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Academic Articles & Reports Round-up: October 2015
Elizabeth Nicholson, Research Fellow November 2, 2015
We hope everyone had a Happy Halloween! October provided a high volume of articles focused on an array of topics related to healthcare price and competition, so bear with us! One JAMA article, in particular, provided an umbrella view of the October healthcare literature. The article, entitled Insurers Again at Odds With Hospitals and Physicians, provides a historical analysis of the tension between health insurers and physicians/hospitals/pharmaceutical companies from the perspective of Harvard Economics Professor David M. Cutler, PhD. Dr. Cutler argues that what’s at the heart of the United States’ […]
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Issue Brief: 2015 Price Transparency Initiative State Survey: Price Disclosures
Elizabeth Nicholson, Research Fellow October 21, 2015
OVERVIEW State legislatures have shown a lot of interest in health care price transparency initiatives this year. At least 27 states have proposed price transparency legislation in 2015. This legislation takes the form of disclosure requirements aimed primarily at health care providers and health insurance carriers.[1] These initiatives require individual health care providers, hospitals, and insurance carriers to disclose health care prices, charges, and reimbursement rates in a variety of ways. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS The majority of current price transparency initiatives are aimed at health care providers. These initiatives require […]
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Academic Articles & Reports Roundup: September 2015
Elizabeth Nicholson, Research Fellow October 1, 2015
With fall comes sweeping change—and the health care price and competition fields were no exception this year. September’s literature focused most heavily on: 1) health care and insurance competition|2) pharmaceutical drug pricing|and 3) Medicare/Medicare Advantage. Health care and insurance competition took center stage in September. Subcommittees of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committees held multiple hearings on various competition topics. Numerous stakeholder representatives testified at each hearing—including, as you’ve probably already heard, The Source’s very own Executive Editor, Jaime King! Each of the witnesses’ Prepared Statements from […]
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Case Study in State Price Transparency Bills: Oregon
Elizabeth Nicholson, Research Fellow September 28, 2015
Oregon was one of 44 states to receive a failing grade on the Catalyst for Payment Reform and HCI3’s Report Card on State Price Transparency Laws, in March 2014. This session, state senators proposed two bills aimed at price transparency: SB900, which passed and SB891, which died upon committee adjournment. A few states have mounted similar efforts to either SB900 or SB891. Oregon provides us with a unique case study since it is the only state legislature to set forth both types of initiatives in the same legislative term. While SB900 is a […]
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