Keeping you up to date on the healthcare industry
February 21, 2019
There are many reasons why healthcare in America is under dramatic pressures. A shifting political landscape. An aging population. Fewer medical facilities in rural [...]
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February 12, 2019
In our ongoing series on rising patient out-of-pocket expenses, we’ve covered the specific trends happening around patient responsibility in surgical centers, behavioral health, dental [...]
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February 6, 2019
The continuing rise in popularity of high-deductible health insurance plans has given way to something called healthcare consumerism. For the uninitiated, healthcare consumerism is [...]
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January 29, 2019
We’ve written at length about the rise of patient financial responsibility in health care, due to the increasing prevalence of high-deductible health insurance plans [...]
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January 22, 2019
Continuing our series on increasing patient out-of-pocket costs, today we examine trends in substance abuse treatment. Between the opioid epidemic, as well as ongoing [...]
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January 14, 2019
When most people think about cosmetic surgery, the first thought is often an image of celebrities and other wealthy individuals having vanity procedures done. [...]
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January 7, 2019
In prior posts, we’ve discussed the impact of rising patient costs in a variety of healthcare specialties, including ambulatory surgical centers, behavioral health, and [...]
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January 1, 2019
In recent weeks, we’ve looked at the causes and effects of rising patient costs in other specialty areas, such as ambulatory surgical centers and [...]
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December 26, 2018
For most pet owners, the family dog or cat is often thought of as one of the family. They tag along on family vacations. [...]
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December 18, 2018
While patient out-of-pocket costs are on the rise across the board, no sector of the market has perhaps been more impacted by this trend [...]
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December 11, 2018
It used to be something patients thought very little to nothing about. A visit to the doctor was routine, and if there was a [...]
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November 15, 2018
ATLANTA, November 15, 2018 Atlanta-based Curae and the Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based DCH Health System to provide flexible, non-recourse patient financing offered by Curae’s bank partner, [...]
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