From KFF News Network – Their latest podcast, ‘An Arm And A Leg’, This week, In 2014, Lisa French had spinal surgery. Before the operation, she was told she would have to pay $1,337 in out-of-pocket costs and that her insurance would cover the rest. However, the hospital ended up sending French a bill for $229,000. When she didn’t pay, it sued her.
News & Updates
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of April that we think deserve sharing again.
Healthcare NOW Radio celebrates National Nurses Week. Don’t forget to thank the nurse in your life for all they do.
This month’s episode of “News You Can Use” on Healthcare NOW Radio features news from the month of April 2023.
By Kristen Hamlin – The U.S. faces a nursing shortage due to an aging population and retiring nurses, creating abundant opportunities for nurses nationwide. The need for nurses aligns with all-time highs in increased demand for healthcare.
Our podcast library is growing! Subscribe on your favorite platform. This week we have new episodes of SeamlessMD’s The Digital Patient, Life-Centered Health Care, Healthusiasm, Trusted Health’s The Handoff, Actium’s Hello Healthcare, IL Family Physicians’ Beyond the Needle, 4sight Roundup and more.
Now on demand, FINN Voices with host Beth Friedman who speaks with Anthony Murray, CISSP, Chief Interoperability Officer at MRO Corp. They discuss innovation in payer and provider data exchange.
Check out the most recent episodes added to our SoundCloud channel from FINN Voices, This Just In, The Tate Chronicles, Healthcare Upside/Down, The Incrementalist, Healthcare de Jure and PopHealth Week.
House Calls with Dr. Vivek Murthy is a podcast hosted by the 21st U.S. Surgeon General. In this episode, Dr. Murthy answers the most common questions he’s asked about loneliness. He also shares some of the surprising science around the positive health effects of social connection.
Health IT product news from FemGevity, Let’s Talk Interactive, Teladoc Health, AvaSure, Eagle Telemedicine, Caregility, Suki, Ontrak, Certis Oncology Solutions, OM1, Iterative Health, Verana Health, Roche, Credo, athenaHealth, Raintree, Fortified Health Security and more.
Looking for a conference to attend this Summer? This week’s Friday Five brings you five events to consider: World Medical Innovation Forum, Health 2.0 Conference, HMFA Annual Conference, thINc360, and the Civitas Networks for Health Annual Conference.
By Robert Otto Valdez PhD MHSA – In recent years, primary care physicians have struggled with burnout brought on by a confluence of factors—more patients with multiple health problems, paperwork requirements for reimbursement, and complications overcoming delay, deny, and defend tactics of health insurers.