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Kaiser Health News: Few Places Have More Medical Debt Than Dallas-Fort Worth, but Hospitals There Are Thriving
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Read more: Kaiser Health News: Few Places Have More Medical Debt Than Dallas-Fort Worth, but Hospitals There Are ThrivingHCCI’s Healthy Marketplace Index was cited in a KHN article on medical debt in Dallas-Fort Worth. From the article: “Dallas-Fort Worth has the highest medical prices in Texas, according to the Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit that tracks costs nationwide. And in a state where most markets have relatively low medical prices, in-patient care…
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September 2022 HCCI Research Highlights
Tags: JAMARead more: September 2022 HCCI Research HighlightsHCCI’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: New Study Shows Patients Paying More Out-of-Pocket Costs for Cancer Care | American Cancer Society A new, large study led…
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Kaiser Health News: Court Ruling May Spur Competitive Health Plans to Bring Back Copays for Preventive Services
Tags: Preventive ServicesRead more: Kaiser Health News: Court Ruling May Spur Competitive Health Plans to Bring Back Copays for Preventive ServicesHCCI’s research on ESI spending on preventive services was featured in an article in Kaiser Health News. From the article: “Spending on ACA-mandated preventive services is relatively small but not insignificant. It is 2% to 3.5% of total annual expenditures by private employer health plans, or about $100 to $200 per person, according to the…
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Axios: Mental health hospital admissions have increased among youths
Read more: Axios: Mental health hospital admissions have increased among youthsAxios reported on HCCI’s report on the rise in youth inpatient hospital admissions for mental health. From the article: “Nearly a third of non-newborn pediatric hospital admissions from 2016 to 2020 were linked to mental health needs, according to a new report from the Health Care Cost Institute.” Kids and teens were hospitalized for mental…
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Health Affairs: What Is Driving Health Care Spending Upward In States With Cost Growth Targets?
Read more: Health Affairs: What Is Driving Health Care Spending Upward In States With Cost Growth Targets?HCCI’s 2019 HCCUR was featured in a Health Affairs article on increases in health care spending. From the article: “Price increases in most years have been highest in the commercial market. While there is some variation across states, a national analysis of commercial claim data by the Health Care Cost Institute found that from 2015…
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Center for American Progress: Employer- and Worker-Led Efforts To Lower Health Insurance Costs
Read more: Center for American Progress: Employer- and Worker-Led Efforts To Lower Health Insurance CostsHCCI’s 2019 HCCUR was featured in a Center for American Progress report on employer- and worker-led efforts to lower health insurance costs. From the article: “Rising health care prices—not utilization—is the primary driver of the rising cost of commercial insurance.” Employer- and Worker-Led Efforts To Lower Health Insurance Costs – Center for American Progress Individual…
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Healthcare Dive: California to manufacture its own insulin, Newsom says
Tags: InsulinRead more: Healthcare Dive: California to manufacture its own insulin, Newsom saysHCCI’s research on insulin prices was featured in a Healthcare Dive brief on California’s plan to manufacture its own insulin. From the article: “The Health Care Cost Institute found nearly 9% of patients with private insurance paid an average of $403 per month for their insulin in 2019.” California to manufacture its own insulin, Newsom…
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ARM and ASHEcon 2022 Recap: HCCI Staff Research
Read more: ARM and ASHEcon 2022 Recap: HCCI Staff ResearchWe’ll admit it: we have missed in-person conferences! In June, HCCI staff attended AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting (ARM) and ASHEcon. In addition to connecting with other health services researchers, staff presented original research using HCCI’s commercial claims dataset. Here’s a sampling of HCCI staff presentations: ASHEcon: Real World Consequences of the Qualifying Payment Amount in the No Surprises Act Presentation…
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July 2022 HCCI Research Highlights
Read more: July 2022 HCCI Research HighlightsHCCI’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: Where to start? A two stage residual inclusion approach to estimating influence of the initial provider on health care utilization…
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HuffPost: Having A Baby Will Cost You. Here’s Exactly How Much My Daughter’s Birth Cost Me.
Read more: HuffPost: Having A Baby Will Cost You. Here’s Exactly How Much My Daughter’s Birth Cost Me.HCCI’s research and data on out-of-pocket childbirth spending was featured in HuffPost. From the article: ” The Health Care Cost Institute, an independent nonprofit, analyzed data from more than a third of the population with employer-sponsored insurance to dig into the out-of-pocket costs of childbirth.” Having A Baby Will Cost You. Here’s Exactly How Much My Daughter’s Birth…