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Seeking to contain costs for six protected drug classes, CMS faces wide opposition
Patient care advocates, drug companies, and both Republicans and Democrats are arguing against a proposal from the federal Centers for…
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Movement away from fee-for-service reimbursements has begun
Among health plan executives, there’s a lot of talk about moving from volume to value. But identifying what this expression…
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Judge cites journalists’ work among reasons to unseal pricing data
Two rulings in one week in a case involving an Idaho hospital’s purchase of a physician group gave health care…
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Court ruling may signal tougher stance on hospital-physician ventures
One of the most significant trends in health care over the past few years has been the merger of physician…
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Journalist explains what to expect from new mental health parity rules
Later this year, health plans will be under new mental health parity rules affecting how insurers should cover patients with…
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Mo. journalist reminds us that reform does little to improve actual delivery of care
“Health Policy” is the term we use to describe the changes being made to the U.S. health care system under…
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As new year begins, consumers lack data to make informed health care decisions
One of the biggest health care news stories of 2013 was the lack of price transparency. But consumers need much…
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Idaho publishers seek access to health care price information in antitrust case
News publishers in Idaho have asked the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to unseal pricing information…
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Report shows how reference pricing brings down costs
One issued we pursued during the AHCJ webcast last month (The cost of health care: Is transparency possible?) is whether…
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Will price transparency drive up health care costs?
Will increased price transparency in health care drive up costs? That’s what a health plan association executive suggested last week…