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S1 Ep173: The patient access blind spot, with Mindy Fortson of Experian Health
Nearly half of the health care organizations in Experian Health's 2026 State of Patient Access Survey say patient access improved over the past year. Among patients, fewer than one in five agree. Medical Economics Managing Editor Todd Shryock sat down with Mindy Fortson, chief operating officer of Experian Health, to work out what's behind that split, why 73% of respondents on the practice side say patients delay or forfeit care when they can't get a cost estimate up front, and how much of the prior authorization burden a practice can realistically fix on its own. Fortson also gets into the…
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