{"id":1,"date":"2018-12-26T08:18:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T08:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.10.16.34:8180\/accomplish_live\/?p=1"},"modified":"2019-09-09T23:54:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T23:54:18","slug":"providers-arent-preparing-patients-for-out-of-pocket-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oncorehcm.com\/staging\/providers-arent-preparing-patients-for-out-of-pocket-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Providers Aren&#8217;t Preparing Patients for Out of Pocket Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1\" class=\"elementor elementor-1\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cd59cb0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cd59cb0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d6a39cc\" data-id=\"7d6a39cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f526e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f526e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"article-description\">How much responsibility do providers have for the dramatic uptick in surprise bills over the last few years?<\/h4>\n<p>The lack of cost transparency has long been an issue in health care, but it has been exacerbated in recent years by an increase in \u201cnarrow network\u201d health plans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Medical providers aren\u2019t doing nearly enough to help patients prepare for the cost of their treatments. In fact, a new survey suggests that providers rarely provide information about costs to patients, which helps explain the dramatic uptick in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitspro.com\/sites\/benefitspro\/2019\/08\/15\/surprise-medical-bills-are-becoming-more-common-and-expensive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0surprise bills\u00a0<\/a>over the last few years.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da29d0 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"7da29d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitspro.com\/2019\/08\/22\/providers-arent-preparing-patients-for-out-of-pocket-costs\/?slreturn=20190809172032\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-copyright\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Originally Published on BenefitsPro.com<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">By: Jack Craver<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-dot-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Published on:  August 22, 2019 at 10:14 AM<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05a44cd elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"05a44cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitspro.com\/2019\/08\/22\/providers-arent-preparing-patients-for-out-of-pocket-costs\/?slreturn=20190809172032\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-lg\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">READ ORIGINAL ARTICLE<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How much responsibility do providers have for the dramatic uptick in surprise bills over the last few years? The lack of cost transparency has long been an issue in health care, but it has been exacerbated in recent years by &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oncorehcm.com\/staging\/providers-arent-preparing-patients-for-out-of-pocket-costs\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29,28],"tags":[32,31,30],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oncorehcm.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oncorehcm.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oncorehcm.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oncorehcm.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oncorehcm.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.oncorehcm.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2157,"href":"http:\/\/www.oncorehcm.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/2157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oncorehcm.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oncorehcm.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oncorehcm.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oncorehcm.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}