HCCI’s research on comparing commercial and Medicare professional service prices was featured in the newsletter of the Association of Health Care Journalists.
From the article:
“In Comparing Commercial and Medicare Professional Service Prices, HCCI researchers compared what health insurers paid to physicians and other providers with what Medicare pays for those services. This report should not be overlooked for at least three reasons.”
Report shows wide variation in what insurers pay providers versus what Medicare would have paid | Association of Health Care Journalists
During the coronavirus pandemic, any number of good news stories seem to get little or no coverage because most health care journalists are busy covering COVID-19. One such case in point was a report earlier this month from the Health Care Cost Institute.