Any kind of identity mix-up is disturbing, but when it occurs within the healthcare system, the fallout can be severe. At best, misidentifying patients...
Recovering underpayments from commercial insurers costs the healthcare industry billions every year. When payments come up short against what the provider expects, it’s not...
With Google’s acquisition of Fitbit in November 2019 and Apple’s recent foray into smartphone-based clinical research, the ‘big four’ tech giants are ramping up...
For many patients, unanticipated healthcare bills are up there with car breakdowns and untimely home repairs. No one likes a surprise bill. But when...
When it comes to paying for healthcare, “compassionate” is probably not the first word that comes to mind for patients. As they foot a...
Before brands like Apple and Amazon became synonymous with consumer culture, the healthcare experience didn’t have much motivation to change. If you felt ill,...
It’s amazing to look back at how far medical science and digital technology have come – and how those two worlds are increasingly intertwined....
At the end of 2019, Experian Health announced that every person in the U.S. population, an estimated 328 million Americans, had successfully been assigned...
The stats are alarming: Up to 80% of health outcomes are not due to medical factors, but to a patient’s social and economic circumstances—such...
