How Cost Drives Poor Patient Access to Care for American Men
Patient access to care is worse for American men than it is for men in any other similarly developed nation, a trend researchers from the Commonwealth Fund attributed to poorer public health and high...Patient Financial Responsibility Burdens Affect Pre-Medicare Crowd
The rising cost of healthcare and increases in patient financial responsibility continue to be a burden for older adults, with between a quarter and a third of folks over age 50 saying they need to go...Price Transparency Tools Remain Key for Financial Experience
It’s going to take more than the federal healthcare price transparency tool to revamp the patient financial experience, as patients continue to avoid care because of healthcare affordability...Medical Financial Hardship Drives Mortality Risk for Cancer Survivors
Cancer survivors struggling with medical financial hardship face a higher mortality risk than cancer survivors who do not face the same financial strain, according to a national study published in the...Better Cost Data Key to Patient-Provider Communication on Affordability
Healthcare providers need more—and better—information to be able to facilitate the patient-provider communication patients desire about their out-of-pocket costs, according to two new...Sponsored Article
Aligning the Patient Intake Process to Accelerate Care Delivery
Consumer and provider priorities have continued to evolve over the years and more consistently have started to align at the point-of-service around patient intake. Both patients and providers continue...US Mental Healthcare Access Trails Other Nations’ Due to Cost
Adults over age 65 in the US have more cost-related mental healthcare access challenges than seniors in other similarly developed nations, according to a recent assessment from the Commonwealth...DMV More Popular than Patient Financial Experience for Fifth of Patients
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...More Patients Cite Out-of-Pocket Costs as Care Access Barrier
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...90% of Patients Say Loyalty Relies on Patient Financial Experience
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...High Drug Costs Bar Care Access, Medication Adherence for 13M Adults
High drug costs served as a care access and medication adherence barrier for nearly 13 million adults before the pandemic, according to a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Urban...Sponsored Article
Tracking Patient Satisfaction Key to a Consumer-Driven Strategy
Improving patient experiences from registration to bill pay, will positively impact the overall satisfaction level of the entire encounter, leading to revenue cycle optimization. To successfully impact...Sponsored Article
