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

Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) (2022) estimated over 100,000 registered nurses left the profession and predicted that another 800,000 nurses would follow them by 2027. According to the Joint Commission (2022), 1,441 sentinel events were reported in 2022, a 19% increase from 2021.

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Patient Care Hospital Critical Thinking Patient Safety 111

Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2024

Research from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2022 showed that medical collections tradelines appeared on 43 million credit reports, and that 58 percent of bills that were in collections and on people’s credit records were medical bills.” Looking forward even further out a decade to 2034, the U.S.

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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

JUNE 23, 2022

In that report, Guardian, an insurance and financial services company, asked people to rank the macro factors that shape their wellbeing. Physical health, comprising 33% of well-being, followed by. Emotional health, making up 27% of well-being. in Hong Kong the week of 20 June 2022). in the U.S. in Belgium, $8.66

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Follow-Up Billing Insurance Hospital 115

Sensible Medicine

JULY 30, 2024

The cohort enrolled patients from 2008 to 2022. Commentary The authors conclude that “protocol-directed active surveillance offers a clear set of expectations for patients and clinicians to follow.” This cohort was primarily made up of insured, educated, and non-Hispanic white patients.

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Follow-Up Tests Insurance Medication 86

Health Populi

DECEMBER 1, 2023

consumers’ use of credit has grown post-pandemic, delinquencies on credit cards are up, and savings falling after having achieved some nice growth in the pandemic largely owed to pandemic payments from the Federal government. Note that U.S. Baby Boomers would be least likely to postpone a visit for preventive care.

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Billing Follow-Up Communication Insurance 71

Health Populi

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Power’s 2022 Telehealth Satisfaction Study. Power found in their Study which was conducted among 4,306 health care consumers who had used a telehealth service in the 12 months preceding June and July 2022 when the survey was fielded. For health plan-provided telehealth, Humana topped the list, followed by Aetna in second place.

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Follow-Up Patient Satisfaction Insurance Tests 87

Health Populi

MAY 30, 2022

I appreciated the opportunity to share my perspectives on “The Patient As the Payer: How the Pandemic, Inflation, and Anxiety are Reshaping Consumers” in a webinar hosted by CarePayment on 25 May 2022. It’s important to note that health care cost fiscal stress is not only a symptom for people lacking health insurance.

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Billing Insurance Customer Service Follow-Up 105

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. Health services utilization in the U.S.

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

A referral process involves obtaining patient information such as insurance details, and demographics; also scheduling appointments. percent CAGR between 2022 to 2030 ). It also helps to maintain the flow of data between healthcare providers, allowing for timely interventions, follow-up care, and medications.

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Medication Follow-Up Appointments Tests 52

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

MAY 17, 2024

An update to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule is now underway with new cybersecurity requirements. The latest data show a 93% increase in large breaches (from 369 to 712) reported from 2018 to 2022. The update is designed to help the health care sector build a more resilient system.

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HIPAA Hospital Insurance Best Practices 108

Health Prime

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Establish a robust system that verifies insurance information before the appointment. Customized statements include detailed information about services, insurance adjustments, patient responsibilities, etc. Past the time of service, polite but persistent follow-up activities are crucial to collecting balances.

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Billing Follow-Up Communication Insurance 52

Health Populi

JULY 29, 2022

” Well beyond our individual genetic codes, our health is made where we live, work, play, pray, learn, and shop… also well beyond hospitals and doctors’ offices in-between appointments, and often paid-for out-of-pocket quite separate from peoples’ health insurance plans. Power 2022 U.S.

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Appointments Scheduling Follow-Up Insurance 87

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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Documentation Medical Assistant Certification Insurance 40

Minority Nurse

JUNE 14, 2024

She ’ s also the host of Nurse.com ’ s NurseDot Podcast and a member of the LGBTQ+ community, highlighting a variety of voices within the nursing industry while also speaking to her personal experiences as an RN and founder of HOLLIBLU, a social networking app exclusively for nurses (acquired by Nurse.com in 2022).

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Unit Organization and Environment Hospital Continuing Education Follow-Up 104

CollaborateMD

JANUARY 5, 2024

billion in 2022. According to EverHealth , one of the most important considerations is the software “must comply with healthcare regulations and standards, such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) in the United States, to ensure patient data is protected and privacy is maintained.”

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Billing Medication Follow-Up Insurance 52

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. Willingness in sharing health data with insurers, pharmacies, research institutions all fell between 2019 and 2020.

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Follow-Up Insurance Hospital Medication 174

Health Populi

MARCH 1, 2022

A leading provider of virtual care is Teladoc, whose most recent explanation of corporate strategy is shown in the first graphic from the company’s January 2022 investor deck. Imagine this announcement now in that outer ring, up and to the right, in this “foundation built to deliver what the market wants.”

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Doximity

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Dr. George - In 2022, there were an estimated 47.9 million people who self-identified as Black, making up 14.4% Dr. George - The article written in 2023, where I was recognized as "Top Physicians and Clinicians to Follow in Digital Health," really helped my career and set me up for success. of the country's population.

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Follow-Up Insurance Medication 52

Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Shelise Valentine, RNC, MSN, C-EFM, CPPS, CPHRM, is the Director of Clinical Education, Healthcare Risk Advisors, part of TDC Group and chairs nursing, co-chairs obstetric and simulation initiatives, and directs risk management and obstetric education for insured hospital clients to improve patient safety and reduce malpractice risk.

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Patient Safety Unit Organization and Environment Best Practices Hospital 59

Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 29, 2022

On July 26, 2022, Judge Jeremy Kernodle of the Eastern District of Texas affirmed that certain parts of the Interim Final Rule Part II implementing the No Surprises Act (the Act) were invalid. The Act sets up an independent dispute resolution (IDR) process by which out-of-network providers and insurers are required to arbitrate payment rates.

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Transfers Insurance Follow-Up Medication 52

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

MAY 17, 2024

An update to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule is now underway with new cybersecurity requirements. The latest data show a 93% increase in large breaches (from 369 to 712) reported from 2018 to 2022. The update is designed to help the health care sector build a more resilient system.

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HIPAA Hospital Insurance Best Practices 52

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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Insurance Billing Hospital Follow-Up 40

ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

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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Medical Assistant Documentation Certification Communication 40

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. For your historical context, here’s last year’s write-up on the 2019 MMI.

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Medication Insurance Hospital Follow-Up 98

CollaborateMD

JANUARY 3, 2024

The industry experienced 1,410 cyberattacks a week in 2022, an increase of 86%. Understanding HIPAA Regulations HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , became law in 1996. That includes submitting claims to insurance and creating invoices for self-pay. Healthcare is a favorite target for hackers.

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HIPAA Billing Medication Best Practices 52

Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Will they be happy to wake up every weekday morning and go to work? The 2022 report found that of 11,000 physicians surveyed, 72% reported being satisfied with their job. The 2022 report found that of 11,000 physicians surveyed, 72% reported being satisfied with their job. For many physicians, these statements ring true.

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Follow-Up Scheduling Medication Hospital 52

Minority Nurse

JUNE 28, 2023

She’s also the host of Nurse.com’s NurseDot Podcast and a member of the LGBTQ+ community, highlighting a variety of voices within the nursing industry while also speaking to her personal experiences as an RN and founder of HOLLIBLU, a social networking app exclusively for nurses (acquired by Nurse.com in 2022).

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Hospital Continuing Education Follow-Up Collaboration 52

Health Populi

APRIL 19, 2023

Globally, the gap between how well I am taking care of my health versus how well I “should” be doing has grown by 14 percentage points (worse) in the past year, comparing March 2022 to March 2023. In the U.S., that delta is 11 points worse, the second chart graphs, with the U.S. datapoint shown to the far right.

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Follow-Up Insurance Communication Patient Experience 62

The Healthcare Blog

JULY 14, 2024

Nonetheless between mid 2021 and early 2022 Jess DaMassa and I were reporting on VC funding in a show called Health in 2 Point 00 (later Health Tech Deals) and every week there were several deals for $100m and up going into new health tech companies. 2022 was worse and although one or two individual companies have recovered (Hi Oscar!),

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Huddles/Rounds Follow-Up Insurance Diagnostics 98

Health Populi

JUNE 2, 2021

A big uncertainty in this year’s forecast, pondering the 2022 picture, is what extent eliminate care will have on future adverse health outcomes… something that keeps my scenario planning humming across various modeling. up, compared with the largest cost increase across categories in 2020 of 7.2%. higher than in 2020.

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Insurance Follow-Up Tests Medication 174

Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

the title of the article updating the winter 2022-23 sick-season asked. Thus, the sage advice as we approach gatherings for Christmastime 2022: “Close your mouth and step away from the human,” by Katherine Wu of The Atlantic. consumers’ financial wellbeing in November 2022. Which virus is it?” Entering 2023, U.S.

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Insurance HIPAA Medication Patient Experience 62

Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2022

physicians are worried about big social issues, according to a Medscape survey report, Physicians’ Views on Today’s Divisive Social Issues 2022. residents had no health insurance coverage, and another 38 million people were enrolled in “inadequate” health plans — deemed to be “under-insured.”

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Insurance Follow-Up Medication Hospital 71

Health Populi

MAY 31, 2022

These barriers are revealed in research conducted by a team from the University of Michigan (my alma mater) published in JAMA (May 6, 2022), Patient Perspectives on Care Transitions From Hospital to Home. Enter Archangels, whose mission is to recognize and lift up caregivers — long unpaid, and to be sure, unseen.

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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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Tests Insurance Hospital Medication 108

Health Populi

OCTOBER 2, 2023

could save at least $13 billion a year through deploying medically-tailored meals for people enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance programs, according to the True Cost of Food , research published by the Tufts School of Nutrition Science and Policy collaborating with The Rockefeller Foundation.

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