Surgical errors in the US may cost employers nearly $US1.5 billion annually, according to a new study from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The study analysed a sample of more than 161 000 adult patients in employer-based health plans who underwent surgery between 2001 and 2002...
Hundreds of thousands of International students come to the US annually to fulfil their dreams. Along with the University Course registration comes an important often ignored aspect, which is Student Health Insurance. Health Care is very expensive in the US and unless you have adequate student ...
"When people think about these diseases, they usually think of a simple case of diarrhea, which is a nuisance but quickly goes away. However, these infections can cause severe illness that often result in hospital stays of more than a week, which can quickly drive up health care costs," B...
and access to care beyond the challenges that already exist. The projected rise in health care spending could cost the average American at least $3,000 annually, up from today’s cost of $1,000 per year. And the increase in spending likely would have a greater impact on historically unders...
Health Insurance AboutDeb Gordon Deb Gordon, the co-founder and CEO of Umbra Health Advocacy, has held executive roles in health insurance and health care technology services. She authored a book titled “The Health Care Consumer’s Manifesto,” based on her research as a senior fellow at Harv...
annually making it the single highest cost to the federal government (Edwards, 2017). The cost of health care is approaching a crisis if unchecked will continue to grow. Congress has struggled to reach consensus on a more efficient approach to managing health cares costs failing in 2017 to ...
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in defensivemedicine, which is recommending and performing tests and procedures that may not be necessary to protect them from lawsuits. (What Is, 2012) By giving in to the fear, these professionals are driving up the cost of healthcare. In 2015, drug spending increased by 9%, a slower ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) determines the CPI based on a basket of goods and services that the average household uses, such as housing, groceries, transportation, and healthcare. They track the average prices of these items and calculate changes monthly and annually. What’s helpful ...
But if it forces a more rational, accountable and value-based reorganization of US health care for the long term, the COVID pandemic, painful as it has been, might just be the catalyst required to accelerate the movement to value. Brian Klepper, PhD, Jeffrey Hogan and John Rodis, MD ...