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. Patient-facing digital tools help patients with fairly basic tasks like making appointments, seeking doctors, and paying bills.

Medical Billing 90

Medical Billing Patient Satisfaction Hospitals Doctors 90

HIT Consultant

MARCH 22, 2023

Paul Ketchel, CEO of MDsave Over two years have passed since the hospital price transparency rule was enacted. Unfortunately, America still struggles with high, painfully opaque pricing across healthcare that hurts employers, workers, patients, and taxpayers. At the same time, 100 million Americans find themselves in healthcare debt.

Patient Satisfaction 97

Patient Satisfaction Compliance Hospitals Health Insurance 97

Health Populi

AUGUST 23, 2021

One of the challenges has been price transparency, which is the central premise of this weekend’s New York Times research-rich article by reporters Sarah Kliff and Josh Katz: Hospitals and Insurers Didn’t Want You to See These Prices. Patients have been much more forthcoming than hospitals, the journalists have found.

COVID-19 85

COVID-19 Medical Billing Health Insurance Hospitals 85

Medisys Compliance

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Before a certain treatment, service, gadget, or drug is given to the patient in order to qualify for coverage, doctors and other healthcare professionals must acquire in advance approval from a health insurance plan (known as a “prior authorization” or “PA”) process. Boost general practice output.

Medical Billing Outsourcing 98

Medical Billing Outsourcing Medical Billing Doctors Patient Satisfaction 98

Health Care Law Brief

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

By way of background, the No Surprises Act and its implementing regulations provide new federal protections against surprise medical billing. The “thumb on the scale” QPA presumption may have less of an impact on providers that are “must-haves” for a plan based on clinical importance, or high patient-satisfaction scores.

Medical Billing 75

Medical Billing Due Diligence Compliance Patient Satisfaction 75

Health Populi

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

While customer satisfaction with health insurance plans slightly increased between 2018 and 2019, patient satisfaction with hospitals fell in all three settings where care is delivered — inpatient, outpatient, and the emergency room, according to the 2018-2019 ACSI Finance, Insurance and Health Care Report.

Hospitals 68

Hospitals Patient Satisfaction Doctors Health Care Reform 68