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Insurance Verification for Telemed

Founders, Callaway and Ko, launched Opkit as the first insurance verification software designed for telehealth companies and virtual medical practices
“Opkit [MORE]

A Quarter Century of Diagnostic Errors

Between 1986 and 2010, malpractice payouts for patients who were killed, or disabled by diagnostic errors (not including surgical [MORE]

Questioning Hospital-at-Home Programs

Hospital at Home
Neither Medicare nor most private insurers support hospital-at-home programs at present, but evidence in favor of [MORE]

CBO’s Long Term Budget Forecast for US Healthcare

Healthcare spending in the US now stands at 5.6% of total GDP; the Congressional Budget Office forecasts that rising to [MORE]

UK Healthcare Reform

UK Protestor
Americans are used to hearing politicians say how faulty healthcare delivery is in the UK under its National [MORE]

Perspective on Market-Based Health Insurance

As people put off elective healthcare during the current recession, insurance company profits rose because of fewer payouts.  However, [MORE]

Hospital Errors: One in Three Patients

Emergency patient in hallway waiting for a bed
“SSE” is a healthcare acronym for serious safety event, which can result in [MORE]

Insurers Warming to Telemed

Home Care
Aetna estimates that 40% of hospital readmissions are avoidable.  MetroPlus Health Plan (NY, HMO) calculates that a Medicaid [MORE]