The Healthcare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

For an extensive review of the literature on how healthcare consumers struggle to manage their financial risk, read Peter Ubels 2019 Sick to Debt: How Smarter Markets Lead to Better Care. In a stunning rapid fire $20 billion acquisition spree from 2019 to 2021, UnitedHealth Group bought Equian, Change Healthcare and naviHealth.

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2019

McKinsey also found that consumers reporting greater use of the emergency department and inpatient hospital admissions were also more likely to report unmet social needs. Food insecurity was the most important SDoH for driving IP and ER use, followed by safety risks, housing challenges, transportation and social isolation.

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Pulmonology Advisor - Practice Management

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Since COVID-19, there has been a notable decline in medical school admissions among applicants of color. Ethnic Diversity Amongst the General Population From 2014 to 2019, the ethnic diversity landscape in the US remained relatively stable, with the most notable change involving the growth of the Hispanic population. in 2014 to 24.5%

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 27, 2025

OCR stepped up enforcement of compliance with the HIPAA Rules in 2016, more than doubling the number of financial penalties imposed. The following three years saw similar numbers of financial penalties; however, there was another major increase in HIPAA fines in 2020 when 19 HIPAA violation cases were settled with OCR.

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Practice Index

MAY 16, 2024

The long-delayed changes to premises rules were first agreed in 2019 and there is now, finally, guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care on the new rules. Practices will get support for periods of up to six months. It followed the pausing of the GP Sustainability Loan Scheme.

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MedAssistantEDU.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

in the year 2019. This number is expected to increase up to 19% by 2029. Owing to the diverse role, employers prefer hiring the medical assistant having the following traits- A medical assistant must have excellent communication skills to describe the medical terminology to relatives and patients in an effective way.

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Walker Info - Patient Experience

APRIL 4, 2022

Helping the rest of the organization shift its mindset to being truly engaged and all-in for customers requires it to move up the Hierarchy of Engagement. Come up with a good name and logo to represent your customer experience initiative. Ensure there’s good data and share it. Launch the program and name it. Start small.

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