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The Downsides to Healthcare Price Transparency
Last year, more than half of working Americans reportedly checked prices for the health services they required. Healthcare providers and policy makers are scrambling to meet consumer demand for accurate pricing, and it's not easy.
Last year, more than half of working Americans reportedly checked prices for the health services they required. Surprised? This is a very new phenomenon, catalyzed by the massive shift in the economics of healthcare toward high-deductible health plans, where consumers pay the full cost of the MRI, the X-ray, the specialist visit, etc, until they hit that high deductible. Consumers have more skin in the game than ever before.
Healthcare providers and policy makers are scrambling to meet consumer demand for accurate pricing, and it’s not easy. An important meeting on the topic, the Health Care Transparency Summit, just concluded in Washington, with speakers condemning how convoluted and confusing it can be to get the information, and then how absurd the numbers look once you have them.
Read more at The Wall Street Journal: http://on.wsj.com/1xBygpI
Empowering Community Health Through Wellness and Faith
April 23rd 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. In the third episode, Camille Clarke-Smith, EdD, MS, CHES, CPT, discusses approaching community health holistically through spiritual and community engagement.
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Data Back Neoadjuvant Combo vs Chemo Alone for Early-Stage NSCLC
April 24th 2024For patients with early-stage non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), combining neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibitors and platinum-based chemotherapy improves 2-year outcomes over chemotherapy alone, suggest findings of an extensive literature review and meta-analysis.
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Overcoming Employment Barriers for Lasting Social Impact: Freedom House 2.0 and Pathways to Work
April 16th 2024To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. Welcome to our second episode, in which we learn all about Freedom House 2.0 and the Pathways to Work program.
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Patient Navigation in Oncology at Heart of Priority Health White House Visit
April 24th 2024On March 27, Priority Health's president and CEO, Praveen Thadani participated in a discussion on how to expand and optimize patient navigation services in oncology care, as part of the Cancer Moonshot initiative.
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