2018 Billing Follow-Up 
Scrubs
AUGUST 4, 2023
Providers are typically paid for each test and procedure they perform, which can lead to a conflict of interest, especially when patients have to foot the bill. The mother was surprised but eventually went along with the doctor’s suggestion, resulting in a $1,877 bill for “operating room services.” Can you send me an itemized bill?
Health Populi
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
The big gap in supply to patients vs. demand by health consumers is highlighted by what the arrow in the chart below points to: managing payments and paying bills. Patient-facing digital tools help patients with fairly basic tasks like making appointments, seeking doctors, and paying bills.
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Health Populi
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Most Americans have been surprised by a medical bill, a NORC AmeriSpeak survey found. Nearly all Americans (86% net responsible) first blame health insurance companies, followed by hospitals (82%). Most of the surprise bills were for charges associated with a physician’s service or lab test. Who’s responsible?
Health Populi
JULY 25, 2019
increase over 2018, according to the 2019 Milliman Medical Index (MMI). The key points of the report are that: Health care costs are growing at a slower pace, although up-ticked from last year’s trend: in 2018-19 costs grew 3.8%, and last year 2017-18 the growth rate was 2.9%. will cost $28,386, a 3.6%
DrChrono
FEBRUARY 14, 2018
In our article with Health IT Outcomes, COO and Co-Founder Daniel Kivatinos does a deep dive on how these two technologies will be extremely useful at every point of the healthcare experience for patients: at home, in the waiting room, during the encounter, and even after for billing and follow up.
Health Populi
OCTOBER 5, 2018
On that supply side, though, I met up with an innovation that can help to bend the capital cost curve of how we envision and build new hospitals and clinics. This is a pre-fabricated structure that can be purposed as a single hospital bed room, an imaging pod, a clinical laboratory set-up, or any permutation for healthcare delivery.
Health Populi
OCTOBER 28, 2019
84% of Americans told the Foundation that they were concerned about how much health care costs will affect them in the future, with 42% of patients saying they couldn’t afford to pay over $500 for an unexpected medical bill. Top of mind for Americans in 2019 is the price of prescription drugs, according to 62% of people.
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