Fort Lauderdale, FL, Sept. 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- MediXall Group Inc., (OTCQB: MDXL), a technology and innovation-driven organization structured to bring effective change to the U.S. Healthcare Industry, is pleased to announce today that the company has launched MediXall.com to uninsured and high-deductible consumers throughout the state of Florida. This first full-featured platform launch will focus on Radiology Full Diagnostics, which includes MRI, CT, PET, X-rays, ultrasound, mammogram scans and more. MediXall.com will subsequently be rolling out an extended list of in-demand medical and dental specialties in the near future.
Radiology diagnostic imaging centers became the initial specialty for the full launch because MediXall’s research indicated this sector of the healthcare industry suffers the most serious pricing discrepancies, thus, acutely in need of a pricing transparency intervention. In Florida, prices for MRIs, PET scans, CT scans, X-Rays and other diagnostic imaging services can vary widely, within a town, or county—without necessarily any real difference in the quality of outcomes as well. For example, MRI costs can range from $400 to over $3000 for the same service within South Florida. In addition, increasing numbers of patients go without insurance entirely, thinking their healthcare needs would not justify the expense of an insurance premium. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, over 48% of this state’s population between the age of 18 to 64 in 2017 was reported to be uninsured, or struggling with a high deductible insurance policy, leaving patients paying cash for medical imaging services that they cannot evaluate or comparison-shop, due to lack of available information.
The Company’s initial Diagnostic Imaging focus was exponentially accelerated by a partnership with CoreChoice, Inc., the nation’s leading specialty network for diagnostic radiology, neurodiagnostic testing, and interventional pain management, which exists to increase consumer access to high-quality and low-cost services for the self-pay and underinsured market across the country. With over 22,000 radiology providers and facilities in the CoreChoice network, the partnership will create one of the nation’s largest networks of affordable, high quality providers – offering consumers an unprecedented opportunity to compare radiology service providers across the country based on a best all-in cash price, location/distance, ratings, & availability, and select the best value according to personal preferences.
With this launch, the Company is also adding the MediXall.com Referral Program as a tool for physicians to share the cost and location information. By launching MediXall.com and the associated Referral program, the platform will now provide a one-stop-shop for patients and referring physicians to search, compare, and book most diagnostic/imaging services. Through this innovative toolkit, healthcare providers can decrease patients’ out-of-pocket expenses, streamline referrals, and improve the patient-physician relationship by facilitating a transparent conversation about cost and value.
“We learned many things over the last few months with the controlled launch of MediXall.com that allowed us to perfect the way the platform serves our customers. Taking the time to do this extra step allowed the development team to focus on optimizing the interface and functionality to improve the healthcare shopping experience for our users,” said MediXall President Michael Swartz. “With these improvements, I believe consumers will find MediXall.com extremely simple to use, since it now works much like booking a hotel or flight through Priceline or a similar online booking site, providing consumers with user-reviews, transparent pricing, and comparative shopping.”
About MediXall.com
Medixall.com is a new generation healthcare marketplace platform designed to address the growing need of self-pay and high deductible consumers for greater transparency and price competition in their healthcare costs. With MediXall, consumers now have the option to search for doctors or dentists and book appointments based on cost, distance, ratings, and availability at the click of a button. By delivering a solution that better connects consumers with high-quality healthcare providers and wellness services, MediXall.com enables healthcare providers to engage consumers with a level of price transparency and digital convenience that they have come to expect in every other aspect of their lives. In this era of rapidly increasing deductibles and healthcare costs, the cloud-based platform is designed to be transformational and disruptive to traditional methods of medical care and provisioning of medical services to the consumer. For more information, please visit www.medixallgroup.com or call (954) 440-4678.
About MediXall Group, Inc.
MediXall Group is a technology and innovation-driven organization purposefully designed and structured to bring effective change to the U.S. healthcare industry that is actively trading on the OTCQB under the symbol “MDXL.” The Company believes its revolutionary approach will help drive much-needed change that it envisions is needed in the current healthcare system. The mission of the MediXall Group is to revolutionize the medical industry by improving communication; providing better technology and support services; and enabling more efficient, cost-effective healthcare for the consumer. By approaching the healthcare ecosystem as a whole, MediXall creates, invests and incubates companies that embody its mission statement.
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