4 ways employers can reduce high-cost health care claims

Dr. Rupesh Nigam — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 12:38:39 +0000

High-cost claims are the ones that involve more advanced -- and therefore more expensive -- medical treatment and lengthy hospital stays. A study by the American Health Policy Institute noted that they average $122,000 per patient, per year. Spending f...

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What’s the No. 1 factor determining hospital inpatient care cost? Hint: It’s not the color of hospital staff’s scrubs

Dr. Rupesh Nigam — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 13:03:22 +0000

At most hospitals there’s a key person who manages a patient’s transition from the primary care physician, through hospital care, discharge, and back to the primary care or outpatient specialist and home care – the hospitalist.

Hospitalist role in a p...

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4 ways employers can reduce high-cost health care claims

What’s the No. 1 factor determining hospital inpatient care cost? Hint: It’s not the color of hospital staff’s scrubs