Will Carroll, Pharm.D., of Sutter Health says future pharmacy leaders need business, finance and AI skills, and health systems need real sponsorship.
|Podcasts|July 16, 2021
Compassionate Billing is Combatting Traditional Healthcare and Putting the Patient First Again, Per Florian Otto of Cedar
Author(s)Briana Contreras
In this week's episode, Associate Editor, Briana Contreras spoke with Dr. Florian Otto, co-founder and CEO for Cedar, a complete healthcare financial engagement platform. Dr. Otto discussed the topic of compassionate billing and how this particular payment model is becoming triumphant over traditional healthcare payment models where patients are experiencing an increase in insurance deductibles and out-of-pocket medical expenses.
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