March 19, 2019
The popularity of high-deductible health insurance plans, which place more of the responsibility of the cost of care onto patients, shows no sign of [...]
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March 11, 2019
High-deductible healthcare plans have resulted in a rise in patient financial responsibility. This, in turn, has meant that patients are beginning to make decisions [...]
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March 5, 2019
Healthcare consumerism is the rising trend of patients acting more like customers in a traditional retail environment. The primary cause of this change is [...]
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February 21, 2019
There are many reasons why healthcare in America is under dramatic pressures. A shifting political landscape. An aging population. Challenges with an increasing Self-Pay [...]
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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 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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