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Study: Primary care MDs don't understand consumer-driven health plans
While the number of patients with high-deductible consumer-driven health plans continues to climb, it seems that primary care physicians haven't caught up with this trend. A new study funded by the... Read more...
Study: CDHPs motivate patients to avoid care, discontinue drugs
While some continue to encourage more use of CDHPs, a recent study suggests that they may have a significant downside. This is important data given that the number of large companies offering a CDHP... Read more...
Study: Wellness programs common despite lack of savings
According to a new study, health and wellness initiatives seem to be a matter of faith among big employers. According to research by the Center for Studying Health System Change, many employers are... Read more...
Progress slow on hospital data in IL
When advocates vent over the slow adoption of consumer-driven healthcare spending, one place they should look is Illinois. The problems encountered there in becoming a more consumer-driven health... Read more...
CDHPs will need to step up outreach efforts
Well, surprise, surprise. Over 2007, we learned that many employees aren't too excited about current CDHP models, which offload a fair amount of first-dollar responsibility onto them without giving... Read more...
Firm pitches credit scoring for self-pay hospital patients
Increasingly, hospitals are treating patients with large CDHP-style deductibles in addition to their existing influx of uninsured patients. The thing is, few hospital collections departments have... Read more...
A long road for retail clinics
Many industry journalists--including myself--have published reports stressing the soon-to-explode growth of the retail clinic market. And given the confluence of factors, including consumer-driven... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Tenet loses CMO; CT medical malpractice premiums drop; and much more...
> Tenet's chief medical officer has announced that she's leaving to take a similar position at Partners Community Healthcare in Boston. Read more...
Trend: Atlanta hospitals face big uninsured costs
Like many other regions, greater Atlanta is facing a huge problem with uninsured patients. But in some ways, its problems may be worse than many other metros. According to the George Health Policy... Read more...
Trend: Consumer medical finance market grows
Bigger deductibles. Larger co-pays. More policy exclusions. It's hardly surprising patients are beginning to look for new ways to pay for their care. And the always-helpful consumer credit industry... Read more...
