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,…
PRICE TRANSPARENCY
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…
Health Care Inspiration in Unlikely Places
May 01, 2018
Can health care take a page from SpotHero’s playbook? CPR’s office is in the city of Berkeley, California, near the…
Would you choose a hospital based on its Yelp review? Maybe you should.
March 20, 2018
“Have you checked out that place? It has a five-star review on Yelp” Without the context, you’d probably assume someone…
Do the cost of cancer drugs have you worried? Us too.
November 28, 2017
We spend a lot of time at CPR thinking about rising pharmacy prices. Today, let’s look specifically at cancer drugs.…
Leveraging your data is as easy as A-P-C-D
November 14, 2017
1-2-3 Did you know that having access to an APCD has the potential to make data analytics as easy as…
Listening In (With Permission): Neel Shah on why physicians need transparency
August 21, 2017
Listen, as Suzanne dials back up Dr. Neel Shah, Obstetrician and Professor of Obstetrics at Harvard Medical School, to discuss…
Throwback Thursday: Evolution of Price Transparency Tools
August 10, 2017
Health care consumers today are not the same as they were five years ago. They are becoming savvier shoppers for…
MYTHBUSTERS: High Prices Mean High Quality Care
July 11, 2017
In an ideal market, a higher price correlates to a better quality product. When we shop for lightbulbs, for example,…