Articles Tagged With: cost
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Research Shows Benefits of Policies Increasing Access to Postpartum LARC
Medicaid expansion and other policies can make postpartum LARC more affordable. States also can create ways to make LARC affordable through programs in which hospitals can bill separately for intrauterine devices and their insertion. -
More Low-Income Women Used IUDs After Introduction of Low- or No-Cost Options
LARC offers many safety and efficacy benefits. But there remain barriers in cost and the need for in-person clinic visits. The results of recent research show that as the cost is decreased, the percentage of women using IUDs increased. -
Providers and Patients Alike Grapple with Spiking Prices
Patients are shelling out more money in insurance premiums as they seek ever-costlier, complex treatment more often, which providers are struggling to afford to offer.
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Building or Remodeling an ASC
Assuming the owner has conducted a financial feasibility analysis and the numbers work, the following are important considerations when building a new center or remodeling/expanding an existing facility.
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Patients Want Good Answers on Cost of Care
Price-shopping patients are not interested in gross charges that do not take their individual insurance into account. Read how one department created a tool that provides tailored, detailed estimates.
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Physicians, Patients Rarely Discuss Cost: Registrars Can Help
A lack of knowledge and a discomfort discussing money leads everyone to steer conversations in other directions.
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Surgery Centers Could Play Lead Role in Healthcare Transparency
Healthcare transparency is gaining public support, but still faces multiple obstacles to becoming a broad reality across the industry. Some surgery centers are leading the way in making costs and outcomes transparent through their websites.
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Many Continue Asking Age-Old Question: ‘Why Do Hospitals Charge So Much?’
A growing number of states are enacting laws to control the cost of healthcare, including services rendered at hospitals.
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Should Acute Appendicitis Be Managed Without Appendectomy?
A retrospective cohort study that used national insurance claims data found patients with acute appendicitis who were treated nonsurgically had higher rates of complications and higher overall cost of care.
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Programs Aim to Make LARC a Choice for Women
The success of the Contraceptive CHOICE Project in removing financial barriers to contraception, promoting the most effective methods of birth control, and reducing unintended pregnancy is no longer an isolated event.