healthcare cost
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Top 10 Hidden Facts About Hospital Prices
Here are the top 10 hidden facts about hospital prices that answer questions about why it is so expensive and why the bills are so complicated.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Avoid surprises by preparing to implement the No Surprises Act
The clock is ticking down for payers and providers to comply with the No Surprises Act, which protects patients from balance billing for the most common ancillary medical services. Here’s how to get your ducks in a row.
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The modern-day twisted ethics of physician referrals
Patients would not prefer a referral based on her physician’s employment arrangement rather than quality ratings but that is how our system is designed.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Hospitals
Time for a staycation? Some American medical tourists may need only to hop county or state lines
The NYTimes points toward areas of the United States where surgeries may be much cheaper […]
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In most states, consumers likely won’t see same premium reductions as in New York
New York’s announcement this week that insurance premiums would drop 50 percent next year for individuals buying their own coverage in new online marketplaces made good talking points for proponents of the health law, but consumers in most states…
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Out of the ER and under regular care: Oregon CCOs help Medicaid beneficiaries
Forty-year-old Jeremie Seals has had a tough life. He left home at 14, and he says, his health isn’t good. He had a heart attack when he was 35, he has congestive heart failure and nerve pain in his legs “real bad.”
Jeremie Seals with…
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Hospitals, MedCity Influencers, Payers, Policy
The Medicare bundlers — or is it bunglers? — are coming!
My long-time self-paying patient opined that the end of fee-for-service payments (payment for what you […]
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.