1% of People Account for 22% of Total Healthcare Spending
The majority of total healthcare spending is concentrated in a small percentage of the population, according to a new statistical brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality...20% of Elective Surgery Patients Receive a Surprise Medical Bill
Privately insured patients who receive care from in-network physicians may receive surprise bills from out-of-network clinicians they did not choose when undergoing common surgeries, according to a...Physicians Propose 5 Quality Measures to Improve Medical Billing
Medical billing quality is a type of medical quality and should be tracked the same way healthcare organizations track medical complication rates and other quality indicators, two physicians from Johns...Childbirth Complications Boost Hospital Costs by 20%
Rise in childbirth complications is increasing overall hospital costs. But US hospitals could save nearly 20 percent of these costs by addressing serious conditions linked to preventable harm and...Sutter Health, CA Reach $575M Settlement Over Anti-Trust Concerns
California Attorney General Xavier Bacerra recently announced a $575 million settlement with Sutter Health to resolve the health system’s alleged anti-trust behaviors, which a class action...Providers Charges Higher for Specialists with Most Surprise Bills
Specialists who can surprise bill – emergency medicine and ancillary physicians – had significantly higher provider charges compared to Medicare payment rates versus other specialists, a...Patient Financial Responsibility a Problem for Heart Disease
Nearly one in eight individuals nationwide with common heart diseases choose not to take their prescriptions, delayed filling prescriptions, or took a lower dose than prescribed because of patient...Patient Financial Responsibility Increased 12% from 2017 to 2018
Patient financial responsibility increased by 12 percent for inpatient, outpatient, and emergency department care in 2018 despite consumers transitioning to lower cost settings, revealed a new...White House to Issue Healthcare Price Transparency Next Week
The Trump Administration will issue an executive order on healthcare price transparency on Monday, according to the Wall Street Journal. Stephanie Armour reports that the Trump Administration...Sponsored by MD Clarity
