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

Medical Economics

Enter into this climate two emerging payment approaches that are gaining traction: the pay‑first model, which collects copays, deductibles and any postvisit balances up front, and the direct primary care (DPC) model, which replaces fee‑for‑service billing with a flat subscription fee for primary care services.

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Healthcare Robotics Pioneer Mendaera Announces FDA Clearance

Forbes Healthcare

Follow Author Share Save Comment Innovation Healthcare Healthcare Robotics Pioneer Mendaera Announces FDA Clearance By Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.D., Follow Author Jul 08, 2025, 08:30am EDT Share Save Comment Image-guided needle procedures are one of the most foundational aspects of modern healthcare. All Rights Reserved.

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Proactive denial management: A revenue game changer for small practices

Medical Economics

Practices that take a proactive stance turn claim denials into early warning indicators that speed up payments and streamline everyday operations. Without a designated person or defined process for handling each step of denial follow-up, tasks easily slip through the cracks.

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Low-income patients face uphill battle when fighting health insurance denials, Umass research finds

Medical Economics

Despite this, the mean reduction in cost-sharing following a successful appeal was still lower for Black and Hispanic patients than for White patients. “It Related Videos Related Content Advertisement July 15th 2025 U.S. inflation ticked up in June as core prices remain sticky July 14th 2025 Ep.

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Health-Tech at the Holidays: 2024 Consumer Health-Tech Trends Under the Tree

Health Populi

adults plans to purchase at least one health and wellness digital health technology product to gift during the winter 2024 holiday season, according to the 2024 Consumer Technology Holiday Purchase Patterns study served up by CTA, the Consumer Technology Association — aka the annual host of CES. One in two U.S. CTA assessed U.S.

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Connecting for Health at Home: A Unified Field Theory from #CES2025 (On Samsung, Withings, and Panasonic)

Health Populi

There were over 4,500 exhibitors on the show floor of the 2025 CES in Las Vegas last week, addressing every imaginable aspect of consumers’ daily lives as we increasingly coexist with technology to support life, liberty, and our personal pursuits of happiness… … and health.

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Outsmarting out-of-pocket collection pains

Physicians Practice

Reynolds Blog Article Health care practices enhance revenue by collaborating with payers for digital out-of-pocket payments, improving cash flow and patient engagement. Advanced tech automatically reconciles payments for the provider, eliminating the need to manually match payments to patient accounts.

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