HCCI’s data users and staff use our multi-payer, longitudinal commercial claims dataset to study some of the most pressing issues in the U.S. health care system.
Here we highlight some recent research using HCCI data:
The Prices That Commercial Health Insurers and Medicare Pay for Hospitals’ and Physicians’ Services | Congressional Budget Office
New CBO research using HCCI data: CBO examined potential reasons that the prices paid by commercial health insurers for hospitals’ and physicians’ services are higher, rise more quickly, and vary more by area than the prices paid by the Medicare fee-for-service program.
Drug coupons: A hidden driver of rising pharmaceutical costs | BenefitsPRO
New National Bureau of Economic Research paper using HCCI data: While drug coupons defray consumers’ out-of-pocket costs at the point of purchase they increase overall prices by driving consumers to more expensive drugs.
Association of Physician Management Companies and Private Equity Investment With Commercial Health Care Prices Paid to Anesthesia Practitioners | Anesthesiology | JAMA Internal Medicine | JAMA Network
New JAMA Internal Medicine paper: What is the association between outpatient facilities that contract with physician management companies (PMCs) and prices paid to anesthesia practitioners
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2789280
Do Higher-Priced Hospitals Deliver Higher-Quality Care? | NBER
New National Bureau of Economic Research paper using HCCI data, analyzing whether receiving care from higher-priced hospitals leads to lower mortality.