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Enable Health Data Sharing to Improve Care and Outcomes
For many companies, staying profitable is harder than ever post-pandemic. As businesses reopen and the economy rebounds, there is still uncertainty on the path forward. While we hope for a quick and robust financial recovery, the best way to ensure jobs and keep businesses open …
Insisting on Transparency in Pricing Can Make an Immediate Impact
Healthcare pricing in the US can vary wildly. Depending on your insurance and financial situation, the same procedure can vary by tens of thousands of dollars in the same hospital. …
Going Around Insurance Carriers Can Lower Costs and Increase Quality
Here’s a fact: in 2020, UnitedHealth, the largest healthcare insurer in the US, pulled in $257.1 billion in revenue, and $15.4 billion in profit. That’s an impressive amount of money, but also wildly inefficient. Could your business keep the lights on with margins that low? …
Why Alternative Reimbursements Work
If you’ve been insured, you know the cost of health insurance premiums is only going up. At the same time, deductibles have more than doubled in the last decade. This means that while premiums continue to increase, the burden of payment has shifted onto the …
Price ≠ Cost
Healthcare in the US is… expensive. We spend almost double what other wealthy countries pay per person on healthcare. In a perfect world, that would mean we get the best care, but sadly, when comparing Healthcare Quality and Access, we rank last among our peers. …
Insisting on Transparency in Pricing Can Make an Immediate Impact
There is no headache in insurance like the “dealing with price” headache. For example, the same procedure can cost you $10,000’s more depending on where it’s performed. That makes a certain kind of sense. After all, different locations have different costs of living and while one …
Going Around Insurance Carriers Can Lower Costs and Increase Quality
When it comes to healthcare, employers often think there are two choices: get insurance for their employees, or don’t. The problem with these options is that if your employees need care, it’s prohibitively expensive and difficult to obtain, or they go without insurance. …
Insurance is Failing Patients. Try Alternative Reimbursements.
Since 2000, the US population has grown from 282 million to 331 million people. That’s a pretty large boost in a population needing health insurance, but thanks to many factors -- including the Affordable Care Act which was signed into law in 2010 -- the …
