Singapore: Mixed financing. MediShield Life is a statutory insurance system that covers large hospital bills and certain costly outpatient treatments. (In the U.S., we’d call this catastrophic care.) Premiums
In the Senate, Alabama lawmakers passed a bill that would require multiple occupancy restrooms or changing areas in public K-12 schools to be used by students according to their biological sex. An amendment was attached to the bill, which now has to go back to the House for a vote,...
college students would agree, working within the confines of a tight budget means that the impact of high medical bills is that much more acute. And as a concerned and engaged citizen, I feel compelled to shine a spotlight on these critical affordability issues that impact everyone in my ...
Healthcare price transparency laws implemented since 2021 require hospitals and health plans to publish pricing information online and prohibit gag clauses that restrict sharing of cost and claims data.The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 codified these prohibitions, requiring annual attestation of ...
Jack’s wife, Rose, fell ill with cancer and passed away shortly after the Advocate received her case. Jack was drowning with bills and grief when he found out he had cancer as well. The Advocate reduced both Rose and Jack’s bills and was able to obtain over $1 million in savings. ...
also called a "single-payer" system. In this system, healthcare is usually provided through private facilities, but the government pays the bills. Patients may also have a small copay in some countries that use this system. Countries with National Health Insurance includeCanada,Taiwan,South Korea...
Healthcare programs and insurance initiatives play a crucial role in ensuring that people have access to medical care. There are many benefits of healthcare insurance programs but fraud in healthcare continues to be a significant challenge in the insuran
The Senate healthcare bill is finally making an appearance, and when all’s said and done, it looks pretty similar to the bill the House passed. Source: Shutterstock On the one hand, that’s good news because it means that reconciling the two bills won’t take a great deal of effort....
About a quarter of the bills that go out create a question. That’s obviously a huge factor in terms of how you’re running a practice now. If you’re sending these bills out without anticipating and being prepared to answer those questions, it’s going to pull down your collection rates...
While it is wonderful that this protective law has been passed, there is a larger question to be asked: Shouldn’t these protections for children and their families have already been part of medical and nursing ethics education? I remember when it used to be! Share this: Facebook More Loa...