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Increasing provider pricing data key to future billing negotiations

Paul Wilson | March 08, 2023

New transparency rules are generating vast amounts of pricing information; however, the health care industry is finding that while collecting data is one thing, making sense of it can be something else entirely

Market Insights

High hospital prices inflict pain, but treatment options exist

Lily Peterson | March 07, 2023

In 2020, national spending on health care increased 9.7% to $4.1 trillion, more than double the increase in 2019.

Volume of disputed claims, legal rulings creating obstacles for No Surprises Act

Paul Wilson | March 06, 2023

Most people agree that making the health care system more transparent is a worthy objective; but the devil remains in the details. "We work in the…

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Hospital pricing survey finds networks more costly than independent hospitals

Lily Peterson | March 01, 2023

Many surgical procedures proved to be pricier for hospitals in the network.

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Proposed legislation would double penalties on hospitals that fail to comply with transparency rules

Lily Peterson | February 27, 2023

Kennedy's bill, dubbed the Hospital Transparency Compliance Enforcement Act, would double current penalties on non-compliant hospital.

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How Reference-Based Pricing Helps Employers Reduce Health Care Costs

ALM Staff | February 24, 2023

Health care costs continue to rise, reaching an average of $15,013 per employee in 2022. Employers expect the trend to continue and project a 5.4%…

Expert Opinion

Health care price transparency rules are now in effect, so why isn't it the norm?

Lynn Cavanaugh | February 21, 2023

In 2023, as the convergence of transparency rule deadlines, firmer penalties for non-compliance, and changing consumer behaviors gains traction, these five trends will emerge.

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Price transparency data from hospitals is 'challenging, if not impossible' to parse, report says

Lily Peterson | February 17, 2023

The analysis notes that the reported hospital prices often don't include data on the contracting method and payer class, which hospitals are not mandated to share by the new federal regulations.

Best Practices

Health care price transparency mandates are in effect: What can HR leaders do?

Lily Peterson | February 16, 2023

It's likely that self-insured employers and health insurance issuers will be required to reveal more data - not less.

Hospital and payer transparency in 2023: The consequences of compliance are becoming real

Paul Wilson | February 16, 2023

Hospital and payer transparency has started to produce actionable changes in the health care delivery system and advisors need to ready their plan sponsor clients for what is to come. The advisors who prepare and plan for this new health insurance landscape will set themselves apart and be in the best position to benefit from these changes.

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Increasing provider pricing data key to future billing negotiations

High hospital prices inflict pain, but treatment options exist

Volume of disputed claims, legal rulings creating obstacles for No Surprises Act

Hospital pricing survey finds networks more costly than independent hospitals

Proposed legislation would double penalties on hospitals that fail to comply with transparency rules

How Reference-Based Pricing Helps Employers Reduce Health Care Costs

Health care price transparency rules are now in effect, so why isn't it the norm?

Price transparency data from hospitals is 'challenging, if not impossible' to parse, report says

Health care price transparency mandates are in effect: What can HR leaders do?

Hospital and payer transparency in 2023: The consequences of compliance are becoming real

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