The amount of in-network care patients received across different specialties and settings jumped significantly as surprise billing protections took effect, according to a FAIR Health analysis shared first with Axios.
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In-network care increased across all professional specialties in facility settings from the first quarter of 2019 to the third quarter of 2023 nationally and in all regions. From the fourth quarter of 2021 to the first quarter of 2022, a relatively sharp increase nationally and in all regions occurred across all specialties at the time the No Surprises Act (NSA) went into effect. These and other findings are reported in a recently released FAIR Health white paper: In-Network and Out-of-Network Utilization and Pricing: A Study of Private Healthcare Claims.
In 2023, users of FAIR Health’s free, award-winning consumer website, fairhealthconsumer.org, sought guidance on how to minimize their healthcare costs, obtain coverage for alternative medicine and request in-network coverage for certain out-of-network services. Other insights into search habits and user demographics in 2023 can be found in FAIR Health’s annual infographic on consumer website analytics.
Recently, the national, independent nonprofit FAIR Health, with generous support from The John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF), launched Healthy Decisions for Healthy Aging, a national campaign to promote and disseminate FAIR Health’s groundbreaking healthcare educational tools and resources for older adults and their caregivers on FAIRHealthOlderAdults.org.
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With generous support from The John A. Hartford Foundation (JAHF), FAIR Health has launched Healthy Decisions for Healthy Aging. This is a national campaign to spread the news about FAIRHealthOlderAdults.org. This website has healthcare educational tools and resources for older adults and their caregivers. The campaign uses messaging and visuals to empower older adults and their caregivers to make educated healthcare decisions.
An adult day program is a type of long-term care program you go to during the day. Some programs provide needed health services or personal care, like bathing or dressing. Others mostly provide fun and social things to do. Program costs vary, but most aren’t covered by health insurance. This article will tell you some ways to manage costs for adult day programs.
Eating disorders are a group of mental health conditions that have to do with eating behaviors. A new FAIR Health report found that from 2018 to 2022, eating disorder claim lines rose by 65 percent. Also, almost three-quarters of patients with eating disorders had some other kind of mental health condition as well.