Health Populi

MARCH 29, 2019

Welcome to health politics in America as of March 2019, according to The Public and High U.S. It’s certain that health care will dominate discussions between “now” and November 7, 2020, when health care will certainly drive people — and women, especially driven by medical cost concerns — to the polls.

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Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2019

We need a “new needs model” for the digital age, asserts a new report, Human Needs in a Digital World , the 2019 Digital Society Index report from the Dentsu Aegis network. The post Digital Health As A Basic Human Need – the Dentsu Digital Society Index 2019 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

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. health care system.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Here’s the latest arithmetic on American workers’ financial trade-off of wages for health care insurance coverage: in the ten years since 2009, family premiums have risen 54% and workers’ contribution to health care spending grew 71%. Larger companies are more likely to offer health insurance to workers than smaller companies.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2022

debt) by type: a low credit score, medical debt in collections, nonmedical debt in collections, bankruptcy, and any delinquent debt across all types. The actual costs calculated for any medical debt was an increase of 60% for individuals with no (0) chronic conditions at $784 rising to $1,252 for people with 7 to 13 conditions.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Among stresses facing people at least 50 years of age, health care costs rank top of mind compared with other issues like long-term care, health insurance, Social Security, taxes, and being read to retire. For this study, Nationwide polled 1,462 older adults age 50 and over with at least $50,000 of investable assets in March and April 2019.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

Most of these live video calls were also done through a service offered by consumers’ health care providers (doctors/clinicians), followed by services offered by insurance companies. Only weight and medication tracking had a majority of people using analog formats to track. In 2020, the top tech companies with whom U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 28, 2020

The same percentage of people over 50 own a voice assistant, a market penetration rate which more than doubled between 2017 and 2019, AARP noted in the 2020 Tech and the 50+ Survey published in December 2019. For this research, AARP worked with Ipsos to survey (online) 2,607 people ages 50 and over in June and July 2019.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2021

asked and answered by Michael Chernew and Harrison Mintz, both of Harvard Medical School. trillion of health care spending in 2019; medical spending received 75% of the U.S. We’re talking claims here — not an app to manage a complex condition like diabetes or even a medication adherence tool. It still does.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Patients searching online for health information and health care provider reviews is mainstream in 2019. Rock Health’s Digital Health Consumer Adoption Report for 2019 was developed in collaboration with the Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health. Digital health tracking is now adopted by 4 in 10 U.S. Amazon down 8 points.

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Health Populi

JUNE 2, 2021

But like a déjà vu all over again, annual health care costs for a family of four enrolled in a PPO will climb to over $28,000 in 2021, based on the latest 2021 Milliman Medical Index (MMI). All categories of health care costs were lower in 2020 versus 2019, with the exception of prescription drugs. higher over the year.

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Health Populi

JUNE 1, 2021

Medical grade wearables for data collection, and. Medical alert/personal emergency response systems for safety. Laurie also pointed out that both men and women are Apple Watch consumers, with nearly one-half of purchases made by women in 2019. greatest growth, up 15% in 2019. Fitness trackers, separate from watches.

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Health Prime

APRIL 25, 2024

In the complex world of medical billing, dealing with bad debt is an inevitable challenge that healthcare providers often face. Unpaid bills, denied claims, and delayed payments can significantly impact the financial health of a medical practice. Strategies to improve bad debt management in medical billing 1.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The paper, Health Insurance Affordability Concerns and health Care Avoidance Among US Adults Approaching Retirement , explored the perspectives of 1,028 US adults between 50 and 64 years of age between November 2018 and March 2019.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 17, 2019

In 2019, it appears that patients have backslid, according to the 2019 Healthcare Consumerism Index from Alegeus. adults in September 2019 on issues concerning health care costs, shopping, value, saving and spending. The first chart shows that the 2019 Index fell from 60.1 points in 2018 to 57.9 households.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

And those companies include the insurance industry and financial services firms, we found in the 2010 Edelman Health Engagement Barometer. John Hancock, which covers about 10 million consumers across a range of products, is changing their business model for life insurance. These offerings will begin to be marketed to consumers in 2019.

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Health Populi

MAY 19, 2020

Welcome to the annual Milliman Medical Index (MMI) , which gauges the yearly price of an employer-sponsored preferred-provider organization (PPO) health insurance plan for a hypothetical American family and an N of 1 employee. increase from the 2019 estimate, about twice the rate of U.S. That is a 4.1% That is a 4.1%

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

There’s no mistaking that more Supercenters are located in areas with greater levels of people without insurance based on data from 2019 (Walmart store location count) and 2018 (uninsured rates). This week, too, The Wall Street Journal analyzed the impact of insurer-owned retail clinics’ potential threat to hospitals.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2023

.” HealthEdge’s latest research into health consumers’ perspectives finds peoples’ satisfaction with their health insurance plans lacking, with members seeking easier access their personal health information, high levels of service, and rewards for healthy behaviors.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2019

consumers age 18 and over in August and September 2019. These study respondents had also visited a doctor or hospital and paid a medical bill in the past year. One-third of these patients had a health care bill go to collections in the past year, according to Cedar’s 2019 U.S. Healthcare Consumer Experience Study.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2020

This is true for all flavors of health care costs, including health insurance deductibles and premiums, out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs, and the cost of long-term care. In the short run, looking into the next 12 months, one-third of Americans are worried about the amount they will pay for health insurance premiums and deductibles.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Several factors underpin the adoption of telehealth in 2019: Consumers’ demand for accessible, lower-cost health care services as people face greater financial responsibility for paying the medical bill (via high-deductible health plans and greater out-of-pocket costs for co-payments). Zero and Roman are also part of telehealth.

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Health Populi

JUNE 1, 2022

Welcome to this year’s 2022 Milliman Medical Index , which annually calculates the health care costs for a median family of 4 in the U.S. I perennially select two alternative purchases for you to consider aligning with the MMI medical index. MMI 2019 Milliman Finds PPO for Family of 4 in 2019 Will Cost $28,386.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

In 2019, hacking accounted for 49% of all reported breaches. Dominion National Insurance Company, and Dominion Dental Services USA, Inc. Dominion National Insurance Company, and Dominion Dental Services USA, Inc. CA Healthcare Provider 2,364,359 Hacking/IT Incident 57 2024 Medical Management Resource Group, L.L.C.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

That question in the title of this post is begged in the annual 2019 consumer survey released this week from UnitedHealthcare (UHC). UHC gauges peoples’ views on health care, insurance, and costs in its yearly research. This year, transparency and health literacy challenges top the findings.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. visits per 100 member-years. This is one of the pillars for U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2018

That’s how media outlets will cover the top-line of PwC’s report Medical cost trend: Behind the numbers 2019. medical trend growth projected for 2019 that will impact healthcare providers, insurers, and suppliers to the industry. However, there are other forces underneath the stable-looking 6.0%

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 7, 2025

Apria Healthcare, an Indianapolis-based provider of home healthcare equipment and related services, has agreed to pay $6,400,000 to resolve all claims related to data breaches in 2019 and 2021 that affected 1,869,598 individuals. In April 2019, hackers gained access to parts of its network where employee and patient data were stored.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Two-thirds of people want to receive medication reminders, too. In addition to wanting a higher communication standard for clinical information and self-care, three-quarters of patients also want an easy way to understand and paying their medical bills. Take Control,” a phrase which Cigna has service-marked.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2021

While connected fitness was gauged in 2019, the other three categories were new to the 2021 study. ” Health Populi’s Hot Points: HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was signed into law in 1996 by President Bill Clinton. In 2020, one-fourth of U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Several new studies reveal that more patients are feeling and living out their role as health care payors as medical spending vies with other household line items. In research from HealthPocket , 2 in 5 Americans said they needed to reduce other household expenses to be able to afford their monthly insurance premiums.

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Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2019

The 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer measured the biggest gap in trust for the healthcare industry between the U.S. over-the-counter medicines); and, health insurance. Health Populi’s Hot Points: There is much to mine for health/care industry stakeholders in Edelman’s 2019 Trust poll at this particular moment-in-time for U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Nearly one-half of Americans are quite concerned they won’t have enough money to pay for medical care, according to the latest Gallup poll. Health insurance in-security is mainstream as of November 2018, when Gallup polled U.S. adults about views on healthcare costs. Gallup conducted this survey among 1,037 U.S.

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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. According to the online Merriam-Webster dictionary , the first use of the phrase “health insurance” occurred in 1901. Consulting Noah Webster….and and ChatGPT.

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Health Populi

JULY 25, 2022

Among these events are Amazon’s plan to acquire One Medical , Apple’s publication of the paper, Empowering People to Live a Healthier Day , and other news that, together with these line items, signal a shake-up of American health care as we know it. The timing of my return to the U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Accenture has conducted research among health consumers for several years, so we could compare 2016 to 2019. In 2019, that digital health preference reached three-fourths of consumers, “a step function increase,” Kaveh noted. In 2016, one-half of people said they would choose a doctor based on digital capabilities.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

for the 12 months ending January 2019 according to the U.S. A key headline is that there will be a shift expected from the commercially insured population to Medicare, as more Baby Boomers move from working health citizens to aging into Medicare. National health spending in the U.S. is expected to grow by 5.7% recorded in 1990-2007.

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