The Healthcare Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Two weeks after my emergency room discharge, I continued to live life as if nothing happened, returning to work without any healthcare follow-up to address my emotional burden. At only nine weeks gestation I had not seen my OB physician yet, but I was able to follow up in the office to talk about my next steps.

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Scrubs

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

As a result of these experiences, I launched my organization Project Diversify Medicine, a digital community on Instagram with over 60,000 followers, with a mission to provide culturally inclusive pre-med educational resources to increase the admission of minorities to medical school. I am a doctor in the U.S.

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Scrubs

MAY 18, 2024

Nurses in these settings play a pivotal role in providing medical care and guiding patients through the complexities of the healthcare system without insurance. Nurses can be crucial navigators by providing information on hospital financial assistance programs and flexible payment plans.

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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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Health Populi

JULY 26, 2022

billion investment makes ONEM the third largest acquisition in Amazon’s portfolio, following Whole Foods at $13.7 For the former, Amazon leadership is talking up the company’s expertise in consumer experience and delight, efficiency and engagement (which I addressed in yesterday’s Day 1 post ).

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

People who skipped care were most likely to avoid dental care (25%), visit to a GP or specialist (21%), preventive health screening or medical test (16%), treatment or follow-up care (12%), or a hospital visit (10%). Health insurance coverage will be necessary, but not sufficient, the report asserts.

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Northwest Suburban College

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Medical billing and insurance processing are essential skills for aspiring medical assistants. Both medical billing and insurance processing require attention to detail and strong communication skills. The claim is then submitted to the patient’s insurance company for payment.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 30, 2024

Following that determination, DRS has been working with the affected clients to review and verify the affected information and obtain up-to-date contact information to allow notification letters to be issued. The post Almost 500,000 Individuals Affected by Designed Receivable Solutions Data Breach appeared first on HIPAA Journal.

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Health Populi

JULY 10, 2020

health care providers set up virtual care arrangements to convene with patients. The top reasons health consumers sought virtual care were for wellness check-ins and routine check-ups, among 41% of virtual care consumers. ”), and another one-third through a patient portal, hospital system, or urgent care website.

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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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Scrubs

JANUARY 4, 2024

They also need a strong depth perception to accurately assess and administer medications, perform procedures, and navigate hectic hospital settings. These free eyewear home trials mean nurses can select several frames, have them delivered to their address, and try the products on for up to one week.

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

Medical insurance verification software is developed to automate the process of verifying patients’ insurance coverages. This software is connected to the insurance company’s database to retrieve real-time data on a patient’s insurance status. In 2022, 92.1 percent of people, or 304.0 percent and 36.1

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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.” Here’s the list of those top-of-mind healthcare worries for U.S.

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EvidenceCare

APRIL 16, 2024

This comprehensive guide provides hospital and revenue cycle leadership with vital insights on preparing for CERT audits and establishing processes for compliant documentation. Traditional Medicare vs. Medicare Advantage vs commercial insurance). Hospitals need to be aware of these state-specific rules as well.

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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. Outpatient care inched up from 73 to 74. All other plans landed at 73.

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2019

The mainstreaming of SDoH speaks to the awareness that health is made where we live, work, play, pray, learn and shop… beyond the health”care” system of hospitals, doctors’ offices, and prescription drug dispensaries. McKinsey conducted the survey among over 12,500 U.S.

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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. Take George and Audrey.

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2020

Top-line, IQVIA spotted the following key shifts in U.S. The top chart illustrates several health care delivery segments that COVID-19 disrupted starting January 3, 2020: research, hospital treatments, and prescription drugs. health care since the start of the coronavirus pandemic: Patients’ use of health services. health care.

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Health Prime

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Mental health providers must ensure they use the correct diagnosis and procedure codes when submitting claims to insurance companies. A 2023 IGNUX report states that hospital coding mistakes make up 63% of medical billing errors. Timely submission of claims Submitting claims promptly is essential for timely reimbursements.

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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. Recent cyber incidents affecting hospitals and health systems have led to widespread care disruptions with patients being diverted to other facilities.

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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. However, hospital layoffs are another culprit driving experienced nurses from their profession.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

There’s a gap between the supply of digital health tools that hospitals and health systems offer patients, and what patients-as-consumers need for overall health and wellbeing. Key challenges to adopting digital health tools are first and foremost cost, following by interoperability and operational barriers.

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Health Populi

JULY 11, 2019

The press release suggests that ocular diseases will be the first therapeutic area addressed, to be followed by other condition categories that impact people as they age. Demonstrating the blur between hospitals, insurance and pharma, Civica Rx appointed Martin VanTrieste, formerly Chief Quality Officer at Amgen, as CEO.

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The Healthcare Blog

AUGUST 15, 2024

The hard, plastic Magic 8 Ball was invented in 1946 , two years before a landmark Supreme Court decision spurred a boom in employer-sponsored health insurance. Both ChatGPT (Cost to OpenAI: $400,000 per day to operate ) and Magic 8 Ball (One-time cost: $14.99 ) were up for the challenge, though they acknowledged it wouldn’t be easy.

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Coronis Health

AUGUST 31, 2023

Many hospitals don’t have the expertise, manpower, or time to establish coding compliance and an efficient workflow. Partnering with a revenue cycle management expert with industry experience and advanced technology can help boost your reimbursements and strengthen your hospital’s compliance.

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

Optum’s topline revenues are almost four times larger than HCA, the nation’s largest hospital company, one third larger than the entirety of Elevance, United’s most significant health plan competitor, and more than double the size of Kaiser Permanente. And some are kept as profit inside either Optum Rx or United’s health insurance business.

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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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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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Coronis Health

AUGUST 10, 2023

Hospital coding accuracy is a significant component of the claims process. It’s necessary for hospitals to ensure that they receive the correct reimbursement for their services. Best practices in hospital billing and coding processes are key to guiding coders as they navigate the complexities of chart documentation.

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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

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 insurance costs increased a whopping 20.1%

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The Healthcare Blog

MAY 14, 2024

The sub-title sums up his thesis: “Bureaucratic bloat has siphoned power away from instructors and researchers.” Just as all the college administrators helps keep driving up college tuition, so do all those healthcare administrators keep healthcare spending high. Think about the hospitals suing patients.

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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. Hospitals were marginally more likely sought for health information in the pandemic, and health plans and pharmacists even less so.

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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 the U.S. this week (and to make our U.S. in Belgium, $8.66

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Nearly all Americans (86% net responsible) first blame health insurance companies, followed by hospitals (82%). In 2017, healthcare made up 18.2% Most Americans have been surprised by a medical bill, a NORC AmeriSpeak survey found. Who’s responsible? of the U.S. .” of the U.S. Plus ça change.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2024

billion in loans to healthcare providers under its temporary funding program to help ease the financial strain caused by delays to the processing of insurance claims and providers will have 45 days to pay back the loans. United Health Group has also confirmed that it has paid out more than $3.3 40% of the $3.3

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 5, 2018

On that supply side, though, I met up with an innovation that can help to bend the capital cost curve of how we envision and build new hospitals and clinics. This is a pre-fabricated structure that can be purposed as a single hospital bed room, an imaging pod, a clinical laboratory set-up, or any permutation for healthcare delivery.

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