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How to reduce Health Care Costs

Big Data Can Fix Healthcare Quality, Costs – Blue Cross CIO

Two of the most frustrating aspects about being a consumer of the US healthcare system involve trying to find out about how much a particular medical procedure really costs, and

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How this US startup plans to save lives, lower medical bills

Founded in 2011, the Expedia-like healthcare site is currently available in 24 states. If you need to pay out of pocket for a medical procedure—whether it’s an allergy shot or

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3 Smart Ways to Reduce Your Healthcare Costs

Healthcare costs are rising, and consumers are clearly concerned about it. Despite healthcare inflation running at lower levels over the past couple of years than at any point over the

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3 Keys to Shifting How We Pay for Health Care

n 1998, Ben Lecomte became the first person to swim across the Atlantic. It took him 73 days to complete the 3,716-mile journey. When asked how he managed each day

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FairCare App Brings Healthcare Cost Transparency To Consumers

Available now, FairCare released the FairCare app for iOS that provides consumers with the ability to find competitive prices in their neighborhood for any of the ten thousand medical procedures

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Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) launches Guroo, price transparency website

he Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), a non-profit organization, has launched a price transparency website, called Guroo, to help consumers find national, state, and local pricing information for common health

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How “Bundles” Are Transforming Healthcare

Perhaps the biggest problem with healthcare in the U.S. is that it’s structured around the way that providers offer services—each focused on one small part of the procedure, and billing

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How Engineering Principles Can Improve Healthcare

Here’s a typical day at many hospitals: In the boardroom, the executive team considers how to bring in more patients because the insurers are squeezing prices and competitors are ramping

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A solution to paying that medical bill you can’t afford

Last year, Salt Lake mother Paige Strate found her world turning upside down. Her marriage was about to end, and her then 1-year-old daughter Luisa was diagnosed with moderate bilateral

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