Starting January 5, 2026, Novo Nordisk begins selling its FDA-approved Wegovy weight-loss pill in the US at lower self-pay ...

Self-paying patients can order the Wegovy pill at $149 per month as they work up to the two highest doses, which are available at $299 per month, according to a Jan. 5 news release from Novo Nordisk, ...

When patients can’t pay, your accounts receivables (AR) days go up, cash flow slows down, bad debt mounts and revenue shortfalls are almost inevitable. The impact of self-pay is one more burden for ...

Learn how to offset challenging self-pay patient account issues by improving collection and communication at all three stages of patient contact: pre-service, point-of-service, and post-service. Read ...

Self-pay ED costs grow significantly from 2021 to 2023, with higher increases at for-profit hospitals and in areas with ...

For years, healthcare providers have witnessed explosive growth in the number of patients who are self-paying or on high-deductible health plans (HDHP). Even for those who have commercial insurance, ...

PICKERINGTON, Ohio — For years, Sharon Kitchen and her husband, Mike, went to the same pharmacy just 2 miles from their house in this suburb of Columbus. But last June, their pharmacist, Nate Hux, ...

The proportion of self-pay patients began increasing for emergency department, hospital and primary care visits in April, when states could start terminating Medicaid coverage for patients who no ...

Historically providers have been mixed on “cash-pay” or “self-pay” patients, with the benefits of treating them — ability to set prices, bill directly, shorter revenue cycle — sometimes offset by ...

Organizations of all sizes are struggling with skyrocketing healthcare costs, burdened in part by employers shifting to consumer-directed health plans (CDHP), which include higher medical deductibles ...

Self-employed workers need to pay Social Security taxes. But those workers also have access to several deductions. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

Kim Porter began her career as a writer and an editor focusing on personal finance in 2010. Since then, her work has been published everywhere from Forbes Advisor to U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, ...