Health Economics

Community Healthcare Expands To Reach Central Florida's Neediest

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Friday, June 29, 2018
Healthcare quality, Health Economics

The project will provide 134 jobs and serve an additional 5,000 new patients annually in a medically underserved area.

Key Points: 
  • The project will provide 134 jobs and serve an additional 5,000 new patients annually in a medically underserved area.
  • FCLF provided an additional $2.2 million in community development financing to the OBFH project.
  • This NMTC project is a primary example of FCLF's emphasis on providing quality healthcare to at-risk populations including projects such as Central Florida Health Care and Evans Center .
  • "Quality healthcare should be available in every community, even for individuals living outside the economic mainstream," said FCLF CEO Ignacio Esteban.

New vision for health benefits arrives in New England

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Thursday, June 28, 2018
Economy, Finance, Money, Healthcare in the United States, Healthcare reform in the United States, Health Economics, Employee compensation in the United States, Insurance, Health insurance, Deductible, Employee benefits, Health Reimbursement Account

ClaimLinx specializes in helping small businesses save money on their health insurance by using a unique strategy for purchasing benefits that combines a high deductible insurance plan with a self-funded health reimbursement arrangement.

Key Points: 
  • ClaimLinx specializes in helping small businesses save money on their health insurance by using a unique strategy for purchasing benefits that combines a high deductible insurance plan with a self-funded health reimbursement arrangement.
  • In 2017, ClaimLinx helped business owners save an estimated $3.2 million on their health insurance plans without increasing deductibles or employee contributions.
  • "There's a lack of creativity in the area so people end up paying higher premiums for worse benefits," he said.
  • However, the company has recently expanded its offerings to include solutions for individuals and businesses purchasing benefits for the first time.

MyMedicalShopper and Alegeus Partner to Lower Healthcare Costs for Millions of Americans

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Monday, June 25, 2018
Health Economics, Health care prices in the United States

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., June 25, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --MyMedicalShopper today announced a partnership with Alegeus, the market leader in consumer-directed healthcare (CDH) solutions.

Key Points: 
  • PORTSMOUTH, N.H., June 25, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --MyMedicalShopper today announced a partnership with Alegeus, the market leader in consumer-directed healthcare (CDH) solutions.
  • Third-party administrators that want to help employers cut costs can now look to MyMedicalShopper and Alegeus to empower consumers to take control of their healthcare spending with innovative medical price transparency tools integrated into their healthcare benefit account experience.
  • "Consumer directed healthcare accounts are the foundation for how consumers will get more value from their healthcare dollars," said Steven Auerbach, Alegeus CEO.
  • Due to the diverse and unpredictable mix of healthcare rates, U.S. employers can expect their healthcare costs to increase by as much as 5.5% in 20182.

Identifying and Reducing Gender Gaps in Diabetes--Care, Research and the Health Care Profession

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Friday, June 22, 2018
Health care, Primary care, Gender, Health Economics, Public health

"The gender gap in medicine is real, and with an ongoing commitment throughout the health care infrastructure, we can affect change," said Dr. Seaquist.

Key Points: 
  • "The gender gap in medicine is real, and with an ongoing commitment throughout the health care infrastructure, we can affect change," said Dr. Seaquist.
  • "Increased diversity and women in leadership roles in the academic medical setting provides the opportunity for critical perspectives and knowledge that can improve care and outcomes."
  • Additionally, WIN ADA aims to increase research efforts on women's health and gender as a biological variable in diabetes.
  • Felicia Hill-Briggs, PhD, ABPP, President of Health Care and Education, will deliver her address, "The American Diabetes Association in the Era of Health Care Transformation," on Saturday, June 23, and Jane E.B.

Public Health Leaders Note Great Progress in National Adult Smoking Rate Reduction, But More Needs to be Done

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Thursday, June 21, 2018
Health, Health Economics, Health policy, Euthenics, Public health, Sanitation, Tobacco control, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

For the past five decades, national public health leaders and state and territorial health departments have worked diligently to implement evidence-based practices and policies to curb tobacco use.

Key Points: 
  • For the past five decades, national public health leaders and state and territorial health departments have worked diligently to implement evidence-based practices and policies to curb tobacco use.
  • "Tobacco control is widely recognized as a priority by state public health leaders across the nation.
  • State leaders have led the way by enacting evidence-based interventions that have made a difference," says John Wiesman, president of ASTHO and secretary of health at the Washington State Department of Health.
  • ASTHO members, the chief health officials of these jurisdictions, are dedicated to formulating and influencing sound public health policy and to ensuring excellence in public health practice.

Apex Revenue Technologies Introduces Personalized Payment Plans

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Healthcare in the United States, Health Economics

ST. PAUL, Minn., June 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Apex Revenue Technologies , the leader in patient financial engagement solutions that leverage insight into how patients pay, today announced expanded capabilities for self-service payment plans for patients, which are fully integrated with all Apex payment modalities and provider practice management systems.

Key Points: 
  • ST. PAUL, Minn., June 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Apex Revenue Technologies , the leader in patient financial engagement solutions that leverage insight into how patients pay, today announced expanded capabilities for self-service payment plans for patients, which are fully integrated with all Apex payment modalities and provider practice management systems.
  • In a survey conducted by Apex Revenue Technologies and Keypoint Intelligence (formerly InfoTrends), 49% of patients indicated that payment plans and other financing options would help them act to resolve their balance more quickly.
  • "Providers are seeking more flexible ways to help patients meet their financial obligations, but revenue cycle leaders have told us it can be a challenge to manage payment plans given the dynamics of healthcare services and billing cycles," said Patrick Maurer, president of Apex Revenue Technologies.
  • To learn more about how Apex combines its visionary patient communications and payment platform, visit www.apexrevtech.com or follow Apex Revenue Technologies on LinkedIn .

Who needs pharmacare? Study shows that of 36.3 million Canadians in 2016, 23.2 million had a private drug plan and 13.1 million had coverage under public drug plans.

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Health, Healthcare reform in the United States, Health insurance coverage in the United States, Publicly funded health care, Health Economics, Healthcare reform, Single-payer healthcare, Doug Eyolfson

Pharmacare is proposed to be a publicly-funded program that would entirely replace Canada's existing public drug plans and employment-based private drug plans.

Key Points: 
  • Pharmacare is proposed to be a publicly-funded program that would entirely replace Canada's existing public drug plans and employment-based private drug plans.
  • Advocates for pharmacare claim that millions of Canadians are not covered by any type of drug plan.
  • The study examined prescription drug plan coverage across Canada to determine how many people were insured, under-insured or uninsured.
  • Almost 23.2 million people were covered by a private drug plan, while the remaining 13.1 million people had first or second payer coverage under public drug plans.

Change Healthcare Study Finds Value-Based Care Bending the Cost Curve

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Monday, June 18, 2018
Health Economics, Health, Health care prices in the United States, Healthcare reform in the United States, Managed care, Healthcare in the United States, Medical terminology

SAN DIEGO, June 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/-- AHIP Institute & ExpoBooth #301Value-based care is bending the healthcare cost curve, reducing unnecessary medical costs 5.6% on average while improving care quality and patient engagementeffectively starting to achieve the long-sought triple aim.

Key Points: 
  • SAN DIEGO, June 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/-- AHIP Institute & ExpoBooth #301Value-based care is bending the healthcare cost curve, reducing unnecessary medical costs 5.6% on average while improving care quality and patient engagementeffectively starting to achieve the long-sought triple aim.
  • These insights and more are revealed in Finding the Value: The State of Value-Based Care in 2018 , a new national study of 120 payers conducted by ORC International and commissioned by Change Healthcare.
  • The research's top 10 findings:
    Payers report success in reducing unnecessary medical costs as a result of their value-based care strategies.
  • Medical cost savings topped 5.6% on average, with almost a quarter of respondents noting savings in excess of 7.5%.

PerfectServe Hosts Webinar Highlighting Piedmont Healthcare's Enterprise-Wide Consolidation of Physician Answering Services

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Monday, June 18, 2018
Health Economics

At Piedmont Healthcare , in fact, more than 12 different vendors provided after-hours or 24/7 answering services to physicians.

Key Points: 
  • At Piedmont Healthcare , in fact, more than 12 different vendors provided after-hours or 24/7 answering services to physicians.
  • By converting the third-party purchasing of physician answering services from siloed decision-making to an organized and consolidated project, Piedmont Healthcare discovered an untapped source of savings.
  • Vizient consultants worked together with Piedmont Healthcare physician leadership and PerfectServe's clinical communication experts to develop a best practice for purchased services across all of Piedmont's owned practices.
  • In this complimentary webinar hosted by PerfectServe , Ryan Bowcut and Mark Ferraro explain how Piedmont Healthcare, one of Georgia's fast-growing health systems, improved the quality of its physician answering services while also reducing purchase costs and hidden fees.

United States Physician Office Medical Supply Utilization Trends Report, Q3-2017

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Monday, June 11, 2018
Health Economics

The "Q3 Physician Office 2017: Medical Supply Utilization Trends" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Q3 Physician Office 2017: Medical Supply Utilization Trends" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Physician market growth picked up and continues slight expansion, with the national index rising 10.8 points to 28.5 in Q3 2017.
  • Increases in the Q3 2017 index value are linked to higher reporting in patient volumes and medical supply spend.
  • Index expansion at larger offices (6 or more physicians) continues to outpace that of smaller offices in Q3.