Wall Street Journal
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The Wall Street Journal: White House Applauds Bipartisan Congressional Deal to Curb Surprise Medical Bills
Read more: The Wall Street Journal: White House Applauds Bipartisan Congressional Deal to Curb Surprise Medical BillsHCCI’s work on out-of-network billing was cited in a Wall Street Journal article on a congressional deal to curb surprise billing. From the article: “In surprise bills, patients can be charged nondiscounted rates from out-of-network providers. An insurance plan may not cover that bill, or may pay part of the cost at a lower rate than…
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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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The Wall Street Journal: Health-Care Spending Soars in New York State
Read more: The Wall Street Journal: Health-Care Spending Soars in New York StateHCCI’s report with the New York State Health Foundation on health care spending in New York was recently featured in a Wall Street Journal article. From the article: “Health-care spending on New Yorkers who get insurance through work is higher and rising more sharply than the national average. The main reason, according to a new report,…
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The Wall Street Journal: The Hidden System That Explains How Your Doctor Makes Referrals
Read more: The Wall Street Journal: The Hidden System That Explains How Your Doctor Makes ReferralsBy: Anna Wilde Mathews and Melanie Evans More primary-care doctors work directly for hospitals, and they are being pushed to keep lucrative referrals in-house. Phoebe Putney Health System doesn’t want its doctors to send business to competitors. If they do, Phoebe makes sure their bosses know about it. Doctors working for the Albany, Ga.-based hospital…
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Wall Street Journal: Employer-Provided Health Insurance Approaches $20,000 a Year
Read more: Wall Street Journal: Employer-Provided Health Insurance Approaches $20,000 a YearHCCI’s 2016 Annual Report was cited in the WSJ: The HCCI findings are “pretty compelling,” said Paul Ginsburg, a professor at the University of Southern California. “Higher prices from providers is the most important element in rising premiums in the past few years.” Employer-Provided Health Insurance Approaches $20,000 a Year – WSJ The average cost…
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Wall Street Journal: Behind Your Rising Health-Care Bills: Secret Hospital Deals that Squelch Competition
Read more: Wall Street Journal: Behind Your Rising Health-Care Bills: Secret Hospital Deals that Squelch CompetitionHCCI data was featured in The Wall Street Journal showing that insurers pay higher prices for some services performed on an outpatient basis that could also be performed in doctors offices.
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The Wall Street Journal: Behind Your Rising Health-Care Bills: Secret Hospital Deals That Squelch Competition
Read more: The Wall Street Journal: Behind Your Rising Health-Care Bills: Secret Hospital Deals That Squelch Competition“Last year, Cigna Corp. and the New York hospital system Northwell Health discussed developing an insurance plan that would offer low-cost coverage by excluding some other health-care providers, according to people with knowledge of the matter. It never happened. The problem was a separate contract between Cigna and NewYork-Presbyterian, the powerful hospital operator that is…