Health Populi

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Workers covered by health insurance through their companies spend 11.5% of their household income on health insurance premiums and deductibles based on The Commonwealth Fund’s latest report on employee health care costs, Trends in Employer Health Coverage, 2008-2018: Higher Costs for Workers and Their Families.

Insurance 109

Insurance Billing Medication Patient Experience 109

Health Populi

JUNE 2, 2021

The good news for health care costs for a family of four in America is that they fell, for the first time in like, ever, in 2020. The first chart shows how health care costs declined in our Year of COVID, 2020, by over $1,000 for that hypothetical U.S. up, compared with the largest cost increase across categories in 2020 of 7.2%.

Insurance 174

Insurance Follow-Up Tests Medication 174

Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2020

But in developed, wealthier parts of the world, like the U.S., “a record number of countries are experiencing an all-time high ‘mass-class’ trust divide,” according to the 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer.

Hospital 109

Hospital Insurance 109

Health Populi

JULY 13, 2020

Advertising Age announced their list of the top 20 brands in 2020 this week. COVID-19 accelerated trends already in place by early 2020. People have sought health engagement across the many industries that touch their lives, well beyond healthcare, pharma, and health insurance. In the U.S., In the U.S., Dr. Fauci, stay strong.

Medication 118

Medication Insurance 118

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In 2020, national health expenditures (NHE) in the United States will exceed $4 trillion to cover 334.5 Three factors will drive healthcare costs to 2026: prices for medical goods and services, changes in income growth, and shifting enrollment from private health insurance to Medicare — driven by the aging of Boomers.

Long Term Care 79

Long Term Care Insurance Hospital Medication 79

Health Populi

MAY 19, 2020

Imagine this: you find yourself with $6,553 in your pocket and you can pick one of the following: A new 2020 Breitling Navitimer watch; A year’s in-state tuition at Valdosta State University; or, A PPO for an average individual. In 2020, that $12K+ represents over 18% of the median household income in the U.S.

Medication 98

Medication Insurance Hospital Follow-Up 98

Health Populi

JULY 16, 2020

The median charge for hospitalizing a patient with COVID-19 ranged from $34,662 for people 23 to 30, and $45,683 for people between 51 and 60 years of age, according to FAIR Health’s research brief, Key Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients published July 14th, 2020. privately-insured people.

Hospital 148

Hospital Insurance Discharges Admissions 148

Health Populi

AUGUST 27, 2020

The Commonwealth Fund ‘s biennial report, published as the pandemic continues into and beyond the third quarter of 2020, sheds light on another weakness in U.S. healthcare: the cost of health insurance relative to working Americans’ relatively flat incomes.

Insurance 71

Insurance 71

Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2019

When evaluating health care options, consumers said the most important factor weighting into their choice was insurance, cited by 84% of patients; another 75% of people said the health system’s reputation was the most important factor, following by 69% citing location, and 66% each noting cost and the reputation of the doctor.

Insurance 113

Insurance Billing Medication Follow-Up 113

Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

adults from early September to early October 2020 to gauge peoples’ interest in and utilization of digital health tools and telehealth. This represents a shift more to “me care” in 2020 with the sharp uptake of digital platforms and wearable tech. Rock Health and Stanford commissioned an online survey among 7,980 U.S.

Follow-Up 174

Follow-Up Insurance Hospital Medication 174

Health Populi

MAY 21, 2020

adults 18 to 74 years of age in the first week of May 2020. Nearly every respondent in the study reported having health insurance coverage. Among those covered with insurance, one-half had employer-sponsored insurance, 1 in 4 Medicare, and 13%, individual cover. Another 8% had Medicaid or a state health insurance program.

Insurance 161

Insurance Tests Follow-Up Huddles/Rounds 161

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The reality even before the coronavirus crisis emerged in early 2020 was that U.S. One basic pillar of prescription drug access is health care insurance; CoverMyMeds points out that unemployment claims hit record (high) levels in 2020, with millions having lost health coverage.

Insurance 147

Insurance Appointments Billing Medication 147

Health Populi

JANUARY 10, 2020

The digital health presence at CES 2020 is the fastest-growing segment of consumer technologies at the Show this year, increasing by 25% over 2019. Finally, SingFit positions its product and services as “music-as-medicine,” and brings music therapy to CES 2020. Heart-focused technologies are a big part of that growth story.

Diagnostics 91

Diagnostics Collaboration Medication Insurance 91

Health Populi

AUGUST 4, 2020

These jobs are also less likely to come with health insurance. Mothers in 2020’s pandemic have reduced their work hours four to five times more than fathers to care for children in a nation that hasn’t created a strong caregiving foundation. . poverty rate. Men are still the primary breadwinners.

Insurance 169

Insurance Huddles/Rounds 169

Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2020

ONC rules issues in March 2020 called for more patient-facing health tools and apps to bolster health consumer engagement and empowerment. The post Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. But the emergence of the coronavirus in the U.S.

Insurance 110

Insurance Medication Collaboration Hospital 110

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

as a “health insurance company” evolving to its vision as technology-informed health care. “People think of Humana as insurance company but we feel we’re more about integrated health care…(We’re) trying to make the pivot as a health partner, a tech company delivering health care.

Insurance 88

Insurance Collaboration Patient Experience 88

Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2021

In April 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a report featuring evidence that in the month of March 2020, the coronavirus pandemic was not an equal-opportunity killer. In the U.S.,

Insurance 163

Insurance Collaboration 163

Health Populi

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Power has studied including health insurance, insurance and financial services. Safety was the key driver for utilization at a rate of 46% of people using telehealth in 2020, and only 13% in 2019. The study was fielded in June-July 2020 among 4,302 U.S. The study was fielded in June-July 2020 among 4,302 U.S.

Physical Exams 147

Physical Exams Customer Service Insurance Follow-Up 147

Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2021

A major side-effect of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 was its impact on the national U.S. ” That concerns varies by a person’s type of health coverage: those with private health insurance tend to be more worried about paying the high-deductible, as well as people of color, and those in poorer health. population).

Insurance 127

Insurance Patient Advocacy Collaboration Medication 127

Health Populi

APRIL 19, 2021

consumers age 18 and over in February 2020 (just about the time the coronavirus pandemic was emerging in the U.S.) and 1,577 consumers in December 2020. Changing health behaviors is hard work even without a pandemic setting the environment to do so, and there were unique obstacles in 2020 to making those changes.

Insurance 120

Insurance Documentation Medication 120

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

By the autumn of 2020, U.S. The pandemic may have led to excess deaths from diabetes, dementia, hypertension, heart disease, and stroke, as well as record drug overdoses in the 12 months ending in May 2020. adults ages 18-64 as of September 11 through 28, 2020.

Follow-Up 156

Follow-Up Tests Insurance Hospital 156

Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 3, 2019

2020 predictions from Luma Health chief medical officer and co-founder, Dr. Tashfeen Ekram. With an average profit margin of 8%, hospitals have higher margins than the pharmacy or insurance industries. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.

Insurance 102

Insurance Hospital Medication 102

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

households entered 2020 in the best financial shape they’d been in years, based on new Census data released earlier this week. Census Bureau found that the level of health insurance enrollment fell by 1 million people in 2019 , with about 30 million Americans not covered by health insurance. lacked health insurance.

Insurance 62

Insurance Medication 62

Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

With President Trump’s somber speech from the Oval Office last night, we wake up on 12th March 2020 to a ban on most travel from Europe to the U.S., Here is a link to the President’s full remarks from the White House website, presented at about 9 pm on 11 March 2020. recommendations for hygiene, and call to come together in America.

Tests 137

Tests Hospital Triage Insurance 137

Health Populi

APRIL 14, 2020

in April 2020, Gallup gauged that barely 1 in 2 people felt they were thriving. adults in late March into early April 2020 to explore Americans’ self-evaluations of their well-being. .” In 2020 advanced economies (including and beyond the U.S.) As COVID-19 diagnoses reached 200,000 in the U.S. will decline by -6.1%.

Tests 174

Tests Insurance Medication 174

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

and post-pandemic job growth in 2021, the cost of health insurance premiums rose faster than either the price of goods or wages. Figure A shows the family health insurance premium cost-sharing between employers and workers over ten years. Even with growing inflation in the U.S.

Insurance 71

Insurance Medication Communication 71

Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2020

Whether healthcare spending in 2021 increases by double-digits or falls by one-third directly depends on how the coronavirus pandemic will play out over the rest of 2020, based on PwC’s annual report on medical cost trends for 2021. In 2021, spending would return to pre-COVID projections.

Insurance 112

Insurance Hospital Medication Documentation 112

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. One-half said they weren’t confident in their ability to afford health insurance in or near retirement.

Insurance 109

Insurance Medication 109

Health Populi

AUGUST 13, 2019

In 2020, large employers will be “doubling down” efforts to control health care costs. This is the annual forecast for 2020 brought to us by the National Business Group of Health (NBGH), the Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey.

Communication 61

Communication Insurance 61

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

On February 4 th , 2020, in a hospital in northern California, the first known inpatient diagnosed with COVID-19 died. Societal, with the convergence of George Floyd’s murder, street-level protests, and growing risks of gun violence across the country along with increased sales of firearms in 2020.

Insurance 156

Insurance Hospital Medication 156

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. health care. health care. How satisfied (or even delighted) patients are when using virtual care options.

Diagnostics 130

Diagnostics Tests Follow-Up Insurance 130

NHA Now

JUNE 10, 2020

At NHA, we always strive to provide information to support frontline healthcare workers like billing & coding specialists on their path to success, which is why we recently surveyed hundreds of healthcare employers to discover insights to help lead us into 2020 and beyond. Below are a few highlights from the report.

Billing 52

Billing Certification Critical Thinking Time Management 52

Health Populi

JUNE 26, 2023

People love being health-insured, but their negative experiences with health plans create serious burdens on patients-as-consumers. The 2023 Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Consumer Experiences with Health Insurance updates our understanding of and empathy for insured peoples’ Patient Administrative Burdens (PAB).

Insurance 62

Insurance Appointments Billing Hospital 62

Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

In September 2020, PwC surveyed consumers with employer-sponsored health insurance about their preferred locations to receive a COVID-19 vaccine within one year of its approval. In the COVID-19 pandemic, health care spending in the U.S. increased by a relatively low 6.0%

Insurance 116

Insurance Medication Hospital Patient Experience 116

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.

Long Term Care 144

Long Term Care Patient Advocacy Insurance HIPAA 144

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.,

Insurance 77

Insurance Outpatient Care Follow-Up Hospital 77

Health Populi

JULY 25, 2022

Here are Morning Consult’s assessment of the Top 20 fastest-growing consumer brands of 2020 — all of which had everything to do with our pandemic lives. We came to appreciate the connectivity was indeed a determinant of health (which I called out in the Huffington Post in July 2016). healthcare system.

Insurance 127

Insurance Care Plan Medication Patient Experience 127