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Health Affairs: Private Equity and Powerful Physician Groups Raise Another Distraction
Read more: Health Affairs: Private Equity and Powerful Physician Groups Raise Another DistractionHCCI data on market concentration was mentioned in a Health Affairs blog post. From the article: “Before we even get into the merits and effects of Congress’ fix for surprise billing, it’s worth noting that the status quo is bad for networks. Most markets—particularly in urban areas—are highly concentrated, giving providers such as hospitals and…
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Health Affairs: Stop Blaming The Victim: The Case For Systemic Health System Transparency
Read more: Health Affairs: Stop Blaming The Victim: The Case For Systemic Health System TransparencyIn HCCI’s publication in Health Affairs Blog, we examine the case for systemic health system transparency and directing changes towards key stakeholders. From the article: “Health care costs strain the budgets of families, businesses, and governments, leaving less room for other spending and forcing painful tradeoffs. In 2017, the United States spent $3.5 trillion on health…
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HCCI and Blue Health Intelligence® Announce Major New Data Sharing Partnership
Read more: HCCI and Blue Health Intelligence® Announce Major New Data Sharing PartnershipAddition of Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies’ data will expand nation’s leading resource for understanding health care cost trends. CHICAGO (November 12, 2019) – The Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) and Blue Health Intelligence® (BHI®) announced today a multi-year data partnership, significantly expanding HCCI’s data resources and bolstering its ability to provide research insights…
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Boston Globe: Senate leaders to offer antidote for high drug costs
Read more: Boston Globe: Senate leaders to offer antidote for high drug costsHCCI’s work on insulin pricing was cited in a Boston Globe article. From the article: “Following similar efforts in Colorado and Minnesota, the Senate bill also targets the costs of insulin, a commonly used drug that has become increasingly unaffordable for many patients. On average, the price of all types of insulin roughly doubled between…
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NPR and Kaiser Health News: A Woman’s Grief Led To A Mental Health Crisis And A $21,634 Hospital Bill
Read more: NPR and Kaiser Health News: A Woman’s Grief Led To A Mental Health Crisis And A $21,634 Hospital BillHCCI data was cited in an NPR/KHN Bill of the Month story. From the article: “Hospitals generally charge uninsured people much more than they charge people who have insurance. A 2017 report from the Health Care Cost Institute showed that the average negotiated price of an acute mental health admission was $9,293 for a commercially…
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The New York Times: High Medical Bills Are at Center of Hospital Group’s Trial
Read more: The New York Times: High Medical Bills Are at Center of Hospital Group’s TrialHCCI research on market concentration was mentioned in a New York Times article. From the article: “Sutter is hardly the only mega-system in the country. Nearly three-quarters of metropolitan areas were considered highly concentrated hospital markets in 2016, according to a recent analysis by the Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit group.” High Medical Bills Are…
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The Wall Street Journal: Cost of Employer-Provided Health Coverage Passes $20,000 a Year
Read more: The Wall Street Journal: Cost of Employer-Provided Health Coverage Passes $20,000 a YearHCCI’s 2017 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report was cited in a Wall Street Journal article on the cost of employer-sponsored insurance. From the article: “A major driver of the cost of coverage has been the rising prices that insurers and employers pay for health care, said Niall Brennan, chief executive of the Health Care Cost Institute,…
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U.S. News & World Report: The C-Section Capital of America
Read more: U.S. News & World Report: The C-Section Capital of AmericaResearch from HCCI’s Healthy Marketplace Index on variation in service prices was featured in a report on c-sections from U.S. News & World Report. From the article: “Exactly why doctors continue to perform cesareans for low-risk deliveries is a layered issue that appears more closely tied to system-level breakdowns than to individual physicians. For example, researchers have…
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HCCI Provides Comments for CMS’s Proposed Outpatient Prospective Payment System Rule
Read more: HCCI Provides Comments for CMS’s Proposed Outpatient Prospective Payment System RuleOn August 9, 2019, CMS released a rule for calendar year 2020 revisions to the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (CMS-1717-P).Our comments specifically refer to Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 180 on Price Transparency of Hospital Standard Charges. Feedback will be used to guide discussions on improving price transparency in…
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NPR: A New Way Of Paying For Maternity Care Aims To Reduce C-Sections
Read more: NPR: A New Way Of Paying For Maternity Care Aims To Reduce C-SectionsHCCI data on the cost of childbirth was mentioned in a report by NPR. From the article: “C-sections also cost more than vaginal deliveries. In the Denver area, for instance, the average vaginal delivery costs $7,716 while the average C-section costs $14,274, according to 2019 data from the Health Care Cost Institute. On average, commercial and…