Latest Trends in Healthcare Payments for Providers and Payers
The latest trends in the healthcare industry — the rise in consumerism, increase of costs and new regulatory mandates — are driving change in the healthcare payments process. As health insurance premiums continue to grow, employers are switching to lower cost, high-deductible plans, resulting in an overall decrease in payer payments and, consequently, an increase in patient payments. As a percentage of provider revenue, in 2009, payer payments represented 79% of the allowed amount, while patient payments represented 21%. In