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. Underinsured Rate Rose From 2014-2018, With Greatest Growth Among People in Employer Health Plans

  2. Premier Inc. Identifies $8.3B Savings Opportunity in the ED with More Preventative and Coordinated Ambulatory Care

  3. Consumers do not Understand Basic Health Insurance Terms

  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. Doctors and Patients (Consumers) have Dissimilar Opinions of Online Ratings; Hospital Systems versus Independent Web Site

  11. Are Healthcare Consumers Smart Shoppers?

  12. Bristol-Meyer-Squibb: Profits are Unbelievable

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

  14. Texas Expands Balance Billing Laws

  15. Medicare Drug Costs Have Increased

  16. 2018 ACA Premiums to Increase

  17. Planning for Medicaid: A Little Known Healthcare Strategy

  18. Molina Healthcare to Leave Several Exchanges

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

  20. Consumers Be Aware: Insurance Networks are Becoming Smaller

  21. Almost 2 Million Healthcare Consumers Have Dropped Health Insurance

  22. Open Enrollment for Obamacare to Begin November 1, 2017

  23. Medical Bad Debt Reporting To Benefit Consumers

  24. Do Wellness Programs Work?

  25. Buyer Beware: Freestanding Emergency Room Operator Exits Bankruptcy

  26. Hospitals Invest in Freestanding Clinic

  27. New Medicare Cards Are Coming

  28. Do FREE Pharmacy Saving Cards Save You Money?

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

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

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

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

  33. The Future of Hospitals

  34. Healthcare Price Transparency Study

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

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

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

  38. Buyer Beware…Healthcare Providers Offering Financing Plans

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

  40. Free Credit Freezes are Here

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