5 tips for practices dealing with high-deductible health plans

A recent analysis by Inbox Health indicates that 50% of health care practices bill the highest dollar amount of their patients’ total annual accounts receivable in the first quarter of the year.

According to Blake Walker, CEO of Inbox Health: “This statistic clearly delineates the staggering payment responsibility placed on patients by the modern structure of high-deductible healthcare plans (HDHP). As Inbox Health data shows, both patients and practices feel the biggest impact in the first quarter of the year – what we like to refer to as deductible season. This places enormous stress not only on patients, but also on healthcare providers who are troubled by delayed or missed payments.”

Here are 5 tips on how practices can cope with this challenge: