More than 75 health systems sent a letter to federal officials calling for stronger oversight of nationwide data sharing networks, flagging issues with "bad actors" gaining access to patients' medical ...

David Muhlestein, PhD, breaks down ghost rates, data gaps, and why stronger oversight is needed to make Transparency in ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. In Episode 13 of the “Achieving Health” podcast from ...

Transparency is certainly not a panacea for solving health care cost growth, and may turn out to have a limited effect on its own. But more transparency is an important step for facilitating many new ...

In her report, Kim Adair says that taxpayers can't properly determine whether billions in investments are paying off if they ...

Aetna and Cigna's TIC data generally matched or exceeded their reported provider counts, while UnitedHealthcare listed fewer providers. Physician and hospital outpatient data were more complete than ...

Trump has made price transparency a priority since his first term in office, when he introduced regulations in 2019 that required hospitals to publicly disclose prices reflecting what patients and ...

The smooth and efficient functioning of operating rooms (ORs) is critical to patient care, patient flow and hospital operations and revenue. However, outdated communication systems, fragmented ...

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Treasury sought information and released updated guidance aimed at creating nationwide cost consistency for medical services and prescription ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...

Increasingly, hospitals and health systems — most recently Texas Health Resources in Arlington — are publishing their clinical data and outcomes publicly, available for patients to look at and use in ...