Articles Tagged With: costs
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Many People Put Off Medical Care Because They Cannot Pay High Deductibles
Patients often find out about a high deductible not from their insurer or employer, but from a registrar — and many of these high-dollar accounts go unpaid. Now, multiple recent studies show that people are avoiding care because they cannot pay their high deductibles.
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Missed Budgeting Expenses and Opportunities
While budgeting, consider these tips for saving money, what not to do to make up budget shortfalls, and even advice on spending a little extra here and there.
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Analysis: Opioid Epidemic Costing U.S. Economy Billions
Nearly one-third of the estimated burden tied to excess healthcare spending for individuals with opioid use disorder.
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Disruptive Innovation? Corporate Partnership Takes Aim at Rising Healthcare Costs
A new Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase partnership could shake up the healthcare market.
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If Healthcare Services Change, So Will the Costs
Patients need to be informed that if their services change for any reason, then their out-of-pocket costs probably will change too.
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‘Clean It Like You Mean It’ Improves Quality, Reduces Costs
A nursing-led program designed to get clinicians to follow best practices at a New York City hospital has significantly reduced the incidence of central line-associated bloodstream infections in neonatal, pediatric, and pediatric cardiac intensive care settings.
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First-of-its-kind perioperative surgical home initiative
Most participants in the perioperative surgical home learning collaborative reported they enhanced clinical quality, controlled costs, and/or improved patient experiences as a result of their initiatives.
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Want to cut supply costs? Tell surgeons how they compare with their peers
The neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, and otolaryngology – head and neck surgery departments at UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco had a 4% decrease in median surgical supply costs in six months through a price transparency initiative aimed at surgeons.
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How to evaluate a new service: Will it work?
As hospice agencies prepare for success within a pay-for-performance environment, ideas for new services or redesigned existing services are popping up everywhere. -
Palliative care program is passion for smaller hospice
When leaders at Coastal Hospice in Salisbury, MD, decided to move toward a palliative care philosophy, one of their first actions was to visit a Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) site at the Palliative Care Center of the Bluegrass in Lexington, KY.