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transparency
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Even with ACA, ‘insured’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘accessible’
Elisabeth Rosenthal’s latest piece on the craziness of our health care pricing looks at affordability of health care for people…
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AHCJ disappointed with ACGME’s response on transparency
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education has rejected a request from AHCJ to publicly release additional information about the…
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More on understanding – and unearthing – health care costs
The post we did on Clear Health Costs got a lot of positive reaction so we asked the team involved…
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Six (or more) things to remember when reporting on health care costs
Health care costs lack transparency and are wildly variable, not just from region to region but sometimes from block to…
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AHCJ, HHS officials address appeal process for inadequate responses by PIOs
Reporters facing unreasonable delays or inadequate responses from media officials at an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and…
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High interest in reference pricing: Who knew? Uwe Reinhardt for one
Last summer, Uwe E. Reinhardt, a health policy expert and economics professor at Princeton (and keynote speaker at Health Journalism…
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Analysis: Giving price data to wider audience would save $100 billion in 10 years
Most health care price transparency efforts are aimed at giving patients more information on costs at the point of care.…
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Research: Price transparency could save billions in health care costs
It’s widely assumed that when patients have more information about the cost of care they drive down health care costs…
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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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Keep in mind unintended consequences of price transparency
It’s always a good idea for reporters to think about unintended consequences, especially when we’re talking about the latest, trendiest…