It is no mystery that health care costs and insurance premiums are spiking higher than Americans can afford. Two factors — lack of industry transparency and burdensome government regulations — have ...
This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...
This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...
With healthcare costs expected to increase 7 to 8% in 2026, employers are demanding more transparency and effective alternatives to traditional health plans. Reference-based pricing (RBP) has emerged ...
State health care budgets are driven by many costs that are difficult and, in some cases, impossible to predict. For instance, an unexpected economic downturn can lead to massive job losses, thereby ...
Faced with high and rising health care costs, some Vermont policymakers are eyeing a new strategy to address the problem. Reference-based pricing, a system in which officials limit how much hospitals ...