Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

My Zoom invitation to Stacy was a very convenient excuse for me to catch up with a friend in the field: we have known each other since Stacy started to grow her health-social media presence on Twitter. Health care executive first; patient advocacy followed. for herself and for her son, Emmett. I like business and people.

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2020

In the report, published in April 2020, IQVIA mined the company’s many data bases that track real-time data, including medical claims, flu data, sales data, oncology medical and pharmacy claims, formularies, among other sources. Top-line, IQVIA spotted the following key shifts in U.S. health care. health care.

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Health Populi

JULY 10, 2020

health care providers set up virtual care arrangements to convene with patients. In Patient Perspectives on Virtual Care , Kyruus answers this question based on an online survey of 1,000 patients 18 years of age and older, conducted in May 2020. Within days of the coronavirus pandemic emerging in the U.S.,

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The American Customer Satisfaction Index Insurance and Health Care Study 2020-2021 published today, recognizing consumers’ value for the quality of health insurance companies’ mobile apps and reliability of those apps. The study was fielded between October 2020 and September 2021. In the U.S.,

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Health Populi

JUNE 22, 2022

Here for 2022, the second chart tracks the “stark toll” of the COVID-19 pandemic and the excess deaths experienced for each state since the pandemic emerged in February 2020. deaths per 100,000 population between 2019 and 2020. Pre-pandemic, that rate was even for eight years, then this jump spiked in 2020.

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Health Populi

APRIL 29, 2020

Once the pandemic hit, “feeling isolated or lonely” spiked up, followed by access to a safe environment for exercise, too much time on technology, and that limited choice of healthy food. But feeling isolated was surely the most impacted health risk, as the dotted line in the first chart graphs.

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Health Populi

JUNE 11, 2024

As an Index, the MMI combines several line items of healthcare spending to make up the overall number, and this methodology allows us to compare the rising costs of care for a family of 4 covered by a PPO year to year.

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Medication Follow-Up Billing Insurance 77

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

I covered depression impacts due to COVID-19 here in Health Populi yesterday , and wanted to follow that up with this McKinsey study to connect some dots. In 2007, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter allied with David Wellstone, Paul’s son, to lobby Congress to pass mental health insurance legislation. .

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

At the start of CES 2021, I had the opportunity to catch up with Karsten Russell-Wood, Portfolio Marketing Leader, Post Acute & Home, Connected Care at Philips. We meet George and Audrey in their open kitchen-dining room space, with George finishing up a conversation with his cardiologist via a tablet.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This role of patient-as-the-payor crosses consumers’ ages and demographics, and is heating up health care as the top political issue for the 2020 elections at both Federal and State levels. Four in ten consumers said their monthly health insurance premiums were increasing. health politics looking toward November 3, 2020.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Key challenges to adopting digital health tools are first and foremost cost, following by interoperability and operational barriers. health citizens’ minds in 2020 leading up to the election. health citizens’ minds in 2020 leading up to the election.

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Health Populi

JULY 25, 2019

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%. The employer contribution is the subsidy a company pays to cover a worker’s health insurance premium.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 30, 2020

But most Americans, rich or not, believe that it’s unfair for wealthier people to get better health care, according to a January 2020 poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard Chan School of Public Health, Life Experiences and Income Equality in the United States. of the insured population.

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Health Populi

MAY 30, 2022

Some people could not work from home due to the nature of their jobs requiring up-close-and-personal human touch; other workers lacked households with broadband or WiFi connectivity, limiting their ability to do work tasks that could have been remotely accomplished. As a result, more people in the U.S. Those of us in the U.S.

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Billing Insurance Customer Service Patient Experience 105

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

In their study conducted in December 2020, U SA Today polled 1,020 adults age 18 and over in the USA TODAY/Public Agenda Hidden Common Ground Survey. The poll found that nearly all Americans point to the following goals are important: Making health are more affordable for ordinary Americans. Lowering the cost of prescription drugs.

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Long Term Care Follow-Up Scheduling Insurance 93

Health Populi

JULY 18, 2024

Motor vehicle insurance costs grew a whopping 19.5% Following the BLS report on the CPI for June 2024, PwC published their new annual report from PwC titled Behind the Numbers 2025 tells us that commercial health care spending is expected to grow some 8.0% and 3.2%, respectively. in the report, FYI). for Group plans and 7.5%

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 30, 2024

Measurements of PSA levels were obtained every 3 months until 2020, and in 6-month intervals after 2020. Commentary The authors conclude that “protocol-directed active surveillance offers a clear set of expectations for patients and clinicians to follow.” The article is more hypothesis-generating than conclusive.

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Follow-Up Tests Medication Insurance 78

Health Prime

JULY 27, 2023

It involves obtaining approval from insurance companies before a specific procedure, treatment, or medication is administered. The prior authorization process acts as a bridge between healthcare providers and insurance companies, safeguarding the financial interests of both parties.

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Insurance Documentation Follow-Up Communication 52

Health Populi

JUNE 6, 2021

Two studies published in May 2021 illustrate the value and importance of telehealth to patients in 2020, and a disconnect among many C-level executives working in hospitals, academic medical centers, and other care provider organizations. Power), and Providers Are Working to Catch Up (BDO) appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

billion (or 60% of its total revenues) represent clinical and business services provided to United’s Health Insurance business. United channeled almost $52 billion of that cash into buying health-related businesses, nearly all of which end up housed inside Optum. It is a sprawling nationwide roll-up of healthcare assets.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2019

As large employers’ annual health care costs for an employee are expected to exceed $15,000 in 2020, companies are focusing in on managing the pharmacy line-item, we learn from the 2020 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey from the National Business Group on Health (NBGH).

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Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2022

” Medscape underscores that in 2020, 31 million U.S. residents had no health insurance coverage, and another 38 million people were enrolled in “inadequate” health plans — deemed to be “under-insured.” 13% are “somewhat concerned.” Nearly one-half (48%) of U.S.

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Insurance Follow-Up Medication Hospital 71

Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2024

He pointed to a visit to an emergency room, where “the debt is taken on unexpectedly and in a time of crisis,” as well as consumers dealing with “complexities with insurance” (consider: out of network providers, lack of up-front cost estimates, and trauma which prevents one from “shopping” for care).

Medication 62

Medication Billing Insurance Follow-Up 62

Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2019

To meet the future, Scott Melville, CEO of CHPA, described the organization’s 2020 project which is determining the categories the Association should represent. Among Scott’s many insightful comments, one really resonated with me and my health-economics mindset: on the growing presence of value-based insurance design in the U.S.

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Health Populi

MAY 25, 2021

When a new technology or product starts to get used in a market, it follows a diffusion curve whose slope depends on the pace of adoption in that market. The first chart from the CDC illustrates that dramatic growth in the use of telehealth ratcheting up since the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in the U.S.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

health care consumers, followed by waiting for insurance pre-approvals (cited by 72%), using pre-determined treatments based on scientific evidence of similar cases (aka protocols or clinical guidelines (noted by 50% of consumers), and electronic health records (among 30% of people).

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

In November, 2023, Brynjolfsson teamed up with fellow West Coaster, Robert M. Minorities, women, infants, rural populations, the uninsured and under-insured, and the poor and disabled are all glaringly under-served. expect to offer in return for universal health insurance and reliable access to high quality basic health care services?

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Vital Signs Customer Service Follow-Up Medication 68

Health Populi

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Hims and Hers will invest in a Columbus, Ohio-based mail order pharmacy to be operational in 2020, featuring customer support and fulfillment centers. Up to now, the companies have been working with third-party pharmacies to pick-and-pack medicines for consumers looking to support their gender-specific wellness needs.

Follow-Up 63

Follow-Up Collaboration Insurance Medication 63

Health Prime

JULY 27, 2023

It involves obtaining approval from insurance companies before a specific procedure, treatment, or medication is administered. The prior authorization process acts as a bridge between healthcare providers and insurance companies, safeguarding the financial interests of both parties.

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Insurance Documentation Follow-Up Communication 40

The Healthcare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

If you missed it read Part 1 & Part 2 By JEFF GOLDSMITH Two major changes in health insurance ensued as the US health system entered the 21 st century- a strategic shift of health cost risk from providers to patients and the emergence of machine driven managed care. Some 60% of hospital bad debts are now from patients with insurance.

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Relias

JULY 25, 2023

At the beginning of 2020, we never could have imagined that the development of a vaccine for a virus would be the highlight of our year. Through all the extraordinary challenges of 2020, we learned much that can serve us moving forward. Through all the extraordinary challenges of 2020, we learned much that can serve us moving forward.

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Health Populi

MAY 20, 2024

In the past year, the growth of prescription drug utilization and spending has much to do with the use of GLP-1 agonists to treat diabetes and obesity, along with immunology therapy, and lipid meds, along with specialty medicines now accounting for over half of spending — up from 49% in 2018.

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ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Many healthcare providers may prescribe treatments that are not considered routine or may be expensive, an insurance company may need prior authorization (PA) to determine whether they will cover what the healthcare providers recommends 4. The healthcare provider must get approval from the insurance company.

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CareerStep

JUNE 7, 2024

Despite the demand for these essential workers, one out of five healthcare employees have completely left the industry since 2020 and some 47% of these workers have plans to quit within the next two years. Have clear values and follow them. Even more important, follow those values and live up to your organization’s mission.

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The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

First, several health insurers who sold their reputation to Wall Street as being wizards at understanding how doctors and patients behave had the curtain pulled back to reveal the man pulling the levers was missing a dashboard or dial or three. The bad actor is quasi-state owned UCHealth, a big Colorado “non-profit” health system.

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ACMA Blog

JUNE 25, 2024

It is the insurance or payers’ way of controlling costs by approving or denying certain medications, procedures, or devices that may not usually be covered or is on a higher tier on the formulary. This is done following the health plan’s formulary or the criteria for a specific medication, device, or procedure being requested.

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Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Will they be happy to wake up every weekday morning and go to work? 2 This is a sharp decline from the results obtained in the 2020 survey, at which time 72.2% The following is a breakdown of how some of these themes drive professional satisfaction for physicians. From 2020 to 2021, the mean score decreased by 17.6%.

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