Sentences with phrase «health care costs by»

Decreased health care costs by managing inbound and outbound calls to educate on condition management, shared decision making and post-hospital discharge plans.

They claim it could increase public health care costs by $ 900 million to $ 1.7 billion.»

The goal of the new law was to reduce overall heath care costs, and drafters of the law estimated that it would reduce health care costs by $ 200 billion over 15 years throughout the Commonwealth.

The Wisconsin Senate will vote on Tuesday (Oct. 27) on legislation that will drive up health care costs by expanding medical liability.

A 7 year study conducted by an independent physician association found that patients» regular utilization of chiropractic care reduced the need for: hospitilization by 60 %, hospital days by 59 %, pharmaceutical usage by 85 %, outpatient surgeries & procedures by 62 %, and overall global health care costs by 50 %.

«We hope this study motivates the FDA to save lives and lower health care costs by finalizing this proposal as soon as possible.

With hospital stays costing roughly $ 2,000 per day, according to Becker's Hospital CFO Report, and ICUs costing twice that or more, the finding could help reduce health care costs by millions of dollars per year, the researchers said.

If patients knew the price of different health care options, they could make better decisions about their medical care and help cut health care costs by shopping for lower - priced care — at least that's the hope.

They also estimated that if adopted nationwide, HIE might reduce health care costs by $ 19 million annually for these types of repeat imaging tests in the ED.

He also wants the state to enact a single - payer universal healthcare system, which would lower over health care costs by more than $ 50 billion annually while ending the need for counties to use the property tax to pay for Medicaid.

Studies show that a single payer system that covers everyone would lower overall health care costs by $ 45 billion in the first year alone,» said Gloria Mattera, state party co-chair and a board member of the NYC Physicians for a National Health Program.

The state's own study showed that we would reduce overall health care costs by nearly $ 30 billion annually by 2019 if we had a single payer health care program rather than the insurance mandates of Obamacare,» noted Hawkins.

«An historic analysis produced during his first term in office demonstrated that wider access to emergency contraception could save the state almost half a billion dollars in health care costs by decreasing the number of unintended pregnancies and abortions.

«$ 13 to $ 20 billion a year could be saved in health care costs by demedicalizing childbirth, developing midwifery, and encouraging breastfeeding.»

The implications for digital and intellectual property issues are particularly important, with chapters on e-commerce and telecommunications services, an extension of patent protections for pharmaceutical drugs could raise health care costs by millions of dollars, and protections for hundreds of geographical indications may restrict Canadian producers of common cheeses, wines, and meats.

A 2016 Rand Corporation study commissioned by the Pentagon found that allowing transgender people to serve would increase health care costs by $ 2.4 million a year, or a 0.04 to 0.13 percent increase in Defense Department spending.

He also pledged to lower health care costs by limiting doctors» and hospitals» exposure to malpractice claims.

According to the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, efficiency improvements of the kind that Tonic is offering should be able to cut $ 305 billion in health care costs by 2021.

' cents Controlling health care costs by helping «small businesses link together to provide health care to their employees.»

«I'd also have everybody kind of get focused on a similar mission and drive a culture to improve health care costs by lowering them, drive greater levels of effectiveness overall and making sure that we are driving a great deal of consumer satisfaction.»

Not exact matches

That brings me, at long last, to the second long document I read this week: the May 24 cost estimate by the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation of H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017.

Previous analyses of that effort suggested it would cost even more losses in health care coverage (to the tune of 32 million fewer insured by 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office) compared to the Senate's current bill and foster sharp premium spikes.

The pace of change driven by startups seems to be accelerating as companies devoted to essential needs — from reducing procurement costs and improving operational efficiency, to delivering more efficient primary care or dialysis care — try to do something about the sorry state of health care.

Cut the cost of health - care premiums by buying insurance online at HealthCare.gov to qualify for a tax credit worth thousands of dollars.

That estimate comes from the Economic Policy Institute's (EPI) 2015 Family Budget Calculator, which measures the annual cost of necessities for one adult to live a secure, yet modest, lifestyle by estimating the costs of housing, food, transportation, health care, other necessities, and taxes.

In some states, the cost of coverage is expected to rise by as much as 25 percent, according to a report from the health care researcher Kaiser Family Foundation.

These include poisonous methane emissions from cows that accelerate climate change and higher health care costs associated with unhealthy diets, which are ultimately paid for by society.

The Healthcare Reform Law, including The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and The Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, could have a material adverse effect on Humana's results of operations, including restricting revenue, enrollment and premium growth in certain products and market segments, restricting the company's ability to expand into new markets, increasing the company's medical and operating costs by, among other things, requiring a minimum benefit ratio on insured products, lowering the company's Medicare payment rates and increasing the company's expenses associated with a non-deductible health insurance industry fee and other assessments; the company's financial position, including the company's ability to maintain the value of its goodwill; and the company's cash flows.

Retirees are being transferred to new health care plans, with no increase in premiums for this year, at least; a document sent to retirees by the company says the pensioners will bear the cost of any increases in premiums going forward, and that the company has the right to change the plan at any time.

Intensive care costs about $ 10,000 for a typical stay and accounts for 4 percent of national health care expenditures, according to research cited by Chang's team.

A study by JPMorgan calculated median annual health - care costs for today's 65 - year - olds at $ 4,660, but they project annual increases of 6.2 percent to 7 percent as that group ages, so that by 2036, when those people are 85, their median annual health - care spending will reach roughly $ 18,000.

MHealth technologies could potentially lower the cost of treating chronic medical conditions by 35 percent, which accounts for the vast majority of health care spending.

With health care costs on the rise, companies are finding savings by creating their own medical clinics for employees.

According to the study — which analyzed health insurance data on gender transition - related expenditures — extending medical care to transgender service members would increase costs by $ 2.4 million to $ 8.4 million a year.

One report by PricewaterhouseCoopers estimated that in Europe, mHealth technologies could help trim up to 35 percent off the cost of treating chronic medical conditions, a large driver of health care spending.

The formal evaluation by HHS found that diabetes prevention programs «reduce health care costs and help prevent diabetes,» said Burwell.

According to the Health Care Cost Institute, about 43 % of all spending by individuals with employer - sponsored insurance in 2011 was shoppable, meaning that it was spent on medical services whose prices could be significantly lowered without compromising quality.

By the health law's rollout, which officially began in October 2013, her health care costs were $ 8,000 annually, for a Blue Cross Blue Shield plan that covered her husband and daughter.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government says its new regulations to phase out power plants fired by coal and natural gas will cost more than $ 2.2 billion, but potentially save the country billions more in reduced health care costs.

According to a new Bankrate survey out Monday, the Grand Canyon state is home to three of the country's best cities for retirees, ranked by metrics like cost of living, weather, crime rate, health care, taxes, walkability and the well - being of seniors living in the area.

And simply lowering that wholesale acquisition cost wouldn't assure that the savings would be passed on to consumers by insurers, drug benefit managers, and other players in the convoluted American health care industry.

Driving Down Health Care Costs (Panel Publishers, New York City, 1991, $ 89), a collection of 44 articles, is a simple way to tap into savvy strategies currently recommended by insurance and benefits practitioners to reduce insurance fraud, audit for cost savings, redesign retiree benefits, and more.

A recent Commonwealth Fund study co-authored by Collins looked at how much low - income people, who would otherwise be eligible for Medicaid if their state had expanded the program, would pay in premiums and out - of - pocket health costs if they enrolled in «silver» Obamacare plans and if they were «medium» users of health care.

In its new statement, Mylan again pointed to pointed to health insurance trends «driven by the implementation of the Affordable Care Act» as the reason patients «have faced higher costs for their medicine.»

Explains why the US health care system is run by insurance companies, plagued by high costs, and increasingly has problems with medical care quality

• United Claim Solutions, which is backed by Great Point Partners, acquired INETICO, a Tampa, Fla. - based provider of health care cost containment services.

Meanwhile, the patent term restoration provisions are likely to increase health care costs in Canada by delaying the availability of generic pharmaceuticals due to the extension in the term of protection for patented pharmaceuticals.

The ever - rising cost of corporate health care is expected to increase by 4.4 percent this year.

Lastly, the rankings factored health care costs based on three data points: (1) the average health insurance premium, sourced from KFF.org; (2) portion of health costs covered by Medicare, sourced from CMS.gov; and (3) state rankings on senior health outcomes from AmericasHealthRankings.org.

Cigna Corp. and Express Scripts Holding Co. announced Thursday a $ 67 billion purchase by the Bloomfield health insurer in a deal that could help control health care costs as consolidation picks up in the insurance and pharmacy benefits management...