Telemedicine offers a lot of potential for everyone – added convenience for busy families and lower costs than a traditional office visit. But as helpful as this service can be, it will only make a difference if it is used. Low utilization is not unique to telemedicine. It’s a common problem with many new, well [...]
The trend from volume-based to value-based medical care is intended to change the focus from individual units of care to the overall health of a patient or a patient population. In very simple terms, value-based care is intended to bring cost and quality together. For payers, it means moving from traditional fee-for-service reimbursement to an [...]
The article below is from Employee Benefit News, titled “5 ways Trumpcare is likely to change employee benefits,” by Craig Hasday. Post-election, I have met with dozens of employers and the No. 1 question on their mind is: What will the new administration do to our healthcare strategy and what steps do I take to [...]
It’s a question asked by anyone who’s been hospitalized in the U.S. The numbers seem to have no rhyme or reason. Particularly when you consider that the cost for an appendectomy here in the U.S. is almost $30,000, while the cost to have the very same procedure performed in Europe would be just $4,000 – [...]
