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January 2022 HCCI Research Highlights
Read more: January 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: HCCI 2019 Healthy Marketplace Index Using nearly 4.2 billion commercial claims from 2015 to 2019, HCCI tracks drivers of health care…
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Consumer Reports: How Much Should It Cost to Get Tested for COVID-19?
Tags: COVID-19Read more: Consumer Reports: How Much Should It Cost to Get Tested for COVID-19?HCCI’s President and CEO Niall Brennan was featured in a Consumer Reports article on the price of coronavirus testing. From the article: “Outside analysts say that it is hard to name a standard fair price for a COVID-19 test when factoring in rent, staff, insurance, utilities, and other operational expenses. It is ‘difficult to answer…
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Modern Healthcare: Commercial prices for common hospital procedures often exceed cash prices
Tags: TransparencyRead more: Modern Healthcare: Commercial prices for common hospital procedures often exceed cash pricesHCCI’s research on hospital price transparency was cited in a Modern Healthcare article on cash prices for hospital procedures. From the article: “C-section prices across one large California health system’s hospital network ranged from $7,634 to $70,553, data from the Health Care Cost Institute shows.” Commercial prices for common hospital procedures often exceed cash prices…
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Modern Healthcare: Implants get ‘smart’ in orthopedics
Read more: Modern Healthcare: Implants get ‘smart’ in orthopedicsData from HCCI’s Guroo website was featured in a Modern Healthcare article about new kinds of knee replacement implants. From the article: “The cost of a total knee replacement varies, but the average cost in the U.S. is more than $37,000, according to an analysis of claims data from Guroo, a service of the Health Care…
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WLRN: ‘InHospitable’ documentary follows the rising cost of healthcare at hospitals after mergers
Tags: Market ConcentrationRead more: WLRN: ‘InHospitable’ documentary follows the rising cost of healthcare at hospitals after mergersHCCI’s research on market consolidation was mentioned in an interview with the director of a documentary about hospital mergers. From the article: “There’s this great website called the Health Care Cost Institute, and they have a great interactive tool where you can go and see how consolidated each health care region is all around the country.” Delray…
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USA TODAY: Woman waited in Atlanta ER for seven hours and wasn’t seen. She was later charged $700.
Tags: Emergency RoomRead more: USA TODAY: Woman waited in Atlanta ER for seven hours and wasn’t seen. She was later charged $700.HCCI’s research into ER “facility fees” was featured in a USA TODAY article about fees for visiting an emergency room. From the article: “In 2019, the nonprofit Health Care Cost Institute found that the average emergency room visit cost $1,389, up 176% over the decade. This number only includes the cost of entry for emergency…
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NPR: The Bill For His COVID Test In Texas Was A Whopping $54,000
Read more: NPR: The Bill For His COVID Test In Texas Was A Whopping $54,000HCCI’s President and CEO Niall Brennan was quoted in an NPR report on a shockingly high bill for a COVID-19 test. From the article: ‘ “People are going to charge what they think they can get away with,” says Niall Brennan, president and CEO of the Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit that studies health care prices….
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Crain’s New York Business: Hospitals call for clarity as feds mull higher fines for flouting price-transparency rules
Tags: TransparencyRead more: Crain’s New York Business: Hospitals call for clarity as feds mull higher fines for flouting price-transparency rulesHCCI research Kevin Kennedy was quoted in a Crain’s New York Business story on hospital price transparency rules. From the article: “It was pretty clear that the $300 a day wasn’t going to be that much of an incentive for hospitals to comply when you’re talking about multi-million- or -billion-dollar businesses,” said Kevin Kennedy, a researcher…
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USA Today: Fact check: False claim that COVID-19 vaccine isn’t effective because you’re not charged for it
Read more: USA Today: Fact check: False claim that COVID-19 vaccine isn’t effective because you’re not charged for itHCCI’s research on insulin prices was featured in a USA Today article on COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. From the article: “Insulin prices nearly doubled in the U.S from 2012 to 2016, a 2019 report by the nonprofit Health Care Cost Institute found.” Fact check: False claim links COVID-19 vaccine’s price, effectiveness Even though almost all COVID-19…
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News Nation USA: Effort to Decipher Hospital Prices Yields Key Finding: Don’t Try It at Home
Tags: TransparencyRead more: News Nation USA: Effort to Decipher Hospital Prices Yields Key Finding: Don’t Try It at HomeHCCI’s created a list of most common outpatient procedures used in an article on the difficulty of using hospital price transparency data. Effort to Decipher Hospital Prices Yields Key Finding: Don’t Try It at Home – News Nation USA A federal price transparency rule that took effect this year was supposed to give patients, employers…