Late last year, the Kaiser Family Foundation 2019 Employer Health Benefits Survey found annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health coverage passed the $20,000 mark, a 5% increase from last year (which is a repeat of the 5% they raised the prior year.)
By Steven Cutbirth / 25 Mar 2020
As we near the end of our series, we wanted to address price transparency and how it affects healthcare costs. Our CEO, Matt Dale, shares his thoughts as we try to answer the ...
By Matt Dale / 12 Nov 2020
We couldn’t answer the question, “why is healthcare so expensive” without addressing surprise medical billing. It’s perhaps the most notorious case of ridiculously expensive ...
By Mark Camero / 05 Nov 2020
In part three of our series, “Why is Healthcare so Expensive,” (see part
By Alan Garcia / 29 Oct 2020
For our second blog in our Why is Healthcare so Expensive series, we’re going to look at patient advocacy. To clarify, patient advocacy doesn’t cause high healthcare costs, it ...
By Kayla Carlough / 22 Oct 2020
For our first blog in our Why is Healthcare so Expensive series, we’re going to look at reimbursement models. Specifically some of the differences between the traditional ...
By Steven Cutbirth / 15 Oct 2020
If only there was just one reason healthcare is so expensive; sadly, it’s a whole complicated web of pitfalls. So, we’re introducing a six part series to discuss the main ...
By Josie Rasberry / 08 Oct 2020
High deductible health plans (HDHP) have been rising in popularity over the years as a way to get patients to have more “skin in the game.” They can be a great solution for ...
By Josie Rasberry / 01 Oct 2020
Telemedicine is a great tool for many people and has seen a big uptick in use thanks to COVID. It’s still not widely used, and for many ...
By Josie Rasberry / 23 Sep 2020
We’re all about people being as proactive as possible when it comes to healthcare, because it will reduce stress and save patients money. With that said, in emergency ...
By Josie Rasberry / 27 Aug 2020
When you think of health insurance, you ...
By Josie Rasberry / 02 Jul 2020