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USA Today: Walmart launching its own low-cost insulin to ‘revolutionize’ affordability for diabetics
Tags: Insulin
Read more: USA Today: Walmart launching its own low-cost insulin to ‘revolutionize’ affordability for diabeticsHCCI’s research on insulin prices was featured in USA Today. From the article: “The lower-cost insulin is being released by Walmart in response to surging costs for the treatment used for patients with diabetes. According to the Health Care Cost Institute, a non-profit organization which sheds light on health care spending, the average price for…
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CNBC: Walmart unveils low-price insulin as more patients with diabetes struggle to pay for drug
Tags: InsulinRead more: CNBC: Walmart unveils low-price insulin as more patients with diabetes struggle to pay for drugHCCI’s research on the price of insulin was featured in CNBC. From the article: “As the number of people with diabetes climbs, the cost of the 100-year-old drug has soared rather than fallen and drawn scrutiny from lawmakers. The annual cost of insulin for people with Type 1 diabetes in the U.S. nearly doubled from…
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Winners of COVID-19 Research Accelerator Grants Announced
Read more: Winners of COVID-19 Research Accelerator Grants AnnouncedSAN FRANCISCO and WASHINGTON, June 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, the COVID-19 Research Consortium, the Health Care Cost Institute, and Datavant announced 15 winners of the first Research Accelerator grants, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant program’s mission is to ensure that researchers have the resources they need to leverage…
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Our American States Podcast: Price Transparency in Health Care
Tags: TransparencyRead more: Our American States Podcast: Price Transparency in Health CareHCCI’s President and CEO Niall Brennan was featured in an episode of a podcast produced by the National Conference of State Legislatures. From the podcast description: “The guest on the podcast is an expert in the area of health data and analytics. Niall Brennan is the president and CEO of the Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit…
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Real Clear Health: Real Healthcare Prices Remain Elusive
Tags: TransparencyRead more: Real Clear Health: Real Healthcare Prices Remain ElusiveHCCI’s research into recent HHS hospital price transparency regulations was featured in Real Clear Health. From the article: “Our findings demonstrating widespread noncompliance align with those in recent studies published by Health Affairs, The Health Care Cost Institute, and the Kaiser Family Foundation.” Real Healthcare Prices Remain Elusive | RealClearHealth A slew of recent healthcare studies…
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Washington Monthly: The Hospital Industry’s No Good, Very Bad Day
Read more: Washington Monthly: The Hospital Industry’s No Good, Very Bad DayHCCI’s Healthy Marketplace Index report was cited in Washington Monthly’s article on congressional hearings related to hospital consolidation. From the article: “While the legislation Klobuchar and others are championing may well slow the pace of future merger activity, it won’t do much to unwind the already deep and damaging level of concentration in the health…
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Modern Healthcare: Meet the new dominant player in one hot healthcare market
Read more: Modern Healthcare: Meet the new dominant player in one hot healthcare marketHCCI’s HMI Concentration Index was cited in Modern Healthcare’s article on Atlanta’s health care market. From the article: “The Health Care Cost Institute ranked Atlanta as one of the most competitive markets in the country, coming in as the 108th least concentrated out of 124 U.S. markets.” Piedmont Healthcare grabs market share in back-to-back hospital…
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COVID Research Accelerator Launched: 1M dollars for research teams leveraging the COVID-19 Research Database
Read more: COVID Research Accelerator Launched: 1M dollars for research teams leveraging the COVID-19 Research DatabaseThe COVID-19 Research Database Consortium announces new funding opportunity for research teams leveraging Real World Data available to inform medical interventions and targeted mitigation policies. [San Francisco, California] May 4, 2021 – Datavant, the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), and the COVID-19 Research Database Consortium announced the launch of a grant program today, in collaboration…
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Reader’s Digest: A Blood Test in This State Will Run You 25 Times More Than in Other States
Tags: PricesRead more: Reader’s Digest: A Blood Test in This State Will Run You 25 Times More Than in Other StatesHCCI’s 2019 Past the Price Index report was featured in Reader’s Digest. From the article: “‘Generally, Texas had some of the highest blood test median prices in the country, with 5 of the 12 highest prices studied,’ the HCCI authors wrote. For instance, a blood test in Beaumont costs 25 times more than a blood test in…
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GAO Press Release: GAO Makes Appointments to the State All Payer Claims Databases Advisory Committee
Read more: GAO Press Release: GAO Makes Appointments to the State All Payer Claims Databases Advisory CommitteeHCCI’s President and CEO Niall Brennan was chosen to participate in the Government Accountability Office’s State All Payer Claims Databases Advisory Committee. In this role, he will help to craft recommendations to the Secretary of Labor on the standardized format and associated guidance for the voluntary reporting by group health plans to State All Payer Claims Databases. From…