtual mental health counseling. This is particularly true for health care in America, where workers have traded off wages for health care coverage for over a decade.

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Chicago Social Worker Indicted for Telehealth Medical Billing Fraud

Telebehavioral Health Institute

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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GNC Offers “Free Healthcare” — Telehealth, Generic Meds, and Loyalty in the Retail Health Ecosystem

Health Populi

GNC is channeling to the current concerns of health consumers… value in the eye of the beholder and medical bill payer. Health Populi’s Hot Points: That’s a lot of “free” for $39.99 in any one’s definition of value-based health care — most especially, a consumer’s.