Wixcorp and MDsave Form a Partnership to Help Patients Understand and Afford Care
Technology Integration Creates Seamless Transparency Enhancing Patient Financial Journey Wixcorp announced today a solution integration partnership with MDsave, the nation’s leading online purchasing platform for healthcare procedures. This partnership integrates MDsave’s bundled procedures into the Wixcorp Redde’s cost estimator tool, allowing patients to see one guaranteed, upfront price for medical procedures prior to service. With […]
Empowering Patients with Transparency
Everywhere you look, people are talking about patient satisfaction. Much has been done to positively move the needle when it comes to patient satisfaction while a patient is receiving care. Providers and staff have been trained on communication frameworks and protocols to help patients have the best experience possible. However, all that effort and investment […]
Providing Cost Transperancy
Imagine going to your favorite restaurant, and they have a brand new menu with unique features. Their most popular dishes have prices listed next to them, but the meal you love to order has no price listed next to it anymore. When you ask the waiter about a price, they tell you that you’ll just […]
Digital Health in Rural Communities
Saint Fictional Rural Hospital is located about 40 minutes away from the nearest city, and about 2 hours away from the nearest hospital. As a rural, critical access hospital, the leaders of SFRH knew what it was like to deal with patient access issues, a lack of staff, and budget constraints. After feeling like the […]
Patient Experience in Senior Care
When you hear the words, “Senior Care”, what comes to mind? How about technological innovation? Going paperless? Or a strong focus on customer service? In this blog post, we’ll explore how these concepts are blossoming and improving healthcare within Senior Care organizations across the country. To begin, we’ll imagine the hypothetical situation of a patient […]
Heroes in Healthcare: Pete Correll
The year was 2008, and Atlanta’s largest safety-net hospital was failing. Grady Memorial Hospital, a 900 bed facility in downtown Atlanta, cares for the most critically injured, chronically ill, indigent, and uninsured patients in Georgia. But due to a myriad of factors and being hundreds of millions of dollars in debt, it was facing closure. And without […]
Relieving the Burden of Medical Debt
Have you ever had a medical bill you couldn’t pay? If so, you’re not alone. Currently, one out of three Americans can’t pay their medical bills. These individuals are facing wage garnishment, property liens, and bankruptcy. Imagine adding that to the regular stressors of your daily life. Knowing that you could be be financially limited […]
Price Transparency Update Coming in 2022
When it comes to healthcare, the government typically has two options for incentivizing specific actions. They can either provide a carrot, or a stick. In the case of price transparency, the government went with the stick approach, with a penalty of $300 a day for noncompliant hospitals beginning as of 01/01/2021. However, they will be bringing out a bigger stick shortly, with an increase in penalties slated for 2022.
Tips to Improve Patient Access
It’s no secret that patient access can be a nightmare. Research shows that the average wait time in the US is longer than 18 days, and 43% of patients haven’t had success in finding same-day appointments when they’re sick (1). When you add in complicated and obscure referral processes, difficult and time-consuming communication channels, and […]
The Impacts of a Simplified Patient Financial Experience
The healthcare revenue cycle is not getting any easier. Especially with increasing patient deductibles and costs, combined with the ever-mounting pressure of the pandemic on the economy and healthcare providers and their organizations. Some healthcare organizations resort to suing their patients to collect on past due bills, and/or garnishing wages. One report found that “the […]