{"id":15303,"date":"2020-02-25T09:46:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T14:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15303"},"modified":"2020-02-25T09:46:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T14:46:15","slug":"prices-for-outpatient-services-took-up-a-large-share-of-employer-sponsored-health-plan-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=15303","title":{"rendered":"Prices for outpatient services took up a large share of employer-sponsored health plan spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent report produced by the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), found employer-sponsored health plans spent $5,892 per plan member in 2018, most of which went towards emergency department visits and other outpatient services.\u00a0 Even though prices for medical services continue to drive most spending increases, but in 2018, there was in uptick in utilization for the first time in several years.\u00a0 Read article <a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/outpatient-costs-push-spending-in-employer-sponsored-health-plans\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/health-insurance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14818\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/health-insurance-300x204.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/health-insurance-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/health-insurance.png 534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent report produced by the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), found employer-sponsored health plans spent $5,892 per plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employer-healthcare","category-health-care-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15304,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15303\/revisions\/15304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}