Healthcare affordability continues to decline as patients struggle with rising healthcare costs. Roughly half of U.S. adults report struggling to pay their medical bills. Patients are also frustrated with the lack of cost transparency, inaccurate estimates and confusion around what insurance covers and what’s owed out of pocket. When there’s a lack of understanding about…
Tescha Hawley learned that hospital bills from her son’s birth had been sent to debt collectors only when she checked her credit score while attending a home-buying class. The new mom’s plans to buy a house stalled. Hawley said she didn’t owe those thousands of dollars in debts. The federal government did.Hawley, a citizen of…
In the past few years, state and local governments across the U.S. have begun spending billions in opioid settlements paid by companies accused of fueling the overdose crisis. But where is that money going, who is getting it, and is it doing any good? KFF Health News, partnering with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of…
ERWIN, Tenn. — April Boyd texted her husband before she boarded the helicopter. “So, I don’t want to be dramatic,” she wrote on Sept. 27, “but we are gonna fly and rescue patients from the rooftop of Unicoi hospital.” Earlier that day, Hurricane Helene roared into the Southern Appalachian Mountains after moving north through Florida…
A fast-spreading disease has been detected in Congo by the health authorities there that has claimed 31 lives as of yet while putting thousands at risk of the infection for new infection referred to as disease X. There is not much information about the illness. Still, there is a chance that it might be a…
While expanding access to VBC in primary care is indeed an important goal, we must keep in mind that the vast majority of healthcare expenses are in specialty care areas like oncology, where costs continue to rise without improved patient outcomes. The post Easier Said Than Done: Why Scaling Up Value-Based Care is So Hard…
During a recent panel, Epic CEO Judy Faulkner gave some insight about how she runs her company and why she thinks its employees enjoy coming to work. The post Judy Faulkner Shares 3 Strategies that Fuel Epic’s Success appeared first on MedCity News.
Tuva Health’s seed round was led by Virtue and included participation from Box Group and Y Combinator, as well as health tech angel investors. The post Tuva Health Launches with $5M to Clean Messy Healthcare Data appeared first on MedCity News.
How top-to-bottom collaboration can alleviate hurdles and help increase equitable access to the most effective treatments for all cancer patients. The post Closing the Gap: Advancing Precision Oncology Through Education and Collaboration appeared first on MedCity News.
Do you hear that? It’s the clock ticking towards the January 15 deadline. You still have time to apply for, renew, or change 2025 health insurance. Image Note these important dates: January 15, 2025: Deadline to apply for and enroll in 2025 coverage.February 1, 2025: Coverage starts. Don’t miss out! After January 15, you can…