Patrick Haig retweeted
I want to hire Goodbill's Last Engineering Hire. The person whose sole responsibility is to build the Goodbill software factory: the infrastructure that will ultimately build the Goodbill product.
Who lives on the fringes of AI that I should be talking to?
Patrick Haig retweeted
How much will an ER visit for a urinary tract infection cost you? Roughly $2K, but some hospitals may charge you 10-20 times more, according to Goodbill's price analysis. How much does your hospital charge? goodbill.com/er-visit-cost-u…
*listens* ...yep, yep that's exactly what we're doing.
Hospitals act like what we're doing for patients is a bad thing. Kicking or screaming, welcome to a more transparent world.
If we want to talk about things that erode patient confidence and trust in our healthcare system, prices and billing is the place to start.
Is a hospital really charging $26,667 for a bag of saltwater?
We uncovered some outlandish prices while researching the price of saline solution at hospitals across the country. goodbill.com/hospital-price-…
Patrick Haig retweeted
how the hell do you tell the story of a wolf attacking a boy during an at bat calmly, colorfully and without missing a pitch? Vin Scully was an absolute artist
Patrick Haig retweeted
Too many people like Natalie get hit with expensive #hospitalbills that aren't transparent.
Imagine having to buy a car without knowing how much it'll cost you. Can you think of any other industry besides #healthcare that still works this way?
Patrick Haig retweeted
Explained some of the mechanics of the perverse incentives below; costs are passed down to patients and there isn’t downward pressure on hospital prices bc they’re often a district’s largest employer, antagonizing them would be politically unpopular. ft.com/content/bdd8d490-bf92…
Consumers deserve a better healthcare system experience than getting this type of bill.
Daryl Procunier spent 8 hours in the ER/ICU. Was discharged with a clean bill of health. And now he owes $28,000. This story took an unexpected detour along the way....
wbtv.com/2022/04/21/patient-…
!!!!!!!! HUGE
On Jul 1, 2022:
1. Paid medical debt will disappear from credit reports.
2. You get ONE YEAR after being sent to collections before medical debt hits your credit reports.
3. At least for H1 2023, medical debt <$500 won't show up at all.
businesswire.com/news/home/2…
Might be a dumb way of looking at it, but I'm always amazed at market size per lobbying dollar ratios. This one? $6,065 for every $1 spent lobbying ($4.1T mkt size).
Fun party fact courtesy of @healthcareandy (cc @OpenSecretsDC) and his latest edition of healthcarepizza.substack.com…
Patrick Haig retweeted
"1 in 10 Adults Owe Medical Debt, With Millions Owing More Than $10,000" according to @KFF's Gary Claxton @cynthiaccox @emmawage @KrutikaAmin @matthew_t_rae and Jared Ortaliza
healthsystemtracker.org/brie…
Patrick Haig retweeted
Check out @goodbill goodbill.com/covid, super convenient app to help submit Covid test reimbursements to your insurance company instead of...faxing ☠️. Great #UX and incredibly attentive team (thx @prhaig)
Patrick Haig retweeted
lots of other cool jobs you can find on the board from @SmithRx_PBM @CapableHealth @goodbill etc
if you're a company that wants to get in front of the out-of-pocket audience - you can add a job here (featured posts go in the newsletter, twitter, etc.)
pallet.xyz/list/out-of-pocke…
I just got off a call with a patient staring down the barrel of 2 hospital bills totaling over $20,000. She lived in Europe for 20 years before moving to the US a couple years ago. Shaking her head, she said, "I don't understand how Americans are just okay with this."
We're not.
‘The darkest, most bottomless pit in healthcare’: Goodbill raises $3.4M to tackle medical billing geekwire.com/2022/the-darkes…
Patrick Haig retweeted
So excited to share this news; great friends, amazing founders, essential problem @aviel @iseff @prhaig @jstoffer @anarghya503 founderscoop.com/2022/welcom…
Patrick Haig retweeted
Health spending in 2020: 📈
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GDP in 2020: 📉
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Health spending as a % of GDP in 2020: 🆙🆙🆙🚀🚀🚀
healthsystemtracker.org/char…
@JaredOrtaliza @cynthiaccox @KrutikaAmin
Yea, this is exactly why we built goodbill.com/covid. We don't own printers/fax machines.
Buy direct if you can. If you can't/you didn't, use @goodbill. It's free and you don't need to print, fax, scan, or mail anything — we handle it using software (as it should be).
NEW: How do you get reimbursed for your home COVID tests? Well, it depends.
We reviewed policies for the 13 largest insurers and found a variety of processes, from mail or fax to online or direct coverage.
kff.org/policy-watch/how-are…
@LindseyH_Dawson @KrutikaAmin @jenkatesdc
