Emergency Room
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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 Billing
Read 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…
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USA Today: ‘Really astonishing’: Average cost of hospital ER visit surges 176% in a decade, report says
Read more: USA Today: ‘Really astonishing’: Average cost of hospital ER visit surges 176% in a decade, report saysHCCI research presented at this year’s AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting on emergency room spending was recently featured in a story in USA today. From the article: “Hospital emergency rooms are more likely to charge pricier levels of care than a decade ago, generating bigger bills that consumers increasingly must pay with their own money, according…
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HCCI will be presenting at AcademyHealth’s 2019 Annual Research Meeting
Read more: HCCI will be presenting at AcademyHealth’s 2019 Annual Research MeetingThe Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI) is proud to present five posters at the AcademyHealth 2019 Annual Research Meeting in Washington, D.C. These posters, which cover HCCI research on a wide variety of topics, focus on health care spending and utilization trends among the commercially insured population. If you are attending the conference, please check…
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New York Post: Man Shows Shocking Health Care Cost of His Attempted Suicide
Read more: New York Post: Man Shows Shocking Health Care Cost of His Attempted SuicideHCCI’s research on ER facility prices was cited by the New York Post in a recent article. From the article: “While Jordan’s case is extreme, the typical tab for an emergency room visit is still hard to fathom. The average visit costs $1,917, according to the Health Care Cost Institute, which looked at data from 2016. A…
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HCCI Research Used in Support of Congressional Inquiries
Read more: HCCI Research Used in Support of Congressional InquiriesHCCI’s recent report on rising insulin prices was cited in support of congressional inquiries into drug pricing. This included a letter from U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) to executives at Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi requesting information on insulin pricing. Additionally, HCCI’s research on emergency care was cited in a letter from U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy…
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Vox: Prices at Zuckerberg Hospital’s Emergency Room are Higher Than Anywhere Else in San Francisco
Read more: Vox: Prices at Zuckerberg Hospital’s Emergency Room are Higher Than Anywhere Else in San FranciscoHCCI’s claims data was recently used to support investigations by Sarah Kliff into emergency room pricing in San Francisco. From Vox: “Data from the non-profit Health Care Cost Institute shows that the average price at other San Francisco-area emergency rooms is $2,000 — less than half the city hospital’s price. “A privately insured patient does not…
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ER facility prices grew in tandem with faster-growing charges from 2009-2016
Read more: ER facility prices grew in tandem with faster-growing charges from 2009-2016HCCI often reports the prices of health care services, defined as the average amount a provider is paid for a given service based on negotiations with health care insurers. These prices typically represent a portion of charges, which are the amounts health care providers bill for the procedures they perform. The charge amount is often…
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POLITICO: Insurers spark blowback by reducing emergency room coverage
Read more: POLITICO: Insurers spark blowback by reducing emergency room coverageHCCI’s emergency room analysis has been highlighted by Politico! “Emergency room spending essentially doubled between 2009 and 2016, even though the number of patients treated remained flat, according to an analysis of insurer claims data recently published by the Health Care Cost Institute. The growth is being driven entirely by the most expensive claims. Costs…
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Health Leaders: ER Spending Rise Driven by high-severity cases
Read more: Health Leaders: ER Spending Rise Driven by high-severity casesBy: John Commins A review of emergency department claims for employer-sponsored plans from 2009 through 2016 found that the average prices for higher severity billing codes rose faster than lower severity codes. Emergency department spending per employer-sponsored plan enrollee increased 99% from 2009 to 2016, even as overall ED use for that cohort flat-lined, the…
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Becker’s Hospital Review: Rising ER prices, more high severity cases spurred greater healthcare spending – 7 takeaways
Tags: Emergency RoomRead more: Becker’s Hospital Review: Rising ER prices, more high severity cases spurred greater healthcare spending – 7 takeawaysBy: Kelly Gooch Among the commercially insured, national emergency room use remained unchanged from 2009 to 2016, but ER price hikes and greater use of high-severity codes resulted in more ER spending, according to updated data from the Health Care Cost Institute. The data on ER spending, price and utilization reflects five facility fee current procedural…