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PRICE TRANSPARENCY IN HEALTHCARE
Price Transparency in Healthcare
Price transparency — clear information about what medical costs are and why — is becoming a reality. Here’s a look at new federal rules set for 2021.
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TYPES OF PROVIDERS
What Is Concierge Medicine?
Getting same-day care from a doctor isn’t just for the “rich” any longer.
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HEALTH INSURANCE
What Is a Health Savings Account?
Save money for your healthcare expenses.
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TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE
How Technology Companies Are Using Protected Health Information (PHI)
Tech giants are behind numerous healthcare innovations. They’re also employing technology to gather protected health information (PHI) to use in multiple ways.
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PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES
Prescription Drug Prices
Despite promises by politicians to find a way to control drug prices, many people faced sticker shock when they saw the higher prices on their prescription drugs this year.
EXPERT COLUMN: UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL RESEARCH
Is Clinical Research Inherently Biased?
Contributor: Kelsey Ricci, MA
September 05, 2017
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HEALTH INSURANCE
What Is Coinsurance?
Your share of a health service covered by your insurance.
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HEALTH INSURANCE
What Is a PPO Health Insurance Plan?
The most popular type of health insurance.
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HEALTH CONSUMER
Tips for Managing Chronic Illness in Your Family
If a child or spouse has a chronic illness, working together can benefit the whole family. Here’s what you should know about tips for managing chronic illness in your family.
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TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE
How COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Is Changing Healthcare
Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, approaches to telemedicine and other technologies are flourishing and likely changing healthcare forever.
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SURVIVE AND THRIVE
ACOs Just May Save American Healthcare
These networks of doctors, hospitals, and other providers are consumerizing and changing healthcare.
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HEALTH CONSUMER
Preventing Medical Identification Theft
Be aggressive about checking your credit and medical records, and hold your healthcare providers accountable.
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HEALTH INSURANCE
Making Sense of the Healthcare Insurance Marketplace
Alaska and rural Southern states will see fewer choices.
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HEALTHCARE CHOICES
Choose a Doctor Over a Naturopath
It’s human for us to see what we like to see. A whistleblower says naturopaths, doctors who use modern and traditional cures, are practicing dangerous magic.
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HEALTH CONSUMER
Americans Get Less Healthcare at Higher Cost
The U.S. spent $9,364 per person on healthcare in 2016, compared to $4,094 in the UK, and had worse results. How can we reduce the rising cost of healthcare?
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CHOOSING A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER
What Is a Walk-In Clinic?
Convenient care options offer patients a quick alternative to the family doctor’s office.
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HEALTH INSURANCE
Is High-Deductible Health Insurance Right for You?
High out-of-pocket costs may force some people to put off care.
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HOSPITALS
What Is a Micro-Hospital?
Not having to wait, make doctor appointments months in advance, or sit in the waiting room for an hour or more to see a doctor is attractive to many patients.