Paytient Blog

Reference-based pricing can help employers attract the right talent, save time and money, and mitigate risk. Reference-based pricing can partially replace — or even bolster — a traditional network health plan. Let’s look at how this approach works and why it’s so valuable.

‘Seasonality’ affects healthcare spending annually, with people waiting until after they’ve met their deductibles to get the care they need. Unfortunately, there are consequences to that behavior. When people delay care due to financial concerns, their health outcomes can be worse.

With CMS taking the lead on reinstating the IPO list, insurance companies are under pressure to relax their site of service rules. The result is more procedures in hospital operating rooms for patients with Medicare and commercial insurance.

Medical debt is a significant problem in the U.S., where consumers carry an estimated $140 billion in medical debt. From consumers to employers to hospitals and health systems, this bad debt poses a litany of issues throughout society.

Narrow network health plans are an affordable — and increasingly popular — option for insurance. As the name would suggest, they limit coverage to a narrow network of physicians, specialists, and hospitals. Here’s what you need to know about them.

Struggling to keep healthcare costs manageable for your employees? Paytient can help. Read on to learn more about using Paytient with narrow and broad insurance networks.