Patient access to care for COVID-19 hangs in the balance as Congress mulls over extending federal funding for testing and treatment services, according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation brief...
Out-of-pocket prescription drug costs are a problem for nearly 5 million Medicare beneficiaries, but are especially pressing for Black and Latino people, revealing key racial health disparities in...
One in five patients would rather go to the DMV than attempt to pay their medical bills online, demonstrating a serious lapse in digital patient financial experience, according to new data from...
Three in 10 Americans are citing high out-of-pocket patient costs as a care access barrier, with those patients telling a West Health and Gallup poll that they skipped necessary medical care in the...
The patient financial experience and billing process is a make-or-break moment, with 93 percent of healthcare consumers saying the billing experience could dissuade them from returning to a healthcare...
Despite a decline in healthcare utilization, patient healthcare costs and out-of-pocket spending has increased for individuals on employer-sponsored health plans due to high prices, according to the...
Patient out-of-pocket healthcare costs are up 10 percent since last year, with the net total of patient financial responsibility coming in around $491 billion in 2021, according to Kalorama...
More than half of Americans have been in medical debt, but according to new data from LendingTree and Qualtrics, the vast majority of those who have negotiated that debt have seen it go away, a key...
As medical organizations face competing demands for increasing patient collections and creating a good patient financial experience, they must focus on patient financial health literacy.
Financial...
Patients underestimate the financial responsibility associated with beginning long-term care, with many leaving themselves unprepared for the high out-of-pocket costs at long-term care facilities,...
Collecting patient financial responsibility is a key aspect of the patient encounter with healthcare revenue cycle. Healthcare organizations strive to create a clear and simple mechanism for collecting...
Patients are increasingly facing high out-of-pocket costs, a trend that can limit their healthcare access and ability to pay for quality services.
It is important for providers to understand how high...
Out-of-pocket patient financial responsibility has increased by 10 percent over the past five years, shows a survey from the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), leading to frustrations...
