States Step In as Telehealth and Clinic Patients Get Blindsided by Hospital Fees
(By Markian Hawryluk for Kaiser Health News) When Brittany Tesso’s then-3-year-old son, Roman, needed an evaluation for speech therapy in
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Price Transparency
A Progress Check on Hospital Price Transparency
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) For decades, U.S. hospitals have generally stonewalled patients who wanted to know ahead
Read MoreHow do facility fees contribute to rising emergency department costs?
By Hope Schwartz, Gary Claxton, Matthew Rae, and Cynthia Cox for Kaiser Family Foundation published March 27, 2023) The high
Read MoreWhy Does Insulin Cost So Much? Big Pharma Isn’t the Only Player Driving Prices
(By Arthur Allen for Kaiser Health News) Eli Lilly & Co.’s announcement that it is slashing prices for its major
Read MoreOngoing Challenges with Hospital Price Transparency
(By Justin Lo, Gary Claxton, Emma Wager, Cynthia Cox, and Krutika Amin for Kaiser Family Foundation Published: Feb 10, 2023)
Read MoreWant a Clue on Health Care Costs in Advance? New Tools Take a Crack at It
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Need medical treatment this year and want to nail down your out-of-pocket costs
Read MoreWhat we’ve learned so far from payer price transparency data
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Payers have been required to publish the cost of nearly every service negotiated
Read MoreHealth Insurance Price Data: It’s Out There, but It’s Not for the Faint of Heart
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Data wonks with mighty computers are overjoyed. Ordinary consumers, not so much. That’s
Read MoreHow Much Health Insurers Pay for Almost Everything Is About to Go Public
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Consumers, employers, and just about everyone else interested in health care prices will
Read More14% of hospitals comply with price transparency, survey finds: 4 things to know
(By Marissa Plescia for Becker’s Hospital Review) In a survey of 1,000 hospitals, 14.3 percent were compliant with the federal
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