A federal hospital price transparency rule that took effect on Jan. 1, 2021, was supposed to remedy runaway health care bills that have saddled 100 million Americans with medical
An influential labor union and state lawmakers are making a push to expand hospital pricing disclosure and transparency rules in New York.
Hospital and payer transparency has started to produce actionable changes in the health care delivery system and advisors need to ready their plan sponsor clients
This whole conversation should put on notice health systems and others who have been really taking advantage of employers who are asleep at the wheel.
32BJ is hoping to limit “all-or-nothing” contracting, when health systems with only agree to insurance contract terms if all their hospitals and facilities are included
Forces in New York City, California and elsewhere are leading a new push to rein in hospital prices, reviving a health cost fight that’s been
New York state arguably holds the title of the most expensive place on Earth to give birth. Now, a study breaks down the overall cost of having a baby across the five boroughs of New York City.
New data has a small but growing group of employers laser-focused on lowering the prices they pay for care. It’s a mission that has them on a collision course with hospitals, insurers and even their own workers.
The average cost of having a baby in the United States is $11,000 for people on private health insurance. But the price tag can vary by tens of thousands of dollars, depending on what hospital you go to and what doctor you see.
When a cardiologist wants $5,000 for something others will take $80 for, ‘that starts to raise concerns.’
In a bid to provide better health outcomes for pregnant women and reduce health care costs, one of New York City’s largest unions is pushing local hospital systems to create specialty maternity-care networks.
As companies shift more and more healthcare costs to their employees, the doormen, office cleaners, cafeteria staff and other members of the union 32BJ SEIU remain among the lucky few who pay no premiums and have no deductibles as part of their benefit plan.
New York employers should take on a larger role in restraining the growth of health care costs, David Sandman, president and CEO of the New
Group purchasers of health care—employers, unions, and federal and state governments—know the odds are stacked against them. If they want care that’s fast, good, and cheap, they’re lucky to get one out of three. Hitting any two of these goals is like winning the lottery.
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