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Exploring the different healthcare professions and the training required to qualify for these positions.

BHM Healthcare Solutions was pleased to contribute an article entitled “Understanding the Financial Ramifications” in this months edition of Executive Insight Magazine.  The article which

We are about 3 months into the infamous sequestration. How is this affecting the elderly, the disabled, those with terminal diseases such as cancer, and those that are in lower income brackets? Was there any thought given to how these cuts would affect “the people”?

The misuse of prescription drugs in America is on the rise. For a country with just 5% of the world’s population, we consume our share of medications and then some – three-quarters of the world’s prescription drugs! And in 2010, enough prescription painkillers were prescribed to medicate every single American adult every 4 hours for an entire month.

Hospitals and providers across the country are gearing up for implementation of the then tenth revision the International Classification of Diseases, or ICD-10 codes.  ICD-10

Telehealth is rapidly increasing in popularity. The major challenge is the varying methods of reimbursement, if they exist at all.

Telehealth is becoming more prevalent and almost a staple in administering healthcare. Great strides are being made to increase reimbursement payments and provide consistency among payers (Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance). As such, there has been an evolution in reimbursement, but we have a long way to go.

What will you pay for individual health insurance as of 2014? What factors will contribute to your individual premium?