Health Populi

APRIL 4, 2022

Inflation and rising prices are the biggest problem facing America, most people told the Kaiser Family Foundation March 2022 Health Tracking Poll. was Russia’s invasion into Ukraine, noted by 18% of people — from 14% of Republicans up to 23% of Democrats. The cost of filling up a car’s gas tank ranked first among U.S.

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 3, 2024

In today’s digital age, medical billing software plays a vital role in streamlining the billing process and improving patient care. The industry experienced 1,410 cyberattacks a week in 2022, an increase of 86%. The industry experienced 1,410 cyberattacks a week in 2022, an increase of 86%.

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Health Populi

JUNE 11, 2024

As an Index, the MMI combines several line items of healthcare spending to make up the overall number, and this methodology allows us to compare the rising costs of care for a family of 4 covered by a PPO year to year.

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Health Populi

MARCH 9, 2022

If you heed the words of JLL’s 2022 Patient Consumer Survey , you’d chill (at least a bit). Between July 1, 2921, and January 2022, 50% of consumers in this survey had had a telehealth appointment, led by urban community dwellers and Millennials. adults in the first half of January 2022 for this study.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

Data breaches increased once again in 2022, with OCR receiving reports of 720 data breaches of 500 or more records. million records breached, and 2022 was worse with 51.9 TX Business Associate 2,700,000 Hacking/IT Incident 44 2022 Connexin Software, Inc. 2021 was a bad year for data breaches with 45.9

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 8, 2024

Although this patient sounds like someone who would see me at 4:40 on Friday afternoon, he is completely made up. In 2022, I gave up didactic teaching and administrative roles in our medical school, so it made sense that I would soon step away from this course. But I also needed “to pay the bills.”

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Health Prime

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

According to a Mad*Pow research report , 61% of patients are confused by their medical bills. The report also stated that most of them identified providers or their billing department as the root cause of their frustration and errors. Implementing a systematic approach to follow up on overdue accounts will be helpful.

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Health Prime

AUGUST 10, 2023

According to the 2022 ACHE’s Top Issues Confronting Hospitals survey , workforce challenges emerged as the foremost concern for hospital CEOs, ranking number one on their list of priorities. Consider partnering with reputable medical billing companies that specialize in revenue cycle management. At Health Prime, we can help!

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Health Prime

JULY 27, 2023

Prior authorizations (PAs) play a crucial role in medical billing, ensuring that healthcare providers receive efficient and proper reimbursement for the services and treatments they provide. Create a centralized database or use specialized software to track authorization requests, their status, and any necessary follow-ups.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MAY 17, 2023

1] Facelifts were up 54 percent. [2] 2] And breast procedures were up 48 percent. [3] 6] Specifically, the government’s complaint gives examples of giving patients “tummy tucks” following the patients’ “interest in body contouring,” but billing Medicaid for “hernia repairs.” [7] 11, 2022, available at [link]. [2]

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Valant

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Auvelity has achieved the distinction of “statistically significant antidepressant efficacy” within 1 week, compared to several weeks or longer with other medications ( Khabir, Hashmi, & Asghar, 2022 ). 2022 ), and also for ADHD in adults.

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Health Prime

AUGUST 10, 2023

According to the 2022 ACHE’s Top Issues Confronting Hospitals survey , workforce challenges emerged as the foremost concern for hospital CEOs, ranking number one on their list of priorities. Consider partnering with reputable medical billing companies that specialize in revenue cycle management. At Health Prime, we can help!

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Health Prime

JULY 27, 2023

Prior authorizations (PAs) play a crucial role in medical billing, ensuring that healthcare providers receive efficient and proper reimbursement for the services and treatments they provide. Create a centralized database or use specialized software to track authorization requests, their status, and any necessary follow-ups.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2024

adults’ levels of trust in health care services and suppliers, finding the greatest trust lies with a consumer’s local pharmacy (for 77% of consumers), followed by hospitals (for 73% of people) and in third rank, health technology (63%). The 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer gauged U.S. public health, as well.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 22, 2023

Senior DOJ officials have in turn emphasized in public remarks that investigating clinical research shortcomings is now a Justice Department priority, with the whistleblower bar following suit. 15, 2022) (indictment). [3] 10, 2022, available at [link]. [8] What exactly are clinical researchers doing to merit this scrutiny?

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Health Prime

JANUARY 24, 2024

The easy follow-up of patients using telemonitoring solutions and the augmented access to internet services will continue increasing telemedicine delivery. Learn more about this in our blog Optimize your telemedicine appointments with these best practices. The future of telemedicine will look brighter than ever in 2024.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2019

Opiods are the second- most concerning pharmacy issue, for three-quarters of large employers, followed by the impamct of coupons and patient access programs on consumer behavior when lower-cost alternatives are available in the market. Employers cited several main tactics to address coupon cards looking forward from 2019 to 2022.

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ACMA Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Pharmacy Billing Specialist (PBS) : Typically, specialty pharmacies utilize a PBS to optimize the billing process through their knowledge of billing regulations and healthcare system codes. This is done following the health plan’s formulary or the criteria for a specific medication, device, or procedure being requested.

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Arkenea

MARCH 31, 2025

As per a report, till May 2022, around 298,834 privacy rule complaints were received by the HHS, hence in order to decrease privacy breaches in the healthcare industry, HIPAA compliant app is crucial. One of the requirements of HIPAA is to appoint a person responsible for assuring compliance under the privacy rule.

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ACMA Blog

JUNE 25, 2024

Pharmacy Billing Specialist (PBS): Typically, specialty pharmacies utilize a PBS to optimize the billing process through their knowledge of billing regulations and healthcare system codes. This is done following the health plan’s formulary or the criteria for a specific medication, device, or procedure being requested.

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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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Walker Info - Patient Experience

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The CX Leader Podcast Trends in Patient Experience Released: July 19, 2022 Listen to more episodes. Athenahealth found patients without a no-show have an attrition rate less than 19% compared to a single no-show which goes up to 70%. Sometimes questions come up later. Follow the care continuum and assess what happens.

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Arkenea

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Though some of us may still be struggling with keeping up with the strict diet routine the app has to offer, the usage of such apps hasn’t dropped. percent during the 2022 to 2029 forecast period. This type of gamified approach focuses on giving users incentives to follow through with their promises. percent by 2028.

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Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2022

physicians are worried about big social issues, according to a Medscape survey report, Physicians’ Views on Today’s Divisive Social Issues 2022. 7910, the “Protecting Our Kids Act,” an omnibus package of eight previously introduced bills focused on preventing firearm violence. 13% are “somewhat concerned.”

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes , the latest look into American health system performance in a global context from The Commonwealth Fund. The chart here illustrates that as of December 2022, most adults in the U.S. Not only is the U.S.

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2024

He called out that, “In recent years, however, medical bills became the most common collection item on credit reports. The bottom line, he said, was the need to prevent bad actors from, “seiz(ing) on medical debts as a major moneymaking enterprise.”

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The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 4, 2024

The second story is a particularly unpleasant tale of provider greed and bad behavior, which I was alerted to by the wonderful sleuthing of former New Jersey state assistant director of heath benefits Chris Deacon, who is one of the best follows there is on Linkedin. Plenty more stories like it in a Reddit group reacting to the article.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 28, 2021

By casting my eyeballs in different directions across the health/care ecosystem, I came up with the following data-driven plotline for your 2022 strategic and scenario planning toolkit… The pandemic persists. Mortality will be up in the U.S. As we all enter 2022, we can all use a dose of joy and self-compassion.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2023

There’s a sort of health care “shrinkflation” that has been shaping patients-as-payors of medical bills. Further refining the point that patients’ medical bills and expenses are now part of their household and retail financial budgets, the Federal Reserve published this report on households’ well-being, asserting that 23% of U.S.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 22, 2022

the title of the article updating the winter 2022-23 sick-season asked. Thus, the sage advice as we approach gatherings for Christmastime 2022: “Close your mouth and step away from the human,” by Katherine Wu of The Atlantic. consumers’ financial wellbeing in November 2022. Which virus is it?” Entering 2023, U.S.

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Health Populi

MAY 27, 2025

This year, we learn that outpatient care and pharmacy were the two line items most responsible for driving the PPO cost up to over $35K: pharmacy costs rose 9.7% making up 28% of spending, pharmacy (one in $5 of spending, inpatient (hospital) care constituting 17% of spending, and other line items at 2% of the remainder.

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Health Prime

MAY 5, 2025

In fact, according to a recent claims survey , providers said their denial rates rose by a whopping 31% between 2022 and 2024. This transparency helps patients plan for out-of-pocket expenses and avoid billing surprises, improving their propensity to pay.

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The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

It has been several years since new HIPAA regulations have been signed into law, but HIPAA changes in 2022 are expected. On January 5, 2021, the HIPAA Safe Harbor Bill (HR 7898) was signed into law by President Trump and amended the HITECH Act. This is normally through a Request for Information (RFI).

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The Healthcare Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

By MIKE MAGEE In our world where up is down, and black is white, there is a left and a right – it’s the middle we appear to be missing. With this most recent turn of events, the DeSantis family seems to be following the plot line (with its twists and turns) of Barbie – this year’s favorite for Picture of the Year.

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