Consumer Trends Navigator Index

Introduction/Index

The Consumer Trends Navigator Section keeps the healthcare consumer updated on any changes that will affect the current status of healthcare.  These updates will be posted when the change occurs.  The healthcare consumer should review this section weekly to stay updated.

INDEX

  1. Desperate Americans Turn To Cost-Sharing Ministries, But There’s No Legal Guarantee Their Claims Will Be Covered

  2. Consumers do not Understand Basic Health Insurance Terms

  3. Hospitals Merged. Quality Didn’t Improve. The quality of care at hospitals acquired during a recent wave of deal making got worse or stayed the same, new research found

  4. Trump administration pressures Congress to lower Medicare drug prices by ending industry’s ‘backdoor deals’

  5. In Network Versus Out Of Network Services...Consumers Beware

  6. Bipartisan Support Builds For Limits On Surprise Medical Bills

  7. Walmart, Other Employers Get Choosier About Workers’ Doctors

  8. Average Healthcare Costs for Outpatient Visit Nears $500

  9. Employer Plan Deductibles Increase by 11 Percent: Survey

  10. Are Healthcare Consumers Smart Shoppers?

  11. Bristol-Meyer-Squibb: Profits are Unbelievable

  12. Collection Agencies Win the Right to Demand Payment of Expired Debts

  13. Texas Expands Balance Billing Laws

  14. Medicare Drug Costs Have Increased

  15. Planning for Medicaid: A Little Known Healthcare Strategy

  16. No Pay Policy for Non-Emergent ED Visits Spreading by Insurance Companies

  17. Consumers Be Aware: Insurance Networks are Becoming Smaller

  18. Medical Bad Debt Reporting To Benefit Consumers

  19. Do Wellness Programs Work?

  20. Buyer Beware: Freestanding Emergency Room Operator Exits Bankruptcy

  21. Hospitals Invest in Freestanding Clinic

  22. Do FREE Pharmacy Saving Cards Save You Money?

  23. Nurse Practitioners….The New Way to Manage Your Primary Care

  24. Consumer Beware!!!! Is that Urine Test Routine?

  25. Study shows consumers are using healthcare less but paying more!!

  26. Trumps New Plan….Pay Less; Get Less

  27. The Future of Hospitals

  28. Healthcare Price Transparency Study

  29. A $37 Billion Failure…. Electronic Health Records…What the US Invested!!!

  30. Beyond the OUT OF COST of healthcare, are their other financial effects?

  31. Curative Versus Preventative for Chronically Ill Patient is Increasing Healthcare Costs

  32. Buyer Beware…Healthcare Providers Offering Financing Plans

  33. Air Ambulances: Taking Healthcare Consumers for an Expensive Ride

  34. Free Credit Freezes are Here

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