Ever wonder what dental services consumers search for? FAIR Health offers an analysis
Prophylaxis. Root canal. Periodic evaluation, or porcelain/ceramic crowns. While these are basically part of a second language to dental professionals, consumers want to know more about what procedures are available to them, and how much these services are going to cost them.
Compiling that information in one central location is FAIR Health, a data company that serves the health-care system through data tools and education. That's a fancy way of saying they keep track of what consumers are searching for regarding their oral and systemic health, and are sharing their insightful findings with health-care professionals to guide them in their marketing and promotions.
Robin Gelburd, president of FAIR Health, said, “Understanding the medical and dental services for which consumers are most in need of price information offers an important perspective on how patients are using the health-care system and how they are spending their health-care dollars,. As one of the earliest providers of health-care pricing data for consumers, we hope the data we released offer insights that can help stakeholders more accurately predict and respond to shifts in health-care service delivery and reimbursement.”
The cost estimates that FAIR Health offers consumers are based on the organization’s proprietary claims database of more than 17 billion billed medical and dental procedures. The top searched services represent those that were the most searched on FAIR Health’s consumer website, FH Consumer Cost Lookup, between January and June of 2013 and 2014. In addition to the Consumer Cost Lookup, the FAIR Health website offers a series of educational articles, videos and a glossary of insurance terms to help consumers understand the healthcare insurance reimbursement system.
Without further ado, here is the recently released list that will help you gain just a bit more insight into the mind of the consumer.
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