Administered Drugs
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HCCI Research Finds The Lower Costs, More Transparency Act Targets Substantial Portion of Administered Drug Spending
Read more: HCCI Research Finds The Lower Costs, More Transparency Act Targets Substantial Portion of Administered Drug SpendingThe Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378) currently before Congress aims to increase price transparency in health care and address the high cost of prescription drugs. One of the provisions of the bill would change the way Medicare pays for physician administered drugs. Currently, Medicare pays a higher price for drugs that are administered…
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The New York Times: Most Coronavirus Tests Cost About $100. Why Did One Cost $2,315?
Tags: Administered Drugs, Commercially Insured, Drug Spending, Inpatient Spending, Outpatient Spending, Prices, The New York TimesRead more: The New York Times: Most Coronavirus Tests Cost About $100. Why Did One Cost $2,315?HCCI’s research with iFHP on international comparisons of health care prices was cited in an article in The New York Times on COVID-19 test prices. From the article: “How can a simple coronavirus test cost $100 in one lab and 2,200 percent more in another? It comes back to a fundamental fact about the American…
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The New York Times: In the U.S., an Angioplasty Costs $32,000. Elsewhere? Maybe $6,400.
Tags: Administered Drugs, Commercially Insured, Drug Spending, Inpatient Spending, Outpatient Spending, Prices, The New York TimesRead more: The New York Times: In the U.S., an Angioplasty Costs $32,000. Elsewhere? Maybe $6,400.HCCI’s work with iFHP on international comparisons of health care prices was featured in a New York Times article. In the U.S., an Angioplasty Costs $32,000. Elsewhere? Maybe $6,400. – The New York Times Enter some description here… https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/upshot/expensive-health-care-world-comparison.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Vox: A CT scan costs $1,100 in the US — and $140 in Holland
Tags: Administered Drugs, Commercially Insured, Drug Spending, Inpatient Spending, Outpatient Spending, Prices, VoxRead more: Vox: A CT scan costs $1,100 in the US — and $140 in HollandHCCI’s work with iFHP on international comparisons of health care price was featured in a Vox article. America’s health care costs problem, explained in 4 charts – Vox America’s health care prices problem, in four charts. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/17/21024614/us-health-care-costs-medical-prices
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International comparisons of health care prices from the 2017 iFHP survey
Tags: Administered Drugs, Commercially Insured, Drug Spending, Inpatient Spending, Outpatient Spending, PricesRead more: International comparisons of health care prices from the 2017 iFHP surveyThe International Federation of Health Plans (iFHP), a CEO network of the global health insurance industry based in London, in partnership with the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) in the United States, and iFHP member companies in eight countries, today published the latest International Comparison of Health Prices Report. The report compares the median prices…
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NPR: $2,733 To Treat Iron-Poor Blood? Iron Infusions For Anemia Under Scrutiny
Read more: NPR: $2,733 To Treat Iron-Poor Blood? Iron Infusions For Anemia Under ScrutinyHCCI recently provided cost information for iron infusions for an NPR article. From the article: “An analysis of private insurance claims conducted by the Health Care Cost Institute, an independent research group funded by insurers, found that in 2017, private health plans paid $4,316 per visit, on average, if a patient received Injectafer infusions. Feraheme, the…