Commercially Insured
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Air Ambulances – 10 Year Trends in Costs and Use
Tags: 10 Year Trend, Ambulance, Charges, Commercially Insured, Emergency Room, Outpatient Spending, Prices, Utilization
Read more: Air Ambulances – 10 Year Trends in Costs and UseAir ambulances are either fixed wing (airplane) or rotary wing (helicopter) aircraft used to transport people in often time-sensitive medical situations. Air ambulances have become a frequent topic in the news due to their high cost and propensity to lead to surprise bills. Our analysis shows that although air ambulances are not frequently used and…
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Boston Globe: Senate leaders to offer antidote for high drug costs
Read more: Boston Globe: Senate leaders to offer antidote for high drug costsHCCI’s work on insulin pricing was cited in a Boston Globe article. From the article: “Following similar efforts in Colorado and Minnesota, the Senate bill also targets the costs of insulin, a commonly used drug that has become increasingly unaffordable for many patients. On average, the price of all types of insulin roughly doubled between…
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Comparing Average Rates for Select Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, and Radiology Services by Local Areas
Tags: Commercially Insured, Emergency Room, Geographic Variation, Medicare, Out-of-Network, Physician Spending
Read more: Comparing Average Rates for Select Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, and Radiology Services by Local AreasWhen a person unknowingly receives health care services from a provider that is outside of their insurer’s network, it gives rise to the potential for a “surprise bill”. Congress continues to consider legislation aimed at reducing the financial burden of “surprise bills” for patients. The approach approved by committees in both the House and Senate…
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NPR and Kaiser Health News: A Woman’s Grief Led To A Mental Health Crisis And A $21,634 Hospital Bill
Read more: NPR and Kaiser Health News: A Woman’s Grief Led To A Mental Health Crisis And A $21,634 Hospital BillHCCI data was cited in an NPR/KHN Bill of the Month story. From the article: “Hospitals generally charge uninsured people much more than they charge people who have insurance. A 2017 report from the Health Care Cost Institute showed that the average negotiated price of an acute mental health admission was $9,293 for a commercially…
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Antidepressant Use Increased for Individuals with a Mood Disorder with Employer-Sponsored Insurance
Read more: Antidepressant Use Increased for Individuals with a Mood Disorder with Employer-Sponsored InsuranceDepression is a common mood disorder that affects how people feel, think, and conduct daily activities. Approximately 17 million adults (1 in 14) had at least one major depressive episode in 2017. Surveys have found that antidepressant prescribing has increased over the past two decades. For example, a 2017 National Center for Health Statistics survey found that,…
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The Wall Street Journal: Cost of Employer-Provided Health Coverage Passes $20,000 a Year
Read more: The Wall Street Journal: Cost of Employer-Provided Health Coverage Passes $20,000 a YearHCCI’s 2017 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report was cited in a Wall Street Journal article on the cost of employer-sponsored insurance. From the article: “A major driver of the cost of coverage has been the rising prices that insurers and employers pay for health care, said Niall Brennan, chief executive of the Health Care Cost Institute,…
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Out-of-Pocket Spending on Insulin is Highest at the Beginning of the Year
Tags: Commercially Insured, Consumer-Directed Health Plans, Diabetes, Drug Spending, Geographic Variation, Insulin
Read more: Out-of-Pocket Spending on Insulin is Highest at the Beginning of the YearPeople who get health insurance through their jobs pay more than twice as much for insulin at the beginning of the year than they do at the end of the year, on average. New analysis of HCCI data shows that, nationally, in January 2017, average out-of-pocket spending on insulin was $105. This spending declined every…
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State Variation in Opioid Prescribing over 10 Years
Read more: State Variation in Opioid Prescribing over 10 YearsChanges in opioid utilization correlated with state-level policy changes aimed at decreasing opioid prescription rates. Previous research by HCCI illustrated that national opioid utilization in pills per person fell 27% between the years of 2008 and 2017, driven by declines in the use of hydrocodone (Vicodin). In addition to giving insight into prescription opioid utilization…
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Health Care Spending in New York Growing Faster Than Rest of U.S.
Tags: Commercially Insured, Drug Spending, Geographic Variation, Inpatient Spending, New York, Outpatient Spending, Physician Spending, Prices, Spending, Utilization
Read more: Health Care Spending in New York Growing Faster Than Rest of U.S.Spending per person in employer-sponsored plans reaches all-time high of $6,335 Health care spending for the average New Yorker with employer-sponsored health insurance is increasing faster in New York State than the rest of the country, according to a new analysis released today by the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) and the Health Care…
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Comparing Commercial and Medicare Rates for Select Anesthesia, Emergency Room, and Radiology Services by State
Tags: Commercially Insured, Emergency Room, Medicare, Physician Spending, Prices, Spending, Surprise BillingRead more: Comparing Commercial and Medicare Rates for Select Anesthesia, Emergency Room, and Radiology Services by StateCommittees in both the House and Senate have advanced legislation that includes measures to address “surprise bills.” A surprise bill results when a person unknowingly receives medical care from a provider that is not part of their insurer’s network. Both pieces of legislation set a benchmark for out-of-network payments. Those benchmarks are determined based on…