Healthcare Payment Tips for Reaching Generation X
By April Wilson – Generation X makes up about 15 to 20 percent of the American population today and has some interesting views and habits about healthcare and finances.
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Telemedicine News & Updates 6-25-2019
The latest in telehealth and telemedicine news from Teladoc Health, SnapMD, American Well, Vida Health, Medable, GlobalMed, ATA, VSee, EyecareLive and more.
Hot Topic: Healthcare Price Transparency
By Kathy Sucich – The price of healthcare. It’s a hot-button issue for many Americans, and a costly one too. Statistics from the Commonwealth Fund show Americans pay a median of $3,700 each year in premium contributions and out-of-pocket healthcare expenses combined.
Moneyball for Medicine
New Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist Episode NOW on Demand with host Dr. Nick and guest Richard Milani, MD, Chief Clinical Transformation Officer at Ochsner Health System and Preventative Medicine and Clinical Epidemiologist and Cardiovascular specialist.
Robin Hood To Rescue Of Rural Hospitals? New Math Promised On Medicare Payments
By Sarah Jane Tribble – As rural hospital closures roil the country, some states are banking on a Trump administration proposal to change the way hospital payments are calculated to rescue them.
Costly Decisions: How Rising Healthcare Costs Affect Patients and Providers
By David Shelton – The cost of healthcare in America is on everyone’s minds. People at all income levels, insured or not, worry about treatment and medication costs, which are expected to climb an average of 5.5 percent per year through 2027.
Healthcare CFO Report
When it comes to healthcare financial and payment matters, value-based care, and policy here is what is being reported and talked about from Aledade, ApprioHealth, CVS Health, Black Book and more.
AMA Advances New Principles to Put Augmented Intelligence Into the Practice of Medicine
Delegates to the AMA’s annual meeting endorsed a host of policy recommendations that would keep the focus on AI’s role in enhancing patient care, improving population health, reducing overall costs while increasing value, and supporting the professional satisfaction of physicians.
How HIPAA and the False Claims Act Can Hurt Whistleblowers
By Kayla Matthews – The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, known more broadly as HIPAA, is a United States law applicable to data security and privacy of health care records and the patients associated with them.