One new solution that’s becoming an emerging standard is the Health Payment Account (HPA). HPAs offer employees a line of interest-free credit that employees can use to pay for care expenses up-front.
Zocdoc Founder and CEO Oliver Kharraz gave five predictions about how patient preferences will evolve in 2024. Some of them include Americans increasingly seeking cash-pay care options and an uptick in patients seeking mental health appointments before and after the presidential election.
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Enrollees in high-deductible health plans are 6.6% less likely to receive substance use disorder treatment than those without a high-deductible health plan. Having a high-deductible health plan led to 21% less health plan spending, but an increase of 14% in out-of-pocket spending. This can deter some receiving care, the researchers argued.
Applicable products and services include insulin, ACE inhibitors, inhaled corticosteroids, retinopathy screenings, glucometers, statins and SSRIs.
The 3.9 percent jump in spending levels represents a drop from the 4.8 percent increase seen in 2016 and the 5.5 percent hikes seen in 2015 and 2015.
Participants in the insurer's Motion wearables wellness program can use their program rewards to purchase up to a $300 version of the Apple Watch 3.
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