| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare
| For some consumers, loyalty outweighs price | | Thursday, August 10, 2017 5:00 PM | |
| | Although 72% of Americans in a poll said price shopping for healthcare is important, only 13% had inquired about their expected spending before receiving care and just 3% had compared costs across providers before receiving care. |
| Hospital volumes laid low by high-deductible health plans | | Thursday, August 10, 2017 3:00 PM | |
| | Patients avoiding elective surgeries and other procedures because of skyrocketing out-of-pocket costs were cited by hospital chains as a primary cause of softening hospital volumes in the second quarter. |
| This made-in-Chicago health app soon may go national | | Thursday, August 10, 2017 2:00 PM | |
| | For the patients who have used the patient wellness app, it has lowered annual disease-related hospital costs by 64% and lowered the overall cost of care by 25%. "And the patients are happier," the creator said. |
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