Health Populi

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

household budgets in February 2022, highlighted in a poll from Morning Consult : inflationary spikes for housing, food, and energy, and the COVID-19 Omicron variant forcing health care costs up for some consumers driving medical debt up. in January 2022. in January 2022. There’s a trifecta cost challenge hitting U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The cost of health insurance for a worker who buys into a health plan at work in 2022 reached $22,463 for their family. The average monthly mortgage payment was $1,759 in mid-2022. The post Thinking Value-Based Health Care at HLTH 2022 – A Call-to-Action appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. Think value-based care.

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Health Populi

JULY 17, 2023

Most patients, nurses and doctors believe that health insurance plans reduce access to health care which contributes to clinician burnout and increases costs, based on three surveys conducted by Morning Consult for the American Hospital Association (AHA).

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Health Populi

JUNE 20, 2022

When high-deductible health plans became part of health insurance design in America, they were lauded as giving patients “more skin in the game” of health care payments. “Instead, they’ve faced thousands of dollars in bills as health insurers shifted costs onto patients through higher deductibles.” “U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2021

This year, medical cost trend will rise by 7.0%, expected to decline a bit in 2022 according to the annual study from PwC Health Research Institute , Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2022. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The COVID-19 hangover will be a key inflator of medical costs in 2022.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 9, 2021

being covered by health insurance is one of the social determinants of health. But even with health insurance coverage, most health-insured people are concerned about medical costs in America, found in a MITRE-Harris Poll on U.S. consumers’ health insurance perspectives published today. In the U.S.,

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Health Populi

JANUARY 25, 2022

As physicians deal on the frontlines in Year 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re stressed, anxious, and angry concludes the Medscape 2022 Physician Burnout & Depression Report. The post Diagnosis: Stress, Anxiety and Anger – the 2022 Medscape Physician Burnout & Depression Report appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2022

This report provides insightful context for the upcoming annual ATA Conference for 2022 , being held in-person in Boston kicking off May 1st. The post Telehealth Update from the AMA – Setting the Context for ATA 2022 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. Creating An Opportunity in a Time of Uncertainty.”

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Health Populi

JUNE 2, 2022

In this essay on health disparities and equity for older adults, I weave together new data from, The United Health Foundation’s study on seniors’ health status in America’s Health Rankings for 2022. RAND and CMS research into seniors health disparities among Medicare Advantage enrollees.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

receive health insurance through employers. With that objective, it’s always instructive to explore the annual study from the Business Group on Health, the 2022 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey. One in two people in the U.S.

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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. While costs in the Index fell in 2021 (seen in the bar chart), in 2022 the MMI increased at a rate similar to pre-pandemic levels. or health care for a family of four.

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Health Populi

JULY 18, 2024

Motor vehicle insurance costs grew a whopping 19.5% growth for group health insurance plans is the highest rate of medical cost trend growth since 2012. See here the level of cost-insecurity rose to 37% in 2023-24 from 32% in 2022. adults seen as cost-secure fell from 61% in 2022 to 55% in 2023-24. and 3.2%, respectively.

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ACMA Blog

JULY 9, 2024

Between 2013 and 2022, about 10% of rural independent retail pharmacies closed. Given the current state of PBM dominance, pharmacists, health insurers, and drug manufacturers often have little choice but to interact with the large, dominant PBMs when distributing certain drugs. OptumRx, Inc., Humana Pharmacy Solutions, Inc.,

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JUNE 10, 2024

From 2020 to 2022, CityMD falsely documented insured patients as uninsured before fraudulently billing the federal government for their COVID-19 care, according to regulators. CityMD denies the allegations.

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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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ACI Medical & Dental School

JANUARY 31, 2024

Average Salary ( ZipRecruiter, NJ ): $43,978 Job Outlook ( BLS, 2022-2032 ): 14% (Much faster than average) Learn More: Medical Assistant Certification Program Phlebotomy Technician What Do They Do? Where Do They Work? Medical Assistants work in healthcare settings such as clinics, hospitals, and doctor’s offices. Where Do They Work?

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Entering the fourth quarter of 2022, several studies were published in the past week which reinforce the reality that Americans are facing high health care costs, preventing many from seeking necessary medical services, and hitting under-served health citizens even harder in the economic downturn that so many U.S. adults in late June 2022.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

“Two intersecting and interdependent systems comprise democracy in the United States,” Eileen Salinsky, Program Advisor with Grantmakers in Health, wrote in a compelling essay in April 2022. APA found in its October 2022 Stress in America study that many Americans are so stressed, they cannot function.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2024

Data Breach Insights Healthcare accounted for 28% of data breach incidents, followed by finance and insurance (17%), business and professional services (15%), and education (13%). 27% of attacked companies paid a ransom in 2023, compared to 40% in 2022. The was a significant increase in data breaches at vendors. million in 2023.

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Health Prime

APRIL 25, 2024

Clear and transparent communication about financial responsibilities, insurance coverage, and available payment options can reduce the likelihood of unpaid bills. According to the 2022 InstaMed Trends in Healthcare Payment Annual Report , 71% of consumers are confused by their medical bills.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Keep that relationship in mind in the context of a new forecast from Kaiser Family Foundation estimate the 2023 cost for employer-sponsored insurance for a family to reach nearly $24,000 in 2023. The APA found in the 2022 study that stress related to money reached the highest level Americans felt since 2015. ” One in 3 U.S.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The first chart quantifies that bad debt attributable to patients’ self-pay payments after insurance kicks in: that category of bad debt grew by five times between 2018 and 2021, from 11% to nearly 58%. Collection rates for the bad debt fell from 76% in 2020 to 55% in just the one year from 2020 to 2021, a drop of nearly one-third.

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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

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Aflac also looked at Americans’ state of financial health comparing people who had health insurance versus those who were uninsured in 2021. voters’ top-of-mind issues for health care and overall election priorities for mid-terms 2022. Expect health care costs to remain on U.S.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

The privacy violation has been reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) as a breach of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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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. Like speaking “American,” health insurance in the U.S.

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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. This consumer research was conducted in January 2022 — well before a gallon of gas cost an average of $4.98 in Hong Kong the week of 20 June 2022). in the U.S. in Belgium, $8.66

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Health Populi

AUGUST 6, 2024

In 2023, commercial payers covered most of these prescription drug fills for all three brands in the study: 61% of Ozempic fills were covered by commercial insurers, 28.5% shoppers from January 1, 2022 to June 20, 2024. Now we tie that utilization to the source of payment. watch for sleep apnea indications). Grocery Doppio polled U.S.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 19, 2023

for the most vulnerable childbearing populations, including Black mothers and those insured by Medicaid. These same nurse-to-patient ratios were included in the AWHONN nurse staffing standards published in 2022. Studies show that Medicaid pays hospitals less than half of what commercial insurers pay for a birth.

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Scrubs

JUNE 19, 2023

Here are some examples of what these services cost in 2022, according to a survey by Genworth. Are assisted living facilities covered by insurance? The majority of assisted living facilities are paid for without insurance. Is home care covered by insurance?

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Health Populi

JANUARY 23, 2023

The peak of venture investment for digital health was in 2020 and 2021, precipitously declining later in 2022. In my January 2023 column for Medecision. I weave the pragmatic story together based on datapoints from JP Morgan’s 2023 annual healthcare meeting in San Francisco and CES 2023 held in Las Vegas the previous week.

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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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Health Populi

JUNE 11, 2024

Milliman found that in 2024, the health-insured employee for an average person/family member is paying 26% of health care costs and 16% out-of-pocket, and employers cover 58% of healthcare costs in general.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

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. For this research, CoverMyMeds surveyed 1,000 patients, 400 providers, and 328 pharmacists in September and October 2020.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

On February 23, 2022, Judge Jeremy Kernodle of the Eastern District of Texas ruled that certain parts of the Interim Final Rule Part II (the Rule) implementing the No Surprises Act are invalid.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

healthcare spending, with curves moving up and to the right, and the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund moving into the opposite direction toward insolvency by 2033. have not returned to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2022. That’s the demand side.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Gallup and West Health have been studying Healthcare in America , finding in their June 2022 consumer survey that one in four people in the U.S. have delayed or avoided medical care or purchasing prescription drugs due to higher health care prices — along with cutting back on other forms of household spending, such as driving less.

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