Becker's Healthcare March 23, 2018
Megan Knowles

Private insurance claim lines for urgent care services grew 1,725 percent from 2007-16, a growth rate more than seven times the rate for emergency room claim lines (229 percent) in the same time period, according to FAIR Health.
For the report, FAIR Health gathered data from its database of over 25 billion privately billed healthcare claims.

“In a time when healthcare spending accounts for almost 18 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product, and the healthcare ecosystem is undergoing rapid evolution, we hope that these new tools will inform decision making by all healthcare stakeholders, including payers, providers, government officials, policy makers and others,” said FAIR Health President Robin Gelburd.

Here are six findings from the report.

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Topics: Insurance, Payer, Provider, RCM (Revenue Cycle Mgmt), Urgent care
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