Kaiser Health News

JULY 6, 2022

. “There are still some gaps that need to be filled,” said Katie Keith, a researcher at the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University. Your insurance matters. The ACA does set parameters. As the ACA went into effect, trouble spots emerged. Here are five other things to know: 1.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Several factors underpin the adoption of telehealth in 2019: Consumers’ demand for accessible, lower-cost health care services as people face greater financial responsibility for paying the medical bill (via high-deductible health plans and greater out-of-pocket costs for co-payments).

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Meeting Medical Billing Compliance Standards Medical billing compliance ensures that providers and administrators engage in ethical and accurate billing practices. Compliancy Group’s healthcare compliance tracking software enables organizations to implement policies, procedures, and training to prevent fraud.

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Medisys Compliance

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Accurate coding helps prevent under-billing or overbilling. Compliance with Regulatory Guidelines Ensure that all claims are submitted per all applicable laws and regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and the Medicare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA) laws.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

98% of Americans rank paying their medical bills is an important pain point in their patient journey, according to Embracing consumerism: Driving customer engagement in the healthcare financial journey , from Experian Health. Beyond the physical and emotional pain that people experience when they become a patient, in the U.S.

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Medisys Compliance

APRIL 25, 2023

It is crucial to verify that the billing company is adhering to industry standards, such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) regulations, which protect patients’ medical information.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

health citizens are worried about unexpected medical bills (net 74%), the cost of health care services (net 74%), their prescription drug costs (net 55%) and their monthly health insurance premium (net 48%), shown in the second bar chart. economy is “not so good” or “poor.”

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Hall Render

AUGUST 19, 2022

Connecticut ditches $20M health information exchange software. Two Health Insurers Grilled for Proposing Rate Increases of 20 and 25 Percent. Henry Ford Health reports negative operating margin. Michigan health insurance companies ordered to lower costs. Sentara Health Plans names new leader.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

Furthermore, the difference in information seeking between more educated Americans versus less could exacerbate health disparities and the inequities of health literacy. Finally, to the fourth paper, looking at the roles of assisters and automated decision support tools in consumers’ health insurance marketplace choices.

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Health Populi

MARCH 15, 2021

household budgets have been particularly hard-hit in paying off credit cards and bills (23%), paying for food (17%), falling behind paying rent or mortgage (16%), affording health insurance coverage (16%), and paying for medical bills (16%). adults had trouble affording any of these basic living expenses.

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Hall Render

APRIL 7, 2023

in 2022 Pediatric clinic will buy Kaleideum building in downtown Winston-Salem Why this Raleigh pharma just cut half its workforce Finding good health care in rural eastern N.C. claims 4th-, 5th-largest U.S. on revenue of $2.1B

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Hall Render

MAY 12, 2023

Here’s what it means. Connecticut is weighing several changes to Medicaid.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 30, 2018

One-half of people age 18 to 64 have received a surprise medical bill they thought would be covered by insurance, and one-third say that the ability to pay for care they need is the most pressing issue in American healthcare. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The vast majority of the most seriously ill patients in the U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

While this political week in America has revealed deep chasms between the Dems and the GOP, BPC has found a way to breach the gap via this report which offers recommendations to help heal health care in a divided nation… a “Purple Prescription” if you will, mixing up the Blue and the Red. Improving Medicare.

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Health Populi

MAY 10, 2018

Financial stress is a social determinant of health, and as U.S. patients continue to evolve as health consumers, bearing more financial risks whether in employer-sponsored or individual health insurance plans, more Americans feel more health financed-stress. Thus, my mantra of “the patient is the payor.”

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Health Populi

AUGUST 29, 2018

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Pre-existing conditions are a big deal to Americans these days: among registered voters, ensuring that health plans cover pre-existing conditions is the most important health care issue on Americans’ minds, the June 2018 Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll found.

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Hall Render

JUNE 16, 2023

Artificial Intelligence Poses Threat to Patient Privacy Bill for Rural Hospital Cyber Skills Passes Senate Committee Chemotherapy shortages push cancer centers toward crisis CMS estimates national spending on hospital care grew just 0.8% Health director New tool tracks gun injuries at D.C. emergency rooms D.C.

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Hall Render

JUNE 2, 2023

to resolve False Claims allegations Q&A with Ken DeFurio, CEO of the new Independence Health System St.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Americans are roughly split — and/or equally confused — about the differences between three major health reform approaches: Medicare -for-All, improving the existing Affordable Care Act, or replacing the ACA with state-run health plans. has the best health care system in the world. The split across U.S.

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Health Populi

MAY 10, 2018

2017 reversed advancements in health insurance coverage increases since the advent of the Affordable Care Act, and for the first time since 2014 no states’ uninsured rates fell. Health Populi’s Hot Points: It’s insightful and correct that Gallup posts this survey on the uninsured under the tab, “Well-Being.”

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Health Populi

MAY 3, 2019

.” I note that, by the time Americans voted in the 2018 mid-term elections, it was no surprise that lower-income Americans were highly concerned about paying higher premiums, most people earning over $75,000 a year were also very worried about covering the costs of health insurance. health care system , Gallup learned.

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Kaiser Health News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The Host Emmarie Huetteman KFF Health News Emmarie Huetteman, senior editor, oversees a team of Washington reporters, as well as “Bill of the Month” and KFF Health News’ “What the Health?” Childbirth Still Left Them With Crippling Debt ,” by Aria Bendix.

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Jane Sarashon

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Health Populi’s Hot Points: AHIP, the U.S. health insurance advocacy organization, recently published its perennial look into “the health care dollar ” in the U.S. Among people over 65, that support is nearly 100% of Democrats and 4 in 5 Republicans. Here’s AHIP’s assessment of U.S.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The big headline in this poll following last night’s third Democratic Presidential debate is that 55% of Democrats and Democrat-leaning Independent voters prefer a candidate that will build on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) versus a President that would replace the ACA with a Medicare For All plan (M4A).

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Health Populi

JULY 10, 2018

.” In the sample, two-thirds of respondents had seen a health care provider for an illness or medical condition in the past 12 months, so two-thirds of the survey sample have faced a medical encounter yielding some kind of medical bill in the past year. The second chart shows the roughly 50/50 split of U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 30, 2020

Third and fourth on voters’ minds are protecting patients from surprise medical bills and better addressing drug addiction. Lowering Rx prices is the top health policy issue for Republicans tied with addressing the drug epidemic. For Democrats, ensuring ACA protections for pre-existing conditions holds.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2019

.'” I note that note all national health plan designs would need to be tied to Medicare. There are many ways to deliver universal health care to citizens beyond this concept. Paying more in taxes and eliminating private insurance companies would be opposed by most people. from a low of 10.9

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2024

election and reflects Americans’ views on health care policy just before they exercise their voices at the polls on 5th November 2024 (noting some voters have already voted by mail and in early voting booths in states where available). This report was published just before the 2024 U.S.

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Kaiser Health News

JULY 24, 2023

House Republicans have advanced a package of bills that could reduce health insurance costs for certain businesses and consumers, partly by rolling back some consumer protections. Health policy experts aren’t surprised. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, who worked on the original ACA legislation.

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Kaiser Health News

JUNE 2, 2022

Meanwhile, Congress is running out of time to decide whether to extend the current additional subsidies for people buying their own health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Democrats are also under pressure to move quickly if they want to extend the premium subsidies for plans purchased on the ACA insurance marketplaces.

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Kaiser Health News

JANUARY 20, 2022

And while President Joe Biden has accomplished a lot in his first 365 days in office, such as expanding health insurance coverage and implementing a congressional ban on “surprise” medical bills, a big part of his health agenda remains mired in Congress.

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