Prices
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The Economist: Will Transparent Pricing Make America’s Health Care Cheaper
Read more: The Economist: Will Transparent Pricing Make America’s Health Care CheaperHCCI’s Healthy Marketplace Index research on prices for specific services was recently featured in an article in the Economist Will transparent pricing make America’s health care cheaper? – Never a bargain https://www.economist.com/united-states/2019/06/29/will-transparent-pricing-make-americas-health-care-cheaper
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The New York Times: They Want It to Be Secret: How a Common Blood Test Can Cost $11 or Almost $1,000
Read more: The New York Times: They Want It to Be Secret: How a Common Blood Test Can Cost $11 or Almost $1,000HCCI’s recent research on variation of prices of specific services was recently featured in an article in The Upshot by The New York Times. From the article: “It’s one of the most common tests in medicine, and it is performed millions of times a year around the country. Should a metabolic blood panel test cost $11 or…
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Past the Price Index: Exploring Actual Prices Paid for Specific Services by Metro Area
Read more: Past the Price Index: Exploring Actual Prices Paid for Specific Services by Metro AreaAs policymakers, employers, and patients increasingly struggle with rising health care costs, there is a lack of clarity around the actual price of health care services and why those prices are so different. Recent efforts have focused on greater price transparency as a way to impact growing prices. A range of proposals from both Congress…
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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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The New York Times: Express Scripts Offers Diabetes Patients a $25 Cap for Monthly Insulin
Read more: The New York Times: Express Scripts Offers Diabetes Patients a $25 Cap for Monthly InsulinHCCI’s research on rising insulin list prices was recently cited by The New York Times in its reporting on Express Scripts’ new plan to offer a $25 cap for month insulin. From the article: “Consumers whose drug benefits are managed by Express Scripts could see their out-of-pocket costs for insulin limited to $25 a month…
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Shifting Care from Office to Outpatient Settings: Services are Increasingly Performed in Outpatient Settings with Higher Prices
Read more: Shifting Care from Office to Outpatient Settings: Services are Increasingly Performed in Outpatient Settings with Higher PricesWhere people receive health care matters, especially in terms of costs. The same services may have a much higher price tag when performed in one setting rather than another, but this price difference is rarely publicized to patients. To understand what settings people used and how prices differed, we looked at the utilization and average…
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2017 Annual Health Care Cost and Utilization Report Webinar
Tags: Drug Spending, HCCUR, Inpatient Spending, Outpatient Spending, Physician Spending, Prices, UtilizationRead more: 2017 Annual Health Care Cost and Utilization Report WebinarHCCI recently held a webinar to discuss the 2017 Annual Health Care Cost and Utilization Report.
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2017 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report
Tags: Drug Spending, HCCUR, Inpatient Spending, Out-of-Pocket, Outpatient Spending, Physician Spending, Prices, Utilization
Read more: 2017 Health Care Cost and Utilization ReportThe 2017 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report shows that spending per privately insured person grew by 4.2 percent, the second year in a row of spending growth over four percent. Price increases were the primary driver. The report covers the period 2013 through 2017 and includes claims data from four national insurance companies: Aetna, Humana, Kaiser Permanente, and…
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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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Health Affairs: Hospital Prices Grew Substantially Faster Than Physician Prices For Hospital-Based Care In 2007–14
Read more: Health Affairs: Hospital Prices Grew Substantially Faster Than Physician Prices For Hospital-Based Care In 2007–14Abstract: Evidence suggests that growth in providers’ prices drives growth in health care spending on the privately insured. However, existing work has not systematically differentiated between the growth rate of hospital prices and that of physician prices. We analyzed growth in both types of prices for inpatient and hospital-based outpatient services using actual negotiated prices…