Healthcare costs

Healthcare Financing Gains Broader Acceptance With Patients, Providers
Healthcare Financing Gains Broader Acceptance With Patients, Providers
August 02, 2022  |  Healthcare Financing

The No Surprises Act of 2020 took effect this January, putting physicians and health systems on notice that large, unexpected bills after the fact aren’t...

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Telehealth Tech at Crossroads as In-Office Visits Resume
Telehealth Tech at Crossroads as In-Office Visits Resume
August 01, 2022  |  Healthcare

Telehealth continues seeking its new level in the post-pandemic treatment mix as the technology transitions to a more permanent and settled role in healthcare. With...

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Buy Now, Pay Later Options Help Fill Dental-Care Gap
Buy Now, Pay Later Options Help Fill Dental-Care Gap
July 25, 2022  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Millions of Americans can’t afford to turn that frown upside down due to the high cost of dentistry, giving dental buy now, pay later (BNPL)...

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Cost Transparency Is Patient Payments Starting Point
Cost Transparency Is Patient Payments Starting Point
March 29, 2022  |  Healthcare Financing

If the point of healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM) is creating processes that get providers paid in full more quickly, we may be entering a...

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Healthcare Providers, Insurers Test New Era of Pricing and Payments to Retain Patients
Healthcare Providers, Insurers Test New Era of Pricing and Payments to Retain Patients
March 15, 2022  |  Healthcare

With a third of U.S. consumers saying they’ve waived necessary medical tests or treatments over cost fears that originate with opacity and get denser from...

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VillageMD CEO: How The Walgreens Partnership Can Fix What’s Broken In Primary Healthcare
VillageMD CEO: How The Walgreens Partnership Can Fix What’s Broken In Primary Healthcare
July 16, 2020  |  Healthcare

If the U.S. is serious about fixing the cost of healthcare, then it’s time to focus on one of the root causes of its spiraling...

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Cedar CEO: Solving For Healthcare’s ‘Black Box’ Of Patient Billing
Cedar CEO: Solving For Healthcare’s ‘Black Box’ Of Patient Billing
July 06, 2020  |  Healthcare

It may be the blackest of black boxes. The pandemic, with its public health fears, has trained a spotlight on the labyrinth of the healthcare...

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Walmart, Disruptors Take Aim At US Healthcare’s High Costs
Walmart, Disruptors Take Aim At US Healthcare’s High Costs
June 29, 2020  |  Healthcare

The COVID-19 pandemic and the related U.S. recession have combined to make already-soaring healthcare costs even more of a crisis. But an increasing number of...

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Healthcare Costs Concerning For Voters (And Their Wallets)
Healthcare Costs Concerning For Voters (And Their Wallets)
March 05, 2020  |  Economy

Perhaps it may be the coronavirus – understandably so – that is spurring Americans to think of healthcare costs. And healthcare costs are increasingly at...

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