World of DTC Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Of course, this comes at an increased cost even though health insurers are making a lot of money. Employees for the most part are happy with their health insurance but that happiness is going to come at a higher cost. The weight management services should be mandatory as obese employees are liable to cost companies and insurers more.

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World of DTC Marketing

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

IN SUMMARY: American healthcare is failing. While there are lots of reasons for this the silence of healthcare providers is a huge reason. If that doesn’t work then patients who are obese need to pay more for health insurance, plain and simple. We need to do to obesity what we did for smoking.

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World of DTC Marketing

DECEMBER 20, 2021

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), in 2021, the average cost of employee health insurance premiums for family coverage increased by 4% from the previous year to $22,221. Why haven’t more employers addressed the rising costs of employee healthcare with value-based care? health care system. health care system.

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World of DTC Marketing

APRIL 5, 2021

Some are also increasing their profit margins by forcing out healthcare staff who have seniority and earn more. One of the best ways is to cut costs which means letting experienced healthcare workers go. Still, older healthcare employees who are at the top of the earnings schedule are being forced out. Changes are imminent.

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MedCity News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Providers, administrators, health insurers and other healthcare-access gatekeepers can learn, train, change policies and remove barriers facing vulnerable groups so they can receive the long-overdue opportunity to pursue their best health and well-being.

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World of DTC Marketing

MARCH 28, 2021

IN BRIEF: Doctors are not required to treat obese patients who won’t do anything to lose weight but the problem is more than reminding patients they need to get exercise and drop pounds. This is leading to excessive costs to out healthcare system and something needs to be done. This is going to cost us ALL.

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World of DTC Marketing

JULY 20, 2022

A new analysis released Wednesday by Patients for Affordable Drugs estimates that pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. Health insurers in individual marketplaces across 13 states and Washington D.C. Health insurers in individual marketplaces across 13 states and Washington D.C. Healthcare CEOs are among the top earners.

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World of DTC Marketing

JANUARY 1, 2022

Yes, there will be changes in healthcare in the coming years but put away the thoughts that telehealth and wearable devices will revolutionize healthcare. More and more patients demand a level of service they want with the increased costs of health insurance premiums. Think “patient journey.”

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World of DTC Marketing

MARCH 27, 2022

continue to lack adequate insurance coverage. of children had private insurance that did not cover mental health services, totaling 950,000 youth. . Any therapy that is not face to face, such as texting, Emailing, and chat, robs patients of a vitally important means of communication. Healthcare in the U.S. There was a 0.3%

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MedCity News

JANUARY 12, 2025

AI holds a lot of promise in supporting employer-sponsored healthcare, including improving patient navigation and billing, according to a new report from Morgan Health. The post Morgan Health: 5 Ways AI Can Improve Employer-Sponsored Healthcare appeared first on MedCity News.

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MedCity News

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

I work as a cardiologist for a multi-specialty group that sees patients both in capitated payer and fee-for-service environments. This diverse practice gives me the experience to know where insurance providers will find value or what they will likely pay for.

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World of DTC Marketing

JANUARY 3, 2022

11 of every healthcare dollar spent. And where is the healthcare industry in all this? 2wo: Insurers should strongly suggest to obese customers that they seek nutritional counseling and offer them fitness wearable devices with financial incentives to lose weight. The post The most significant threat to American healthcare.

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World of DTC Marketing

MAY 30, 2021

SUMMARY: Amazon has set its sights on healthcare as it smells another profit opportunity. Google has signed an agreement with the Mayo clinic to help analyze data as they want a slice of healthcare dollars but what’s missing from these tech companies is “the human touch” that patients want. The first failure.

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MedCity News

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But when talking about these innovations, healthcare leaders often fail to address questions about whether they will be covered by insurance and whether all patients will be able to benefit from them, he pointed out.

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MedCity News

JULY 27, 2023

I invite insurance companies to engage in meaningful dialogue with urgent care providers to understand the challenges they face and explore fair reimbursement models that reflect the value they bring to patients.

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World of DTC Marketing

JUNE 22, 2022

America’s profit-riddled healthcare-industrial complex consumes 17% of GDP, equivalent to $3.6trn a year. However, changes are slowly being implemented that could lower healthcare costs. Healthcare is ripe for disruption, but any attempt to disrupt our state of healthcare has been met with pushback and challenges.

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World of DTC Marketing

MARCH 5, 2022

American healthcare is the most expensive globally, but it’s not close to being the best. Our healthcare system has become like a mass-market retailer, in the door to treat the problem and out the door with an Rx or other treatment recommendation. So how can our broken healthcare system address this issue?

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World of DTC Marketing

AUGUST 7, 2022

One in three GoFundMe campaigns is now for healthcare-related costs, and it’s getting worse. The passage of the Inflation Control bill is an excellent first step in limiting high drug costs, but our healthcare system is still built for profit at the expense of patients. According to a 2021 study , 1.1

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Referral MD

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Yet, the healthcare experience often begins with a decidedly analog ritual: The dreaded patient intake form. For too long, the administrative side of healthcare has lagged behind its clinical advancements. Its simple: Digital patient intake forms. What is Digital Patient Intake?

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MedCity News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Price transparency data has revealed there is a high degree of price variance for healthcare procedures depending on patients’ insurance carriers and the location in which services are delivered.

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World of DTC Marketing

MAY 4, 2022

American healthcare is screwed up and meant to enrich the providers. I experienced the inadequacy of our healthcare system firsthand. This is today’s American healthcare. I understand that the changes needed for our healthcare are not easy, but money prevents change. This IS the future of healthcare.

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MedCity News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

The operational benefits of automated eligibility and payment workflows are clear, but its impact on people both patients and staff may be even more profound. The post Automating Insurance Verification: A Game-Changer for Pre-Visit Payment Collection appeared first on MedCity News.

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MedCity News

AUGUST 1, 2023

Last week, the CFO of Universal Health Services stated that the company chooses which patients to treat based on whose insurance plans offer the highest payments. The comments have sparked some media attention, but healthcare finance experts say the practice of cherry-picking patients is nothing new to the industry.

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Healthcare Success

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Yet many healthcare organizations still rely on SEO strategies and tactics that were "best practices" a decade ago. Its no surprise that countless healthcare providers and other businesses are seeing drops in rankings and traffic after Google's Helpful Content Update. Did you know Google changes its algorithm up to 200 times a day?

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Healthcare Success

MARCH 25, 2025

Forward by Stewart Gandolf, Chief Executive Officer At Healthcare Success, we understand that a patients journey often beings with a search query. Symptom search optimization is crucial for: Guiding patient journeys. This fundamental shift in behavior presents both a challenge and an opportunity for healthcare organizations.

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MedCity News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The launch of the 988 hotline was a massive win for mental healthcare in America, but it’s only the first step. The mental health ecosystem is fragmented and lacks effective tools to help patients find and engage the right providers for their insurance and their clinical needs, both before and after they call 988.

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World of DTC Marketing

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In Gallup’s 2019 survey of potentially worrisome issues among Americans, healthcare topped the list for the fifth straight year. The health insurance, PBM’s, and big pharma didn’t accumulate their massive wealth by running deficits. In addition, hospital care accounts for 33% of the nation’s healthcare costs.

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World of DTC Marketing

APRIL 1, 2021

All prescription drugs don’t make us healthy; they just mask a potentially unhealthy lifestyle that eventually will cost patients and our healthcare system a lot of money, time, and pain. Many Americans think it’s OK to ask people with unhealthful lifestyles to pay higher insurance premiums and deductibles.

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World of DTC Marketing

OCTOBER 15, 2020

HEY NOW : Most companies struggled in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic froze the economy, but health insurers like UnitedHealth heavily benefited as people held off on going to the doctor or hospital, resulting in fewer medical claims that needed to be paid. In addition, pharma profit margins remain very high.

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PM360

DECEMBER 20, 2024

After nearly five years of mounting pressures on the American healthcare system, providers and patients are confronting another challenge that shows no signs of slowing down: skyrocketing medical costs. Patients with low incomes are especially vulnerable.

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Healthcare Success

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Struggling with burnout while maintaining high-quality healthcare services that patients love? Tune in to our latest podcast as Lee Aase, founder of HELPCare, LLC, shares how he transitioned from his pioneering social media work at Mayo Clinic to lead an innovative membership-based direct-to-patient healthcare business.

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World of DTC Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2022

(Stat News) Today, a study followed 380 patients being treated at community oncology groups across the U.S. They told the researchers that insurance didn’t protect them from serious money problems. Cancer patients may struggle to pay out-of-pocket expenses due to the high expenses incurred, the medical debt, or loss of work.

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World of DTC Marketing

JULY 26, 2022

Quick Read: Amazon will dramatically expand its healthcare reach with its planned $3.9 Telehealth has a future, but one could argue that physicians need to see patients firsthand to diagnose and evaluate patients. However, physicians would argue that they also need to see patients in person for many health issues.

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World of DTC Marketing

OCTOBER 28, 2020

I believe there is a significant leadership vacuum in healthcare. Most CEOs focus on the stock price, but very few are focusing on what it’s like to be a patient in a healthcare environment in which patients are last in line. The attitude that “patients need our products” is myopic and dated.

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World of DTC Marketing

JUNE 3, 2022

The continued emphasis on digital health is overrated but digital health will become an integral part of total patient care. To become a vital part of patient care, digital health providers need to provide the medical community with studies that show their value to patient outcomes. Ransomware attacks on hospitals.

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World of DTC Marketing

APRIL 21, 2021

QUICK READ: There is so much money in healthcare that every company wants their share even if patients get hurt. health plan for seniors in Florida improperly collected nearly $200 million in 2015 by overstating how sick some patients were, according to a new federal audit, which seeks to claw back the money. A Humana Inc.

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World of DTC Marketing

APRIL 7, 2021

American healthcare is in trouble. Pharma, PBM, and health insurance CEOs earn hundreds of millions of dollars to do one thing; make their companies a lot of money. Highest-paid CEOs in 2019: Who made the list from healthcare. Healthcare, in short, is capitalism run amok. The post What do future healthcare CEOs look like?

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