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HCCI Announces End of Data Sharing Agreement with United Healthcare
Read more: HCCI Announces End of Data Sharing Agreement with United HealthcareHCCI will continue to analyze spending trends; Researchers will have HCCI data access until the end of 2022 The Health Care Cost Institute and United Healthcare are sunsetting their data collaboration relationship agreement, that has provided United’s deidentified insurance claims data for analyses of U.S. healthcare spending, utilization, and market performance. HCCI continues to receive…
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HCCI Insulin Report Receives Extensive Media Coverage
Tags: CBS, Chronic Conditions, CNN, Diabetes, Drug Spending, HCCI News, Insulin, NBC, Prices, The New York TimesRead more: HCCI Insulin Report Receives Extensive Media CoverageHCCI’s recent report on trends in rising insulin prices received additional media coverage in the last week in outlets including NBC, CBS, CNN, The New York Times, The Hill, U.S. News & World Report, and USA Today. From CNN: “Congress and the Trump administration continue to push for a drug pricing plan and were given more…
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Reuters: U.S. Insulin Costs Per Patient Nearly Doubled From 2012 to 2016: Study
Read more: Reuters: U.S. Insulin Costs Per Patient Nearly Doubled From 2012 to 2016: StudyHCCI’s latest research on rising insulin prices was recently featured in Reuters. HCCI’s report detailed both use and price trends of insulin used by those with type 1 diabetes from 2012 to 2016. Per Reuters article: “A person with type 1 diabetes incurred annual insulin costs of $5,705, on average, in 2016. The average cost was…
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Vox: Prices at Zuckerberg Hospital’s Emergency Room are Higher Than Anywhere Else in San Francisco
Read more: Vox: Prices at Zuckerberg Hospital’s Emergency Room are Higher Than Anywhere Else in San FranciscoHCCI’s claims data was recently used to support investigations by Sarah Kliff into emergency room pricing in San Francisco. From Vox: “Data from the non-profit Health Care Cost Institute shows that the average price at other San Francisco-area emergency rooms is $2,000 — less than half the city hospital’s price. “A privately insured patient does not…
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The Wall Street Journal: The Hidden System That Explains How Your Doctor Makes Referrals
Read more: The Wall Street Journal: The Hidden System That Explains How Your Doctor Makes ReferralsBy: Anna Wilde Mathews and Melanie Evans More primary-care doctors work directly for hospitals, and they are being pushed to keep lucrative referrals in-house. Phoebe Putney Health System doesn’t want its doctors to send business to competitors. If they do, Phoebe makes sure their bosses know about it. Doctors working for the Albany, Ga.-based hospital…
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Vox: The Medicare-for-all paradox
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Read more: Vox: The Medicare-for-all paradoxPassing single-payer means disrupting health insurance for 160 million people who get coverage through their jobs HCCI Data was featured in Vox showing the annual growth in per capita health care spending. By: Dylan Scott Jessica Salfia knew the pay wasn’t going to be great when she became a teacher in Martinsburg, West Virginia, but…
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Health Care Cost Institute Welcomes Two New Board Members
Tags: HCCI NewsRead more: Health Care Cost Institute Welcomes Two New Board MembersAppointees add leading-edge expertise in health economics and health care strategy entrepreneurship The Health Care Cost Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of two new board members, Amy Finkelstein and Marshall Votta, to further accelerate HCCI’s vision and priorities as it enters 2019. “We are thrilled to welcome Amy and Marshall, who are true…
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Announcing RWJF’s Health Data for Action Call for Proposals and Informational Webinar
Read more: Announcing RWJF’s Health Data for Action Call for Proposals and Informational WebinarHCCI is participating in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s signature research program, Health Data for Action, which makes highly valued health datasets available for innovative research projects. Recently, RWJF announced its Call for Proposals and a Nov. 9th webinar to hear from staff at the Foundation, AcademyHealth, and the data experts to learn more about…
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HCCI Wins National Infographic Contest at 33rd Annual NAHDO Conference
Read more: HCCI Wins National Infographic Contest at 33rd Annual NAHDO ConferenceOn Thursday October 11th, at the National Association of Health Data Organizations Annual Conference in Park City Utah, HCCI was announced the winner of NAHDO’s nationwide yearly infographic competition. The infographic below is a sneak peak at what is to come when the full HMI report is released later this month.
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Wall Street Journal: Employer-Provided Health Insurance Approaches $20,000 a Year
Read more: Wall Street Journal: Employer-Provided Health Insurance Approaches $20,000 a YearHCCI’s 2016 Annual Report was cited in the WSJ: The HCCI findings are “pretty compelling,” said Paul Ginsburg, a professor at the University of Southern California. “Higher prices from providers is the most important element in rising premiums in the past few years.” Employer-Provided Health Insurance Approaches $20,000 a Year – WSJ The average cost…