Research conducted by The Joint Commission suggests consumers can effectively understand publicly reported data on hospital performance and quality, despite previous research that concluded otherwise.
Multisector collaboration is critical for improving population health. Improving alignment between nonprofit hospitals and local health departments is one promising approach to achieving health ...
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR 1) is expected to cut more than $1 trillion dollars in funding to hospitals and other providers, primarily through cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act ...
Oria, a specialized AI chatbot, transforms complex machine-readable files (MRFs) into instant answers, removing barriers to understanding hospital prices. “For decades, healthcare prices were a ...
For decades, hospitals and health systems have invested heavily in brand advertising. Gleaming facilities, award logos, compassionate clinicians, and patient testimonials dominate marketing campaigns.
This study leverages newly available hospital pricing data to explore hospital-insurer contracts from a large hospital chain. Objectives: To use publicly available price transparency data files to ...
Real-world cross-validation of insurer and hospital price transparency data finds low overlap but high concordance between data sources. Given recent congressional interest in codifying price ...