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August 5, 2019
For generations, the prices hospitals charge patients with private insurance have been shrouded in secrecy.
July 26, 2019
The Ohio Senate is trying to tackle rising medical costs with provisions in the chamber’s version of the state’s budget that would ban surprise medical bills and require hospitals and health care providers to be more transparent in their pricing.
June 4, 2019
The Tennessee General Assembly passed a Right to Shop bill intended to help consumers find out the true cost of the medical services they receive.
July 27, 2017
Price transparency tools abound but are not widely used.
June 1, 2017
Published by the American Journal of Managed Care
September 12, 2016
In January 2017, a law will take effect requiring health care providers to provide patients with written estimates of charges, the portion insurers will pay, and the patient's portion, in most cases.
September 28, 2016
A report card published by organizations favoring state-mandated all-payer claims databases gives most states an "F" for price transparency in health care.
May 18, 2017
Free-market experts debate whether the bill would be a win for patients.
November 14, 2016
In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines drug price controls and price transparency.
July 1, 2016
The report card ranks 43 states as failing to produce adequate price information for health care.
February 22, 2017
In this Research & Commentary, Matthew Glans examines health care price transparency and how it promotes competition and helps ensure product quality.
January 16, 2015
Recent public and private initiatives have sought to lower health care costs by making health care prices more transparent.
April 1, 2014
As patients face increased exposure to healthcare costs, they have an urgent need for meaningful and transparent price information.
April 5, 2013
Here's a story that illustrates how the lack of price transparency can drive health care costs higher for us all.Let me briefly share with you a rather amazing personal experience of overcharging by a Harvard-affiliated hospital here in the Boston area.
March 11, 2016
Access to transparent health care prices remains elusive for most U.S. health care consumers, who are often insulated from price considerations by the standard third-party payment systems commonly used for medical billing.
March 2, 2016
A price transparency bill being proposed in Florida could shed light on health care costs in the state and better equip consumers to compare prices. Florida state Sen.
May 1, 2016
The Missouri Senate has approved a bill that would require the state to publicize health care costs. The state’s House of Representatives is currently considering the legislation. On February 18, Senate Bill 608, sponsored by state Sen.
August 1, 2004
The Boston Globe published a laudatory write-up on June 8 about a new essay in the June issue of Harvard Business Review, by Michael Porter of the Harvard Business School and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg of the University of Virginia.
July 8, 2015
In this year’s Report Card the researchers reviewed whether states had passed laws or regulations requiring health care price information be made public.
June 30, 2015
Section 51620.80 requires medical providers to provide patients written estimates showing insurance discounts.
November 1, 2007
Texas passed legislation in June that will require health care providers to give consumers statewide greater access to price information for medical services and billing procedures.
March 1, 2008
Patients could know the price of more medical procedures before receiving treatment if a bipartisan bill on health care transparency makes it through the Wisconsin Legislature.
Analysts say the bill will help consumers, boost quality, and lower prices.
February 4, 2020
In the midst of a national health-care debate over surprise billing, Medicare-for-All, the public option, and drug price transparency, a new front has been opened on Capitol Hill: expansion of health savings accounts (HSAs).
May 17, 2019
Following Arizona’s lead, Georgia, Texas, and Washington State are considering bans or mandated arbitration and price transparency in response to consumer complaints about surprise medical bills from out-of-network providers.
April 26, 2019
Following Arizona’s lead, Georgia, Texas, and Washington State are considering bans or mandated arbitration and price transparency in response to consumer complaints about surprise medical bills from out-of-network providers.
December 12, 2018
As a plan to bring price transparency to health care services in Florida moves forward, two major insurance companies are expressing concerns about possible violations of privacy and trade secrets.
April 10, 2017
Alaska Considers Requiring Health Care Providers to Post Prices Online
June 11, 2018
In this Policy Brief, Charlie Katebi argues taxpayer spending on health care for Pennsylvania state employees has skyrocketed as a result of wasteful incentives and a lack of price transparency in the state’s health care system.
November 28, 2016
Transparency of health care prices is a necessity for patients to choose the best value for their medical care, experts say.
July 8, 2015
Only five states adequately make health care prices available to the public, says a new report about health care price transparency.
May 28, 2013
Consumer Power Report #375We all know the stories about what price transparency can do within the health care marketplace. It’s amazing how, unlike any other industry, the simple act of posting prices online is worthy of a news story.
January 9, 2020
Many Americans enjoy a little recognized tax benefit: employer health insurance. The benefit costs billions of dollars and discriminates against those who don't carry employer insurance.
June 28, 2019
America’s $450 billion-a-year drug industry is about to get a new wrinkle as a rule finalized in May by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requires all pharmaceutical companies to include the list prices of their drugs and biological p
December 9, 2019
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new rules that could make it easier for physicians to provide and coordinate patient care, particularly for those in value-based payment models which base reimbursement on outcomes.
October 24, 2018
The New Mexico Department of Health has launched a health care transparency website intended to spur competition between hospitals to help reduce costs and improve quality of care.
May 18, 2020
As America recovers from the COVID-19 shelter-in-place mandates, California cannot rid itself from the continuing and state-prescribed high costs of energy that other states are not shackled with.
January 7, 2020
Editor’s note: Each month, Health Care News will be profiling a national and state-based public policy organization working to advance freedom in the health care market so that consumers and providers can all be winners.
January 3, 2020
Hospitals across the United States are wasting money through poor supply chain management, with the total amount increasing by nearly 12 percent over the most recent year to $25.7 billion, a study by the consulting firm Navigant found.
June 13, 2019
Widespread anger among patients over surprise medical bills has triggered bipartisan legislation in several states and in Congress, and now the Trump White House is pushing its own plan to address this sticky problem facing the $3.5 billion U.S. health-ca
May 17, 2019
Physicians are increasingly leaving private practices to join hospital networks, states a new report from the Physicians Advocacy Institute.
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