Prices
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Health Affairs: Stop Blaming The Victim: The Case For Systemic Health System Transparency
Read more: Health Affairs: Stop Blaming The Victim: The Case For Systemic Health System TransparencyIn HCCI’s publication in Health Affairs Blog, we examine the case for systemic health system transparency and directing changes towards key stakeholders. From the article: “Health care costs strain the budgets of families, businesses, and governments, leaving less room for other spending and forcing painful tradeoffs. In 2017, the United States spent $3.5 trillion on health…
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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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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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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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U.S. News & World Report: The C-Section Capital of America
Read more: U.S. News & World Report: The C-Section Capital of AmericaResearch from HCCI’s Healthy Marketplace Index on variation in service prices was featured in a report on c-sections from U.S. News & World Report. From the article: “Exactly why doctors continue to perform cesareans for low-risk deliveries is a layered issue that appears more closely tied to system-level breakdowns than to individual physicians. For example, researchers have…
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NPR: A New Way Of Paying For Maternity Care Aims To Reduce C-Sections
Read more: NPR: A New Way Of Paying For Maternity Care Aims To Reduce C-SectionsHCCI data on the cost of childbirth was mentioned in a report by NPR. From the article: “C-sections also cost more than vaginal deliveries. In the Denver area, for instance, the average vaginal delivery costs $7,716 while the average C-section costs $14,274, according to 2019 data from the Health Care Cost Institute. On average, commercial and…
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CNBC: Eli Lilly Confirms Probe by New York’s Attorney General over Insulin Prices
Read more: CNBC: Eli Lilly Confirms Probe by New York’s Attorney General over Insulin PricesHCCI’s research on insulin prices was mentioned in a CNBC report. From the article: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates more than 30 million Americans have diabetes. The annual cost of insulin for people with Type 1 diabetes in the U.S. nearly doubled from 2012 to 2016 to $5,700 from $2,900, according to an analysis…
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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…