Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Having health insurance in the U.S. See the third chart, where KFF/Peterson Center looked at the consumer’s insurance status, state of medical debt and health care service impact — in Health Populi lingo we use the phrase, “self-rationing behavior due to cost.”

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Health Populi

JUNE 4, 2024

When health care providers and payers make patients’ lives easier, there’s a multiplying factor for loyalty and revenue growth, according to Accenture’s latest look into the value of experience in The Power of Trust: Unlocking patient loyalty in healthcare.

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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.

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Health Prime

MARCH 21, 2024

The revenue cycle is a complex and multifaceted system that involves various stakeholders, including healthcare providers, payers (insurance companies), and patients. It begins at the front lines of the healthcare practice, where staff members collect essential demographic and insurance information during the initial patient contact.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Most Americans have been surprised by a medical bill, a NORC AmeriSpeak survey found. Nearly all Americans (86% net responsible) first blame health insurance companies, followed by hospitals (82%). Most of the surprise bills were for charges associated with a physician’s service or lab test. Who’s responsible?

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Health Populi

MAY 30, 2022

Add on top of these significant stressors the need to deal with medical bills, which is another source of stress for millions of patients in America. It’s important to note that health care cost fiscal stress is not only a symptom for people lacking health insurance. It’s true to say that in the U.S.

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 31, 2024

Navigating piles of billing paperwork drains your time and energy. The right medical billing software streamlines this process, making it quicker and more accurate. The added efficiency gives you more time for patient care and reduces administrative headaches.  This article breaks down chiropractic medical billing software.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

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. It’s important to note that the percentage of people who want communication about what their insurance covers versus what they owe is 80%.

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CollaborateMD

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Medical billing plays a critical role in the financial stability of healthcare providers. Fortunately, medical billing software offers a solution to the challenges healthcare providers face. The impact of billing challenges is felt by healthcare providers and patients. They can have significant consequences for patients.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 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. 50% want clearer, easier-to-understand medical bills.

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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).

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Valant

OCTOBER 18, 2024

This could lead to improved efficiency in billing and collections processes. Potential for More Out-of-Pocket Spending: As economic pressures ease, patients might be more willing to spend more on mental health services, potentially increasing revenue. Consider how you can improve care delivery and patient engagement.

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Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

In the program’s FAQs, one question clearly addresses this, transparently and in layperson’s terms: Q: “Do I need health insurance to use GNC Health?” ” A: “Nope — insurance isn’t needed or accepted.” Cost, cost, cost, cost, and cost — above quality of care.

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Health Prime

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In this stage of the medical billing process, your front-end staff ensures proper collection and recording of valuable data essential to provide proper services to the patient and ensure their coverage. This can also lead to increased anxiety and stress, particularly for patients who already deal with health concerns.

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Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2021

In movies in particular, we’ve seen health care costs and hassles play featured in plotlines in As Good as it Gets [theme: health insurance coverage], M*A*S*H [war and its medical impacts are hell], and Philadelphia [HIV/AIDS in the era of The Band Played On], among dozens of others.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 5, 2020

But as the report’s title asserts, most telehealth users experienced obstacles to accessing and using virtual care platforms that drove less positive consumer experiences. Power has studied including health insurance, insurance and financial services. This is the second year that J.D.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Accenture developed a healthcare system literacy index to quantify the relationship between peoples’ understanding of how health insurance works and what a lack of understanding can cost the system. What does my doctor bill mean?” and “which doctor can I see?” deal with the in/out-of-network uncertainties.

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MedVA

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Driving Efficiency and Cost Savings Across Healthcare With a business model that reduces staffing expenses by up to 66%, MEDVA enables practices to operate with greater financial flexibility, reinvesting savings directly into scaling their practice and enhancing the patient experience. For more information, visit www.MEDVA.com.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 17, 2023

.” And across all technologies assessed in this study, it was AI and machine learning that the health care finance execs pointed to as a top-three investment priority, followed by improving the patient experience (among 37%), and automating business processes (32%). Bank explained in the report. AI can help here, too.

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Scrubs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

They can often perform clinical duties like taking patient vital signs, administering injections, and assisting with minor surgical procedures. At the same time, they manage administrative tasks such as scheduling appointments, billing, and maintaining patient records.

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Health Prime

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Financial transparency is crucial to a holistic patient journey that includes everything from patient care to all relationship processes—not only administrative functions. In medical billing, precision and clarity are key. Read more about this in our blog How to explain payments to patients in your medical practice.

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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).

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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

APRIL 1, 2024

The “disconnect” between health care and patient-payers is that in peoples’ everyday consumers lives, they pay bills primarily online (when the amount is due) as well as via automated payments for recurring bills. This is the modus operandi for bill payment among U.S. Mailing a paper check?

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Health Prime

MARCH 6, 2024

Additionally, it allows patients to: Access their medical records Schedule appointments Receive important updates This seamless communication fosters patient engagement , leading to increased satisfaction and loyalty. Time and cost savings A patient portal significantly reduces administrative overhead.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Beyond the physical and emotional pain that people experience when they become a patient, in the U.S. 98% of Americans rank paying their medical bills is an important pain point in their patient journey, according to Embracing consumerism: Driving customer engagement in the healthcare financial journey , from Experian Health.

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Valant

AUGUST 20, 2024

Working with multiple patients at the same appointment affects everything from how you schedule sessions to how you take progress notes, and a system that runs smoothly makes for a better patient experience. Create a marketing plan to notify existing patients and the community of your new treatment group(s).

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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. Health Populi’s Hot Points: According to the 2024 Healthcare Financial Experience Study from Cedar, 58% of U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2024

He called out that, “In recent years, however, medical bills became the most common collection item on credit reports. Some recent signposts in research update our understanding of the patient-as-payer, such as the latest Aflac WorkForces Report 2023-24 on benefits and financial wellness in this 13th annual research study.

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Health Populi

APRIL 2, 2019

One in three Americans overall are concerned they won’t be able to pay for health care services or prescription drugs: that includes 35% of people who are insured, and 63% of those who do not have insurance. Americans borrowed $88 billion in 2018 to pay for health care spending, West Health and Gallup estimated.

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Health Prime

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This process starts before the patient is checked in. Establish a robust system that verifies insurance information before the appointment. Remember to inform patients ahead of time of their benefits so they understand what they are paying for. Clear and concise statements are essential for effective communication.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 13, 2023

As the heatmap chart illustrates, health insurance ranks relatively low in peoples’ simplicity lens, akin to general insurance, media, and automotive, and below booking travel (air, train, car rental), and social media. ” Think of it as an ROI on delivery simplicity to health care experiences.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

billion supplemental bill to deal with COVID-19; the bill includes some level of telehealth funding. How would you improve what’s in the bill to optimize the use of telehealth in this challenging public health moment? Q2 – – Some industry observers have called this, “telehealth’s big moment.” The President signed the $8.3

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Health Prime

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In this stage of the medical billing process, your front-end staff ensures proper collection and recording of valuable data essential to provide proper services to the patient and ensure their coverage. This can also lead to increased anxiety and stress, particularly for patients who already deal with health concerns.

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Health Populi

APRIL 8, 2024

While so-called recreational GLP-1 consumers may experience these benefits, this population would be less likely to be covered by medical insurance under current obesity criteria which are in use to ration access to the medicines in Germany and the United Kingdom.

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Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2024

Having health insurance in America is no guarantee of actually receiving health care. It’s a case of having health insurance as “necessary but not sufficient,” as the cost of deductibles, out-of-pocket coinsurance sharing, and delaying care paint the picture of The Hidden Lives of Workplace-Insured Americans.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

And bad debt — write-offs that come out of uncollected patient bill balances after “significant collection efforts” by hospitals and doctors — is challenging their already-thin or negative financial margins. Only 17% of that amount was collected falling between $7,501 and $10,000, Crowe calculated.

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