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Overcoming the Top RCM Challenges of 2025

Health Prime

Overcoming these obstacles is crucial for maintaining operational effectiveness, preserving financial stability, and improving the patient experience. Labor shortage in healthcare billing Labor shortages are not exclusive to 2025; however, they seem likely to continue this year. million healthcare workers by 2026.

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Proactive denial management: A revenue game changer for small practices

Medical Economics

Industry data showed that insurers on HealthCare.gov denied about 19% of in-network claims in 2023 ; that’s $73 million out of $319 million in claims filed. Appeal faster with templates Maintain three ready-to-use letters in your billing system: one for medical-necessity denials, one for coding edits and one for missing prior authorizations.

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Prioritizing People: Elevating the Healthcare Payor Customer Experience

Walker Info - Patient Experience

Health insurance plays a vital role in helping patients access the care they need. By focusing on healthcare payors as an integral part of the patient experience (PX), companies can improve lives. The High Price of a Poor Health Insurance Experience The goal of insurers and affiliated payment companies is keeping people healthy.

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Workers Feel “Stuck,” Under-Insured, Financially Stressed, and Neglecting Mental Health

Health Populi

Paying for utility bills, food, housing (mortgage or rent), and car repairs were financially challenging for over 50% of people who had trouble paying for any expenses. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Among U.S. consumers who had difficulty in making ends meet in home budgets, paying medical expenses were a challenge for 41% of people.

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How Consumers’ Economic Sentiments Are Shaping Peoples’ Financial and Emotional Well-Being: Learning from CivicScience

Health Populi

imported over $200 billion worth of pharmaceutical products in 2023, three-fourths of which come from Europe (think: Ireland, Germany, Switzerland). A study released this week conducted by Ernst & Young on behalf of PhRMA, the prescription drug industry group), calculated that U.S. pharma tariffs would raise U.S.

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A Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, a Playground Set, or Healthcare for a Family of 4: What $35,119 Can Buy in 2025 According to Milliman

Health Populi

As the line chart here illustrates, health care spending spiked in 2021 following a dramatic fall during the height of the COVID-19 “pandemic disruption” from 2020 to 2022, then fell and rose again by 2023. This could hit medical offices managing patient bill paying (e.g.,

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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity

Health Populi

NABIP, whose members represent professionals in the health insurance benefits industry, drafted and adopted a new American Healthcare Consumer Bill of Rights launched at the meeting. There have been many versions of so-called “patient’s bills of rights” over the years.

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