The rise of metabolic gene therapies represents a critical juncture for benefits management. These treatments offer genuine hope for patients with serious conditions, but they also pose significant financial challenges.
A Massachusetts regulator is warning that CVS and Mass General Brigham’s proposed MinuteClinic partnership could drive up healthcare spending by at least $40 million annually, largely through steering patients into a higher-priced system. Experts said the deal might improve convenience for some patients but is unlikely to meaningfully expand access — and could ultimately strengthen market power and push costs even higher.
Small practices play a critical role in healthcare delivery, but they cannot continue to absorb ever-increasing administrative demands without consequences.
By increasing the availability of services through flexible payment methods, providers have an opportunity to expand their customer base and establish themselves as trusted partners in the wellness journey.
To realize true, sustainable savings in total cost of care, the healthcare system needs to reconsider the support — or lack of support — it provides throughout patients’ medication experiences and the snowball effect that creates on a lifetime of healthcare costs.
Penn Medicine recently published a study on the economics of providing telemedicine — it showed that when the health system began offering virtual urgent care services to its employees, the visits ended up being 23% less expensive to conduct than in-person appointments.
At MedCity CONVERGE on July 12, panelists discussed rising oncology costs and posed questions about how the nation is spending its healthcare dollars.
Veradigm examines key clinical trends, comorbidity profiles, and treatment trends across adolescence, reproductive years, and peri-/post-menopause. Download it today!
At West Health's Healthcare Costs Innovation Summit on February 21, panelists and presenters discussed value-based care, the cost of unnecessary treatment and how America's broken political system is impacting healthcare.
Through the new partnership, Daytona Beach, Florida-based Halifax Health will offer all its patients access to AccessOne's financial programs, which give consumers more flexible ways to pay for their medical costs.
At yesterday's Pepperdine Graziadio Future of Healthcare Symposium, a panel of experts discussed the impact of telemedicine and what is to come.
It doesn't get more ignorant than this headline that appeared on the KevinMD blog Wednesday: "Bundled payments means the death of quality medical care."
Enterprise EHR boosts scalability, interoperability, and governance for large healthcare systems.
There was blood. There was guts. There were handsome doctors, suffering patients, and villainous bureaucrats. There was inspiration, frustration, and innovation. Code Black, the independent film screened Monday by the attendees of MedCity ENGAGE in Washington D.C., managed to tell a true, exciting and emotional story about what it’s like to work in the emergency […]
Hospitals are projected to save $5.7 billion this year as previously uninsured patients gain coverage through the 2010 health care law, the Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday. States that have expanded their Medicaid programs will s...
There is nothing like a dose of reality to change your perspective. This is why the smartest entrepreneurs talk to customers before launching a new product or service. This is why all hospital CEOs and medical device executives should be a patient at a hospital on a regular basis. The transformation after this firsthand experience […]
Recently I joked about getting Kroger fuel points for going in for routine check-ups at my primary care doctor. The very next week I saw this when I walked into the grocery store. What I love about this is the numbers – an exact price for the physical – $29 – and an exact number […]
Francisco Velazco couldn’t wait any longer. For several years, the 35-year-old Seattle handyman had searched for an orthopedic surgeon who would reconstruct the torn ligament in his knee for a price he could afford. Out of work because of the pain and unable to scrape together $15,000 – the cheapest option he could find in […]