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Using public data to help patients understand hospital prices
Workshop: Reporting on hospital prices to empower consumers and readers Moderator: Joseph Burns, independent journalist; AHCJ health beat leader on health policy and insurance Patricia Kelmar, J.D., senior director of health care campaigns, U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) Roslyn Murray, Ph.D., assistant professor, Brown University School of Public Health Meg Wingerter, health reporter, The…
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Finding and sharing hospital prices with your audience
In 2001, the federal Department of Health and Human Services required all hospitals to post the prices they charge patients for services. Many, but not all, hospitals have complied with this rule. Still, finding the actual prices that hospitals charge for 300 non-urgent (called “shoppable”) services is challenging if not impossible for most consumers. That…
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How to overcome hospital price data reporting challenges
One of the strengths of the multi-part series, “Too big to care,” that The Guardian US published in October, was the wealth of data the reporting team used to document the problems patients and employers faced when Parkview Health raised its prices over more than 10 years. The Guardian published the first of several articles…
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How rising health care prices are harming employers and families
Employers have struggled for many years to contain the prices that hospitals charge. In recent years, however, some employers have developed the data they need to bring hospital prices under control. In an AHCJ webinar on Tuesday, Aug. 27, we heard from two experts about how they used data on hospital prices to negotiate more…
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