Physicians Practice

JUNE 26, 2025

Reynolds Feature Video Introducing Neil Baum, MD, Professor of Clinical Urology at Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the author of multiple books. He has also written The Complete Business Guide to a Successful Medical Practice, which was published in 2015. Now is your chance to get to know them.

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Sensible Medicine

JULY 17, 2025

JMM Every medical professional knows that controlling blood pressure saves lives. But here's where we've gone wrong: In our crusade against chronic hypertension, we've started treating every blood pressure spike like a medical emergency. It was insurance companies, not doctors, who first identified the dangers of high blood pressure.

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The HIPAA Journal

JULY 11, 2025

From the information collected, third parties could infer that a patient was being treated for a specific medical condition, such as cancer, pregnancy, or addiction. The class consists of more than 819,000 consumers who had a MyChart patient portal account between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2023.

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Medical Economics

AUGUST 5, 2025

The sudden uptick in incidence among adults aged 45 to 49 years in 2021 may reflect a rebound of missed diagnoses in 2020 because of (COVID-19) pandemic-related disruptions,” the study said. A version of this article appeared on Patient Care , a sister publication of Medical Economics. Subscribe Now!

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The Healthcare Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

If you missed it read Part 1 & Part 2 By JEFF GOLDSMITH Two major changes in health insurance ensued as the US health system entered the 21 st century- a strategic shift of health cost risk from providers to patients and the emergence of machine driven managed care. Some 60% of hospital bad debts are now from patients with insurance.

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Medical Economics

AUGUST 1, 2025

To help doctors keep their financial footing , Medical Economics sat down with James M. Medical Economics: The big stock market news in recent months has been about tariffs and market volatility. Dahle, M.D., Dahle, M.D., FACEP, emergency physician and founder of the White Coat Investor, for some insights.

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Medical Economics

JUNE 20, 2025

Traditional stand-alone Part D plans also saw a jump: deductibles increased from $425 to $491, the biggest year-over-year increase since at least 2020. For widely prescribed brand-name drugs like Eliquis or Ozempic, a 25% coinsurance rate applies to the list price, not the lower, negotiated price insurers actually pay.

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Medical Economics

JUNE 23, 2025

The rule standardizes the open enrollment period, allows insurers to deny coverage for unpaid premiums, and repeals certain special enrollment periods. These changes aim to stabilize the insurance market, reduce adverse selection, and ensure taxpayer dollars are used appropriately. An estimated 725,000 to 1.8

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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. Other legislation, the No Surprises Enforcement Act, would toughen federal actions to ensure patients do not face unexpected medical bills , as outlined in the 2020 No Surprises Act.

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Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 24, 2025

Home Warranty Cost Best Home Appliance Insurance Best Solar Companies Best Solar Panels Cost Of Solar Panels Solar Tax Credit By State Are Solar Panels Worth It? At first people were intimidated by robotics’ advancement,” Dr. Joseph Nathan, ForSight’s cofounder, president and chief medical officer, told Forbes.

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Health Populi

JULY 24, 2025

As I tracked home-bound consumers’ behaviors from the start of COVID-19 in March 2020, I hunted-and-gathered data from Nielsen, Acosta, Circana, Gallup, Harris, and other sources of consumers @ retail. Across all of these differences, we find most people embracing food as a health input and substitute for prescription medications.

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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

JUNE 25, 2025

Home Warranty Cost Best Home Appliance Insurance Best Solar Companies Best Solar Panels Cost Of Solar Panels Solar Tax Credit By State Are Solar Panels Worth It? Best Home Warranty Companies Cheapest Home Warranty Companies Are Home Warranties Worth It? The numbers tell a remarkable story of transformation.

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Forbes Healthcare

JULY 7, 2025

Home Warranty Cost Best Home Appliance Insurance Best Solar Companies Best Solar Panels Cost Of Solar Panels Solar Tax Credit By State Are Solar Panels Worth It? getty Top-tier hedge fund Citadel announced last week that it will be hiring its first ever chief medical officer. More workforce.

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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. What is clear, though, is that the cost of the tariff will likely be passed to American consumers, both directly and indirectly through higher insurance premiums.

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Medical Economics

JULY 11, 2025

Drug research published Scientific research is at the heart of an FDA decision to publish the first cache of complete response letters (CRLs) with agency comments on new drug applications and biologics license applications from 2020 to 2024. Subscribe Now!

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Forbes Healthcare

JUNE 20, 2025

Home Warranty Cost Best Home Appliance Insurance Best Solar Companies Best Solar Panels Cost Of Solar Panels Solar Tax Credit By State Are Solar Panels Worth It? " In 2020, cigarette sales rose for the first time in decades — though still far below the 1981 peak of 636.5 The medical evidence caught up with the image.

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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 Populi

JANUARY 6, 2020

In CTA’s 2020 Consumer Tech Forecast launched yesterday at Media Day 1 at CES, Steve Koenig VP of Research, said that, “digital health is an ecosystem of ecosystems.”. The post “Digital Health Is An Ecosystem of Ecosystems” – CTA’s 2020 Trends to Watch Into the Data Age appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Health Populi

JULY 1, 2020

health systems are projected to lose $323 billion in 2020 due to declining inpatient and outpatient volumes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the “normal” hospital business. Hospitals racked up over $200 bn in losses between March and June 2020. leading to growing un- and under-insured people).

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Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2020

economy, impacting jobs, wages, and health insurance rolls. We learn about these fiscal hits from COVID-10 from the latest Health Tracking Poll from Kaiser Family Foundation , published 24 April 2020. It’s no surprise, then, that during the pandemic, more Americans are falling behind paying bills or for health insurance.

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Health Populi

MAY 19, 2020

Imagine this: you find yourself with $6,553 in your pocket and you can pick one of the following: A new 2020 Breitling Navitimer watch; A year’s in-state tuition at Valdosta State University; or, A PPO for an average individual. In 2020, that $12K+ represents over 18% of the median household income in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 2, 2021

The good news for health care costs for a family of four in America is that they fell, for the first time in like, ever, in 2020. But like a déjà vu all over again, annual health care costs for a family of four enrolled in a PPO will climb to over $28,000 in 2021, based on the latest 2021 Milliman Medical Index (MMI).

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Workers covered by health insurance through their companies spend 11.5% of their household income on health insurance premiums and deductibles based on The Commonwealth Fund’s latest report on employee health care costs, Trends in Employer Health Coverage, 2008-2018: Higher Costs for Workers and Their Families.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2020

ONC rules issues in March 2020 called for more patient-facing health tools and apps to bolster health consumer engagement and empowerment. The post Addressing Health Equity Must Include Digital Equity Beyond Access To Medical Services and Insurance appeared first on HealthPopuli.com. Lack of inclusive design.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

adults from early September to early October 2020 to gauge peoples’ interest in and utilization of digital health tools and telehealth. This represents a shift more to “me care” in 2020 with the sharp uptake of digital platforms and wearable tech. Rock Health and Stanford commissioned an online survey among 7,980 U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

In 2020, national health expenditures (NHE) in the United States will exceed $4 trillion to cover 334.5 Three factors will drive healthcare costs to 2026: prices for medical goods and services, changes in income growth, and shifting enrollment from private health insurance to Medicare — driven by the aging of Boomers.

Long Term Care

Health Populi

MARCH 29, 2019

One of the larger delta/differences on this list between Democrats and Republicans relates to people receiving more advanced medical treatments and prescription drugs: 51% of Democrats blame high costs on newer treatments, while only 37% of Republicans do so. I predict that the history of the 2020 Presidential election in the U.S.

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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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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

MAY 21, 2020

42% felt uncomfortable going to a hospital for any medical treatment. adults 18 to 74 years of age in the first week of May 2020. Nearly every respondent in the study reported having health insurance coverage. Another 8% had Medicaid or a state health insurance program. ACHP and AMCP polled 1,263 U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 10, 2020

The digital health presence at CES 2020 is the fastest-growing segment of consumer technologies at the Show this year, increasing by 25% over 2019. Finally, SingFit positions its product and services as “music-as-medicine,” and brings music therapy to CES 2020. Heart-focused technologies are a big part of that growth story.

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Health Populi

MARCH 4, 2021

A major side-effect of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 was its impact on the national U.S. economy, jobs, and peoples’ household finances — in particular, medical spending. Note that fewer younger people have a good handle on their financial responsibility for their medical care, the bottom data point in the chart.

Patient Advocacy

Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2020

Whether healthcare spending in 2021 increases by double-digits or falls by one-third directly depends on how the coronavirus pandemic will play out over the rest of 2020, based on PwC’s annual report on medical cost trends for 2021. ” A high scenario of medical trend calculates a 10.0%

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Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 3, 2019

2020 predictions from Luma Health chief medical officer and co-founder, Dr. Tashfeen Ekram. With an average profit margin of 8%, hospitals have higher margins than the pharmacy or insurance industries. This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2020

In the report, published in April 2020, IQVIA mined the company’s many data bases that track real-time data, including medical claims, flu data, sales data, oncology medical and pharmacy claims, formularies, among other sources. health care. Top-line, IQVIA spotted the following key shifts in U.S. health care.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 12, 2021

For this annual report, Ordr analyzed security risks across over 500 deployments in healthcare, life sciences, retail, and manufacturing sectors for the 12 months June 2020 through June 2021. In medical facilities, one-half of the cyber-attacks were on medical devices, the circle graph illustrates.

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