‘Tis the Season For A Teachable Moment (on Price Variation)
November 16, 2020
Ryan Olmstead, Director of Member Services, on why flu season is a teachable moment in high-value health care purchasing. It’s…
PRICE TRANSPARENCY
50 States Enacting Health Care Policy; One Searchable Database
June 22, 2020
Health care is local, and so are laws impacting health care cost and quality. If the health care system weren’t…
Anna Sinaiko on lessons learned from 40 years of consumerism in health care
June 16, 2020
Listen in as Suzanne Delbanco chats with Anna Sinaiko, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of…
We graded all 50 states on price transparency. What’s next?
May 19, 2020
Price transparency is one lever to ease the burden of rising costs, especially in today’s context where health care costs…
Zach Brown on the impact of accessible price transparency
May 11, 2020
Suzanne Delbanco chats with Zach Brown, PhD, Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan. Zach Brown used a…
Gloria Sachdev on hospital-level price transparency
April 30, 2019
Listen in as Suzanne Delbanco chats with Gloria Sachdev, PharmD, President and CEO of the Employers’ Forum of Indiana. They…
Using Policy Levers to Drive Change: A Last Resort?
February 26, 2019
Let’s face it. Something has got to give. While employers and health care purchasers have long tried to implement market-based…
Maryland and California’s Efforts to Combat Rising Prescription Drug Costs
August 21, 2018
Can states combat rising prescription drug costs? The rising costs of prescription drugs is a high priority for patients, providers,…
Niall Brennan on latest trends and analysis from the Health Care Cost Institute
June 25, 2018
Suzanne catches up with Niall Brennan, President and CEO of the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), to ask the tough…
Revolutionary: An interactive data tool on health care spending
May 29, 2018
Data is beautiful, even when you’re looking at a monstrous thing like the $2.10 trillion dollars spent in U.S. health…