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Category: Health care costs
Two Options to Slow Healthcare Costs
The holy grail of value-based care is to reduce costs while improving quality. Zhang, et. al. compared the success of two different insurance designs in achieving that goal for total joint replacement surgeries. One insurance plan implemented reference-based pricing (RBP), Continue Reading …
A Dripping Faucet of Cheap yet Useless Care
The most expensive health care in the world can be found in the United States, where we spend the equivalent of $9,403 on every man, woman, and child. Part of the explanation for that exorbitant spending lies in low-value care Continue Reading …
Nobody Likes Surprises
A surprise medical bill is a bill a patient receives from an out-of-network provider after seeking care at a facility considered ‘in-network’ by their health insurance plan. In many cases, patients are unaware they are receiving care from an out-of-network Continue Reading …
Narrow Networks: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established health insurance marketplaces in which insurers offered both broad and narrow network plans in order to provide a variety of options for beneficiaries. Narrow network plans provided lower premiums and allowed for better care Continue Reading …
Justifying the Charge Master
The price of health care in America is a complex and controversial topic. Many agree that we pay too much for the health care we receive but there is little agreement on what exactly should be done about it. A Continue Reading …
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