CBO
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CBO: The Prices That Commercial Health Insurers and Medicare Pay for Hospitals’ and Physicians’ Services
Read more: CBO: The Prices That Commercial Health Insurers and Medicare Pay for Hospitals’ and Physicians’ ServicesAbstract: CBO examined potential reasons that the prices paid by commercial health insurers for hospitals’ and physicians’ services are higher, rise more quickly, and vary more by area than the prices paid by the Medicare fee-for-service program.
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Congressional Budget Office Working Paper Series: An Analysis of Private-Sector Prices for Hospital Admissions
Tags: CBO, Commercially Insured, Geographic Variation, Inpatient Spending, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Outpatient Spending
Read more: Congressional Budget Office Working Paper Series: An Analysis of Private-Sector Prices for Hospital AdmissionsABSTRACT: Prices for hospital admissions have received considerable attention in recent years, both because they are an important component of health care spending and because they can vary widely. In this paper, we use 2013 claims data from three large insurers to examine the hospital payment rates of those insurers in their commercial plans and…