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70% of Adults Worry About Healthcare Affordability

November 12, 2021 - A survey conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that 74 percent of surveyed adults worry about their healthcare cost and 70 percent worry about the healthcare affordability. The national survey of adults reveals individuals’ experiences with topics concerning healthcare costs, insurance plans, perceptions of who is to blame,...

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Value-Based Care Assessment: The First Step to Value-Based Care

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Starting the transition from fee-for-service to value-based care is a challenge. Many provider organizations are simultaneously juggling new reimbursement models with old ones and breaking...

April Hospital Revenue, Volume Improve as COVID-19 Losses Linger

by Jill McKeon

Hospital revenue, volumes, and margins increased in April 2021 both year-to-date and year-over-year, but have a long way to go in terms of COVID-19 recovery, according to a report by health care...

Physician Practices Trail Hospitals in Value-Based Care Readiness

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Small, non-affiliated physician practices fall behind hospitals and health systems when it comes to value-based contracting, found the Value-Based Care Assessment: 2020, the latest report from Insights...

Financial Incentives Biggest Barrier to Social Determinants of Health

by Emily Sokol, MPH

The success of social determinants of health strategies is contingent on funding and supportive financial incentives, providers revealed in Insights by Xtelligent Healthcare Media’s latest...

Private Payers Outpace Public Insurance in Value-Based Care Push

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Private payers are leading the charge away from fee-for-service reimbursement. These parties are more likely than public payers to participate in value-based reimbursement models, according to the...

Coronavirus Pandemic Impacts Value-Based Contracts

by Emily Sokol, MPH

The coronavirus pandemic highlighted the importance of value-based contracts and reimbursement and will continue to push the industry towards these models of care, according to healthcare stakeholder...

Healthcare Organizations Unsure of Stimulus Relief Package Impact

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Stakeholders are unsure how the recent stimulus aid package will impact their healthcare organization while battling the coronavirus, largely because many of the details regarding the aid are still...

Providers Say Cost Transparency Will Improve Value-Based Care

by Emily Sokol, MPH

As the healthcare industry continues to move towards value-based reimbursement, providers are calling for increased cost transparency to succeed in these models. Earlier work from Insights...

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