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How to reduce Health Care Costs

3 Realistic Ways to Reduce Health Care Costs in 2016

Bring up healthcare to a business owner and watch her eyes begin to mist over. That’s usually because talking about the Affordable Care Act is like discussing Shakespeare. We know

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Life Hacks: Health Insurance Edition

To get you started, here are five health insurance life hacks you can use to start living a healthier and more hassle-free life in 2016. Life Hack #1: Take advantage

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A No-Wait ER At 1/10th The Cost And Half The Time

In “I’ve Seen The Future Of Healthcare. I Like What I See,” I noted ZOOM+ had a radically different approach to emergency rooms. Now that ZOOM+ is also a health

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10 ways to survive rising health care costs

Spending on health care has been slower in recent years due to the Great Recession, and rising deductibles have left some Americans unwilling to seek out medical care. Yet, the

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Sending Medicaid to the Cloud

The Wyoming state government already has considerable experience with cloud-based services. It uses Google Apps for Government, NEOGOV for human resources and is looking at Salesforce.com for customer relationship management.

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Florida Bill Would Allow Patients To Know Healthcare Costs Up Front

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has made health-care cost transparency a priority this year, and a Northeast Florida lawmaker is sponsoring a version of Scott’s vision. Sen. Rob Bradley (R-Fleming Island)

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Poor healthcare apps could cost hospitals $100 million a year

While 66 of the 100 largest hospitals in the United States offer consumers mobile health apps, only 2 percent of patients are using them, according to a new report published

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Oscar aims to simplify health insurance

An upstart New York-based health plan is seeking a share of Orange County’s Obamacare market by using sophisticated technology designed to simplify how consumers decipher costs and seek care. Last

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High-cost patient populations: 3 areas to address

We all know the saying that 20% of patients drive 80% of costs. Historically, hospitals have struggled to find ways to care for this high-cost population. They have also struggled

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How This Woman Turned a Layoff Into a $3 Million Health Discount Card Business

After being let go from her retailing job, Heidi Rasmussen joined her husband to launch the health discount card freshbenies. At age 15, Heidi Rasmussen began working in retailing, at

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