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How Health Systems Can Improve Patient Collections
- The rising cost of healthcare in the United States has left consumers feeling lost and overwhelmed. High deductible healthcare plans, co-pays, and out-of-pocket medical expenses have all contributed the emergence of healthcare consumerism, which is the pursuit of making healthcare services more efficient and cost-effective by putting the purchasing...
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