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Reduced Co-Insurance for Screening Colonoscopies

Medisys Compliance

Section 4104 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) defined the term ‘preventive services’ to include ‘colorectal cancer screening tests’ and, as a result, it waives any coinsurance that would otherwise apply under Section 1833(a)(1) of the Social Security Act for screening colonoscopies. Background for Reduced Co-Insurance. Reference: [link].

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The Top Pain Point in the Healthcare Consumer Experience is Money

Health Populi

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. Experian surveyed 1,000 consumers in September 2017 for this study.

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Pre-Existing Conditions: A Bipartisan, National Health Priority

Health Populi

Protecting pre-existing conditions in health insurance outranks lowering the price of prescription drugs and repealing the ACA, voters say. On a party-identification basis, this sentiment is shared across a majority of Democrats, Independents and Republicans, the third chart illustrates. Cover me, come on baby, cover me.

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Guns, Jobs, or Health Care? In 2018, Voters Split as to Top Issue

Health Populi

The Commonwealth Fund’s Issue Brief published October 2017 asks, “How Well Does Insurance Coverage Protect Consumers from Health Care Costs?” Half of under-insured adults had problems with medical bills or debt, and 2 in 5 said they did not get needed healthcare due to cost. ” The answer: not well.

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Having Health Insurance Is a Social Determinant of Health: the implications of growing uninsured in the U.S.

Health Populi

by the fourth quarter of 2017, up 1.3 2017 reversed advancements in health insurance coverage increases since the advent of the Affordable Care Act, and for the first time since 2014 no states’ uninsured rates fell. I’m just the messenger – this was the Gallup poll’s finding from December 2017.