Lowering health care costs is more than cost awareness

I wish lowering health care costs was as easy as “cost awareness,” but as one patient put it, “I never pay the first few bills, because the amount changes every time a new bill is sent.”  The payment system is so fragmented that it’s hard to know what will become an expense with any given illness.  Even the savviest of consumers of health care have difficulty with hospital payment systems.  Most consumers of health care are not savvy consumers.  Comparing the cost of apples and oranges in one grocery store to another is not like comparing a hip replacement from one hospital to another.  Often in emergency situations the cost is not even on the radar. Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: Journals (General) Authors: Tags: Patient Health reform Source Type: blogs