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Healthcare

Tough Times Impact Healthcare

Posted by Kevin Endres - Mar 17, 2009

Tough economic times have a negative impact in many industries and health care is not immune. As a manager of two area phyical therapy clinics, I see the impact in the increasing number of patients who are unable to complete their recommended number of treatments, because they can’t afford the copays.

The trend of employer provider health coverages to higher deductible and higher copays has been increasing for a number of years. With the economic downturn, the impact of the higher employee costs are being seen much more frequently. Where in the past we may have had an average of one patient per month decline continued treatment because of costs, we now see one or two patients a week choosing to cut therapy short. Not knowable are the increasing number of folks who are foregoing physical therapy treatment completely, because of high deductibles and $40 copays.

To read more on this topic visit upnorthlive.com

This post was written by Three West Associate Christopher Bosio.

 

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