July 09, 2018
What happens when your child gets cancer? What happens when you lose your only source of income? What happens when your monthly insurance payment is more than your mortgage? One family in Long Island had the unfortunate luck of finding out the answers to all of these questions.
July 09, 2018
Is a positive patient experience crucial to receiving payment for services? Becker’s Hospital Review reports on key deliverables to ensure all patients are satisfied with their visit.
July 09, 2018
On the coattails of the annual Milliman Medical Index being released, Becker’s Hospital Review dives into the health care costs of today for the average family.
June 25, 2018
Forbes reports that 2.2 million people enrolled in high-deductible health plans offered through an employer, last year. Which is an increase of 3.2% to 24.8 million people, according to a study from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component by researchers at the University of Minnesota’s State Health Access Data Assistance Center. And still, the number of employers offering high deductible health plans continues to rise. This indicates that high deductible plans may have originate
June 25, 2018
Why have health care costs increased so much in our lifetime? This article discusses the painful rise in costs and what is to blame, and how the industry let it get this bad.
June 25, 2018
The trend that politicians are turning publicly owned hospitals into private corporations is growing. This allows small, familiar feeling hospitals to merge into larger systems, which causes costs to rise. The simplest of all the answers is “because they can”; however, many nonprofit hospitals in smaller cities must keep the high cost to cover their ridiculous overhead. Consolidation often hurts more than it helps, so why does the industry continue to allow this behavior?
June 25, 2018
Benchmarks continue to be the most effective way to measure success. Which specific deliverables should hospitals be focusing on? This comprehensive list compiled by Becker’s Hospital Review gives 65 key metrics and a median for each.
June 25, 2018
It’s no secret that insurance companies are capitalizing more and more on patient’s inability to keep up with such high deductibles. Becker’s found the states with the highest monthly premiums to date…is yours on the list?
June 25, 2018
Just how key is the revenue cycle to your practice’s financial health? Are you operating at 100% or are there things to be improved on? Becker’s tackles this issue with a guide for efficiency and an impressive list of strategic points to track, and why they’re so vital to your financial health.
April 21, 2016
Every year more and more employers are moving toward high deductible healthcare plans. If the trend continues the majority of employees will be enrolled in a plan with a deductible of more than $1,000 in a year or two.
April 21, 2016
Every year more and more employers are moving toward high deductible healthcare plans. If the trend continues the majority of employees will be enrolled in a plan with a deductible of more than $1,000 in a year or two.
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As a patient you wouldn’t just walk into any doctor’s office, choose any procedure, and then accept any price without researching your options. So why do so many patients do exactly this when selecting a financing solution?
Read moreApril 21, 2016
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