The Healthcare Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

We might see fewer doctors, fewer drug ads, and fewer bills. Mike Magee MD is a Medical Historian and regular contributor to THCB. He is the author of CODE BLUE: Inside Americas Medical Industrial Complex. Grove/2020) Can we trust A.I.?

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Medical Economics

JUNE 23, 2025

An increase in the rate of uninsurance may impose greater burdens on the health care system through strain on emergency departments, additional costs to the federal government and to states to provide limited Medicaid coverage for the treatment of an emergency medical condition, and may cause an overall reduction to labor productivity.”

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Medical Economics

JULY 25, 2025

The No Surprises Enforcement Act aims to enhance the 2020 No Surprises Act by increasing penalties for non-compliance and closing enforcement gaps. million surprise billing disputes reported from early 2023 to mid-2024. SHOW MORE Consumer and patient protections are in two bills that have support of doctors in Congress.

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Healthcare Dive - Practice Management

JULY 9, 2025

Deep Dive Opinion Library Events Press Releases Topics Sign up Search Sign up Search Hospitals Payer Health IT Government Finances Medical Groups Telehealth COVID-19 An article from Deep Dive The Trump administration wants to onshore drug manufacturing. You can unsubscribe at anytime. Technologists are answering the call.

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Forbes Healthcare

JULY 30, 2025

That tax hike will hit some of the biggest blockbuster drugs, including Keytruda (for cancer) and Wegovy (for obesity), as well as less well-known brand name medications. She originally founded Respin as a wellness and exercise website in 2020, but relaunched it this February as a menopause-focused healthcare company.

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Health Populi

MAY 27, 2025

Welcome to this year’s 20th anniversary edition of the Milliman Medical Index (MMI) , which I’ve looked forward to reviewing for most of its two-decade history. This could hit medical offices managing patient bill paying (e.g., A Canyon BYO playground set for your yard, school, or social-athletic club? Stay tuned!

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Health Prime

JUNE 6, 2024

As we enter Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month 2024 , it’s imperative to underscore the importance of effective medical billing practices in providing quality care for individuals affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Best billing practices for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care 1.

Best Practices

Health Prime

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Medical practices are caught between declining reimbursement and increasing costs due to more complex regulations, higher employee costs, and the need for more sophisticated technology. Partnering with the right medical billing company is crucial for the financial health of your practice.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JULY 23, 2020

2020 has come up with some unprecedented and unpredictable host […]. The article Top 9 Challenges For Physician Billing Services Are Expected To Face In 2020 appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2020

who have had their income impacted by the coronavirus have either fallen behind in paying off credit card debt or other bills, had problems paying for utilities, have lagged in paying for housing (rent or mortgage), been challenged paying for food, or other out-of-pocket costs. health consumers in and beyond 2020. This, when U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The big gap in supply to patients vs. demand by health consumers is highlighted by what the arrow in the chart below points to: managing payments and paying bills. Patient-facing digital tools help patients with fairly basic tasks like making appointments, seeking doctors, and paying bills.

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Health Populi

JUNE 16, 2020

By late May 2020, 34% of black Americans had lost their jobs compared with 21% in late April, compared with 18% of white consumers, reported in The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Financial Impact on U.S. adults 18 and older on 28-29 May 2020. Credit card bills ranked top for 43% of U.S. Consumers , survey research from TransUnion.

Medication

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

A new report from CoverMyMeds details the current state of medication access weaving together key health care industry and consumer data. The reality even before the coronavirus crisis emerged in early 2020 was that U.S. One in three patients went without treatment or medications to pay for bills and basic needs, the research found.

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Amber Pharmacy

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The new Vitality program helps support patients through billing, medications, dietitian support and patient outreach. Billing Transplant billing can be very complex. The specialist also walks patients through the intricate billing process of transplant medications with Medicare Part B.

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Health Populi

JUNE 10, 2021

Household penetration of smartwatch ownership grew 12%, whereas activity tracker growth was fairly flat between 2020 and 2021. In 2020, one-fourth of U.S. ” Health Populi’s Hot Points: HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, was signed into law in 1996 by President Bill Clinton.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2020

Health care costs continue to be a top issue on American voters’ minds in this 2020 Presidential election year, this survey confirms. Across the various types of personal health care spending, more Hispanic people and people earning less than $50,000 a year are concerned about medical costs. Four in five U.S.

Long Term Care

Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2019

For mainstream Americans, “the math doesn’t add up” for paying medical bills out of median household budgets, based on the calculations in the 2019 VisitPay Report. With high health spending and lower life expectancy dollar for dollar, financial and health in-security will surely be voters’ priorities in 2020.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The latest read from ONC, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, tells a story about patients’ growing use of online portals, medical records, and smartphone apps to access personal health information. So what are patients most keen to access online in their medical records or portal?

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

The last time more than 90 data breaches were reported in a single month was September 2020. Across the 93 reported data breaches, the protected health information of 2,971, 249 individuals was exposed or impermissibly disclosed – the lowest total for March since 2020.

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Health Populi

MAY 30, 2022

Add on top of these significant stressors the need to deal with medical bills, which is another source of stress for millions of patients in America. The American Psychological Association study I cited in that post from 2020 found that financial stress was indeed contributing to Americans’ sense of anxiety and depression.

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Health Populi

JUNE 11, 2024

between 2023 and 2024, according to the 2024 Milliman Medical Index. Milliman also calculated that the largest driver of cost increase in health care, accounting for nearly one-half of medical cost increases, was pharmacy, the cost of prescription drugs, which grew 13% in the year.

Medication

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

have been self-rationing medical care for many years, well before any of us knew what “PPE” meant or how to spell “coronavirus.” adults had problems paying medical bills, largely delaying care due to cost for a visit or for prescription drugs. Patients in the U.S.

Medication

Health Populi

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Thus, even with health insurance coverage through jobs, workers are dealing with affordability issues of paying for health care as medical costs take a position crowding out other household spending like housing, utilities, and education. This new year is a U.S.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

WI Business Associate 4,112,892 Hacking/IT Incident 24 2023 Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing CO Health Plan 4,091,794 Hacking/IT Incident 25 2013 Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation, d/b/a Advocate Medical Group IL Healthcare Provider 4,029,530 Theft 26 2024 Concentra Health Services, Inc.

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NHA Now

AUGUST 11, 2020

The top three most important soft skills for billing & coding specialists are professionalism, dependability , and critical thinking , according to a recent survey of employers for our 2020 Industry Outlook. Here are some examples of how the top soft skills for billing & coding specialists can impact this role.

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Health Populi

MARCH 12, 2020

They are likely to stay there,” asserts “ The smartphone will see you now ,” an article in the March 7th 2020 issue of The Economist. I’d seen ATA’s initial statement on the coronavirus published on March 3 2020, so I knew Ann was on this issue. Congressional leadership on February 28 2020. The President signed the $8.3

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Valant

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

New mental health medications are often more effective, while also offering fewer and/or less severe side effects. It is important for prescribers and other mental health professionals to stay informed about the latest medications so they can share the information with colleagues and make the right decisions for patients.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

The Pew team surveyed 1,213 adults ages 18 and over in June and July 2020, interviewing in English and Spanish. health citizens are with respect to their medical information. And most patients would also want access to information on their mental, behavioral, and substance use history.

Medical History

NHA Now

AUGUST 25, 2020

Medical administrative assistants keep healthcare offices running smoothly. According to our recent survey of employers for the 2020 Industry Outlook. the top three most important soft skills for medical administrative assistants are professionalism, dependability , and verbal communication. Professionalism: Picture this.

Medical Administrative Assistant

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

For inspiration and context, I’ll kick off with Roz Chast’s latest New Yorker cartoon from the February 3rd 2020 issue — Strangers in the Night, taking place in a Duane Reade pharmacy. Roz really channels the scene in front of the pharmacy counter, from Q-tips to vitamins and tea.

Discharges

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

All of those daily life-flows are blurring, accelerated by the pandemic and trends already in play and place by early 2020. As patients continue to morph into health consumers and medical bill payers, they will seek value-based care based on their own values, customers, preferences, and beliefs.

Huddles/Rounds

Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2019

As large employers’ annual health care costs for an employee are expected to exceed $15,000 in 2020, companies are focusing in on managing the pharmacy line-item, we learn from the 2020 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey from the National Business Group on Health (NBGH).

Communication

Minority Nurse

JANUARY 3, 2023

Students enter the field from diverse backgrounds and often with many personal struggles – from academic challenges, medical conditions, strenuous family responsibilities, mental health challenges, and even prior traumas. In 2020, I wasn’t doing the best in school. 2020, April 3). I was careless, unfocused, and unmotivated.

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Health Populi

MAY 30, 2019

Medical costs have, in fact, ranked at the top of this list for three years in a row, with a five percentage point rise between 2018 and 2019. By age, it’s the oldest group of Americans most concerned about health care costs: 23% of people 65 and older rank medical spending as their top financial problem.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 6, 2025

The Supreme Court has declined to hear a case about whether a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) is immune from liability over data breach that exposed the personally identifiable information of patients.Sandhills Medical Foundation is an FQHC that serves patients in the Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, and Sumter Counties in South Carolina.

HIPAA

Health Populi

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Nearly one-half of Americans are quite concerned they won’t have enough money to pay for medical care, according to the latest Gallup poll. Nearly one-half of Americans are spending more than or up to their income, and over one-third are unable to pay bills on-time. adults about views on healthcare costs.

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MedVA

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Los Angeles – MedVA – the fast-growing provider of human virtual assistants for medical, dental and veterinary offices – has achieved two key milestones by employing more than 1,000 trained, highly-vetted virtual assistants (VAs) and servicing more than 500 active clients in its first 18 months of operation. billion in 2020 to $26.1

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