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The Most Expensive Medical Condition Is Not What You Think

Forbes Healthcare

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Esse Health Confirms Almost 264,000 Patients Affected by April 2025 Cyberattack

The HIPAA Journal

Esse Health has confirmed that 263,601 individuals have been affected by its April 2025 cyberattack. Louis area in Missouri, has recently notified the Maine Attorney General about an April 2025 cyberattack and data breach involving unauthorized access to the personal and protected health information (PHI) of 263,601 individuals.

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How pay-first and direct primary care models are reshaping practice finances and patient experience

Medical Economics

Direct primary care (DPC) offers stable revenue through subscription fees, eliminating routine insurance claims and enhancing patient access. Once the insurer processes the claim, any remaining patient responsibility is automatically charged to the credit card on file, drastically reducing manual collections and bad‑debt write‑offs.

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Constant credentialing and provider purges: The hidden crisis for physicians and other clinicians in U.S. health care

Medical Economics

Three months later, when longtime patients start calling about their insurance no longer covering visits, the physician finds out they have been dropped from multiple networks, not for quality issues but for missing a paperwork deadline. Insurance companies simply drop noncompliant providers and notify them after the fact. In practice?

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Calculating the real cost of the upcoming NI and NLW rise on general practice – By the IGPM

Practice Index

You’ll have seen in the press lately a lot of attention being paid to the National Insurance and National Living Wage increases being introduced from April 2025. However, not private enough to be able to obtain the same relief on the National Insurance increase that other private, small businesses can. So, which is it?

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Cyberattack on Sunflower Medical Group Affects 221,000 Patients

The HIPAA Journal

The file review confirmed that the types of data compromised in the cyberattack included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers license numbers, medical information, and health insurance information. During that time, files were exfiltrated from its network, some of which contained patient data.

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Primary care news round-up (27th February to 5th March 2025)

Practice Index

Lords bid to exempt practices from NI increases Practices could still be exempted from the increase in employers National Insurance rates following a vote in the House of Lords. The Lords voted to amend the National Insurance Act to protect health and care providers. More than 13,000 people have signed a petition against the change.