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Mashup Score: 3Ongoing challenges with hospital price transparency - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker - 10 month(s) ago
Summary Since 2021, hospitals have been required to publicly post standard charges and negotiated rates for the common health services and procedures. These price transparency requirements are intended to enable patients to compare prices and promote competition in the health care markets. Additionally, these data have been used by researchers for conducting research on prices […]
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Mashup Score: 1The burden of medical debt in the United States - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker - 11 month(s) ago
Despite over 90% of the United States population having some form of health insurance, medical debt remains a persistent problem. For people and families with limited assets, even a relatively small unexpected medical expense can be unaffordable. For people with significant medical needs, medical debt may build up over time. People living with cancer, for […]
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RT @DutchRojas: https://t.co/LvYWIVHkbo
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Mashup Score: 3Prices for COVID-19 testing - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker - 12 month(s) ago
The federal requirement that private health plans cover COVID-19 tests ordered or administered by a clinician at no out-of-pocket charge to consumers will end with the public health emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023. During the PHE, private insurers were also required to reimburse for up to 8 at-home rapid tests per member per month […]
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Our new analysis examines what is possible for #COVID19 testing prices now that the Public Health Emergency #PHE has ended. Hospital prices for #COVID19 PCR tests without insurance vary widely, from $200 in AK to $41 in UT: https://t.co/ljS3yYy04z https://t.co/XhbcIa47lB
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Mashup Score: 4Prices for COVID-19 testing - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker - 12 month(s) ago
The federal requirement that private health plans cover COVID-19 tests ordered or administered by a clinician at no out-of-pocket charge to consumers will end with the public health emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023. During the PHE, private insurers were also required to reimburse for up to 8 at-home rapid tests per member per month […]
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When the #COVID19 Public Health Emergency #PHE ends after today, some consumers could face high prices for #COVID19 testing. Our new analysis examines the possible costs of at-home, antigen, PCR tests and more: https://t.co/ljS3yYy04z https://t.co/Q5cnn4Qe8I
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Mashup Score: 4Prices for COVID-19 testing - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker - 12 month(s) ago
The federal requirement that private health plans cover COVID-19 tests ordered or administered by a clinician at no out-of-pocket charge to consumers will end with the public health emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023. During the PHE, private insurers were also required to reimburse for up to 8 at-home rapid tests per member per month […]
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After #COVID19 Public Health Emergency #PHE ends on May 11, private health plans won’t be required to cover the #COVID-19 testing costs that they do now. Our new analysis examines what some consumers could have to pay as a result: https://t.co/ljS3yYy04z https://t.co/BXu6qCGwTb
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Mashup Score: 13Racial disparities in premature deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker - 1 year(s) ago
Although older adults have been at the highest risk of becoming seriously ill and dying from COVID-19, many younger people have had their lives cut short by the illness. And, while much attention has been paid to the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on people of color, it also is important to consider the prematurity of these deaths. As a measure of the impact of the pandemic, mortality…
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NEW: During the #COVID pandemic, people of color were more likely to die at younger ages than White people. Our analysis w/@PetersonCHealth examines premature deaths and years of life lost by race and ethnicity: https://t.co/Pceues5fzY https://t.co/jauaNRzS7c
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Mashup Score: 3Racial disparities in premature deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker - 1 year(s) ago
Although older adults have been at the highest risk of becoming seriously ill and dying from COVID-19, many younger people have had their lives cut short by the illness. And, while much attention has been paid to the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on people of color, it also is important to consider the prematurity of these deaths. As a measure of the impact of the pandemic, mortality…
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During the pandemic, all racial and ethnic groups experienced an increase in premature mortality rates (deaths prior to age 75), though people of color were hit harder than White people. Our analysis w/@PetersonCHealth explores the disparities: https://t.co/Pceues5fzY https://t.co/8I2L4g954v
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Mashup Score: 47Premature mortality during COVID-19 in the U.S. and peer countries - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker - 1 year(s) ago
While those who are older have been at the higher risk of becoming seriously ill due to COVID-19 infections, COVID-19 has also affected mortality rates among younger people. In this brief, we examine changes in excess mortality and prematurity of those deaths in the U.S. and peer countries for 2020 and 2021. Using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) weekly excess deaths data and the…
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RT @emmawage: 1.7 million excess deaths in under three years. https://t.co/cuzxW9TSXV https://t.co/VqtXIDJWAk
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Mashup Score: 4How do facility fees contribute to rising emergency department costs? - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker - 1 year(s) ago
From 2004 to 2021, facility fees increased four times faster (531%) than professional fees (132%) for emergency department evaluation and management services, and the average cost of facility fees at all levels is rising faster than the cost of professional fees.
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Emergency departments normally charge a facility fee in addition to any specific services provided to their patients, and those fees are growing fast. Our analysis of claims data w/@PetersonCHealth: https://t.co/DqhRx2elwS https://t.co/YRw7KTpY4X
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Mashup Score: 3Preventive services use among people with private insurance coverage - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker - 1 year(s) ago
The majority of privately insured people in the U.S. received an ACA preventive service in 2018. Ongoing litigation could limit access to these services.
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Roughly 100 million people received ACA-required preventive services with no patient cost-sharing in a typical year, our new analysis w/@PetersonCHealth finds. A pending court challenge could lead to coverage changes for some of those people: https://t.co/5vTMKmhU6T https://t.co/qFxH8UVR33
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RT @KrutikaAmin: Hospitals' price transparency data are mired with issues, see: https://t.co/RkCfqHmuok In a new rule, CMS is proposing to…