Transparency
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HCCI Research Finds The Lower Costs, More Transparency Act Targets Substantial Portion of Administered Drug Spending
Read more: HCCI Research Finds The Lower Costs, More Transparency Act Targets Substantial Portion of Administered Drug SpendingThe Lower Costs, More Transparency Act (H.R. 5378) currently before Congress aims to increase price transparency in health care and address the high cost of prescription drugs. One of the provisions of the bill would change the way Medicare pays for physician administered drugs. Currently, Medicare pays a higher price for drugs that are administered…
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Modern Healthcare: Commercial prices for common hospital procedures often exceed cash prices
Tags: TransparencyRead more: Modern Healthcare: Commercial prices for common hospital procedures often exceed cash pricesHCCI’s research on hospital price transparency was cited in a Modern Healthcare article on cash prices for hospital procedures. From the article: “C-section prices across one large California health system’s hospital network ranged from $7,634 to $70,553, data from the Health Care Cost Institute shows.” Commercial prices for common hospital procedures often exceed cash prices…
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Crain’s New York Business: Hospitals call for clarity as feds mull higher fines for flouting price-transparency rules
Tags: TransparencyRead more: Crain’s New York Business: Hospitals call for clarity as feds mull higher fines for flouting price-transparency rulesHCCI research Kevin Kennedy was quoted in a Crain’s New York Business story on hospital price transparency rules. From the article: “It was pretty clear that the $300 a day wasn’t going to be that much of an incentive for hospitals to comply when you’re talking about multi-million- or -billion-dollar businesses,” said Kevin Kennedy, a researcher…
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News Nation USA: Effort to Decipher Hospital Prices Yields Key Finding: Don’t Try It at Home
Tags: TransparencyRead more: News Nation USA: Effort to Decipher Hospital Prices Yields Key Finding: Don’t Try It at HomeHCCI’s created a list of most common outpatient procedures used in an article on the difficulty of using hospital price transparency data. Effort to Decipher Hospital Prices Yields Key Finding: Don’t Try It at Home – News Nation USA A federal price transparency rule that took effect this year was supposed to give patients, employers…
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Our American States Podcast: Price Transparency in Health Care
Tags: TransparencyRead more: Our American States Podcast: Price Transparency in Health CareHCCI’s President and CEO Niall Brennan was featured in an episode of a podcast produced by the National Conference of State Legislatures. From the podcast description: “The guest on the podcast is an expert in the area of health data and analytics. Niall Brennan is the president and CEO of the Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit…
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Real Clear Health: Real Healthcare Prices Remain Elusive
Tags: TransparencyRead more: Real Clear Health: Real Healthcare Prices Remain ElusiveHCCI’s research into recent HHS hospital price transparency regulations was featured in Real Clear Health. From the article: “Our findings demonstrating widespread noncompliance align with those in recent studies published by Health Affairs, The Health Care Cost Institute, and the Kaiser Family Foundation.” Real Healthcare Prices Remain Elusive | RealClearHealth A slew of recent healthcare studies…
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Daily Deaths During Coronavirus Pandemic by State
Read more: Daily Deaths During Coronavirus Pandemic by StateThe staggering death toll of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the United States has been widely reported, surpassing 523,000 as of March 8, 2021. Over the course of the current pandemic a common method for measuring the probable number of deaths caused by COVID-19 has been comparing actual deaths in 2020 to the expected number…
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Wall Street Journal: How Much Does a C-Section Cost? At One Hospital, Anywhere From $6,241 to $60,584.
Tags: TransparencyRead more: Wall Street Journal: How Much Does a C-Section Cost? At One Hospital, Anywhere From $6,241 to $60,584.HCCI’s President and CEO Niall Brennan was featured in a Wall Street Journal Article on hospital price transparency disclosures at Sutter Health. From the article: “‘It is shining a light on the insanity of U.S. healthcare pricing,’ said Niall Brennan, chief executive of the Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit that analyzes medical costs. ‘It’s at…
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Modern Healthcare: A Peek Behind the Curtain on Hospital Prices
Read more: Modern Healthcare: A Peek Behind the Curtain on Hospital PricesHCCI’s research on the prices private insurers pay versus Medicare was featured in Modern Healthcare on the recent CMS price transparency rule. From the article: “That bright light illuminates hospitals’ most lucrative revenue streams. Private insurers pay an estimated 51 percent to 200 percent more than the federal Medicare program, according to a recent Health Care Cost…
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Modern Healthcare: Hospitals Slow to Disclose Their Payer-Negotiated Rates
Read more: Modern Healthcare: Hospitals Slow to Disclose Their Payer-Negotiated RatesHCCI’s President and CEO Niall Brennan was featured in a Modern Healthcare article on hospital compliance with CMS’s price transparency rule. From the article: ” ‘Hospitals have opposed this from the get-go. I don’t think they should be facing implementation challenges,’ Health Care Cost Institute CEO Niall Brennan said. ‘These are large, multimillion, and, in…