How Shopping for Medical Procedures and Airline Tickets Are Similar
Are you one of those people who scour daily deal sites just to save a couple dollars on a big expense? You're not alone,...
Transparency in Healthcare Key to Overcoming System Challenges
Imagine for a minute you want to buy a car. There is only one dealership within a reasonable distance to a population. When that...
The Future of Healthcare: The Educated Patient
The past few years have seen radical changes in the healthcare industry. Health insurance reform, widespread medical record digitization, and breakthroughs in technology and...
Diagnosing Yourself: To WebMD Or Not To WebMD
We’ve all been there before. You come down with some pretty basic symptoms…you’ve had frequent headaches the past couple of days, a decently stuffed...
Twitter Users Complain About Health Costs
We wanted to know how high health costs are affecting patients and knowing how many patients have chosen to go without the care they...
Why Insured Patients Pay Cash for Medical Procedures
When shopping around for healthcare services it’s best for consumer-driven patients to evaluate all options. What many Americans don’t know is that sometimes more...
The Evolution of Healthcare Price Transparency Tools
Looking back at health care consumers in 2000 versus patients in 2015 is like comparing present day medical practices with an episode of Dr....
Employee Programs to Lower Healthcare Costs
“Health insurance sucks.” This is a sentiment every patient has probably identified with at some point over the last year. Employer-provided benefit programs can...
Health Care Price Transparency Grade Report 2015
Last week, The Catalyst for Payment Reform organization released their third report card, grading U.S. states on their level of health care price transparency....
Top Tips That Help You Save on Medical Bills Before They Arrive
Guest Post By: Colleen McGuire, VP of Communications at Healthcare.com
Full disclosure – this article is about health insurance. Yes, dull, even yawn-worthy health insurance....