Former HHS secretaries: Congress should adopt site-neutral payments for health care statnews.com/2024/04/18/sit… via STAT

An Oregon experiment with health care price caps saved ~$108 million without disrupting access to care. In STAT, Andrew Ryan and Roslyn C Murray draw on new research in Health Affairs to explain why more states should follow Oregon’s lead.
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An Oregon experiment with price caps saved more than $100 million in hospital costs in two years. Other states should follow that state's lead. trib.al/Ip80mun

Price caps can work! Andrew Ryan and I discuss Oregon’s success in an opinion piece in STAT. Check it out 👇

New from Bob Berenson and Laura Skopec on the failings of the Medicare Advantage quality bonus program and pay-for-performance more generally. @UrbanInstitute urban.org/research/publi…

States lead the way on addressing rising hospital prices. OR capped hospital prices for the state employee plan and here's what happened:
📉 outpatient facility prices decreased
💰 OR saved $107M in the 1st 2 yrs
✅ no hospitals left the network or closed
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The Center for Health System Sustainability (CHeSS) invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor position on the Tenure Track. Apply below! Brown University School of Public Health
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Consolidation, accountability and profits.

Professor Yashaswini Singh, PhD discusses the wide-ranging impacts of #privateequity acquisition of physician practices across the US, including what it may mean for health care costs. sph.brown.edu/news/2024-02-1…

.Brown University School of Public Health is thrilled to announce that later this year we'll be joined by Dr. Ateev Mehrotra who will lead Health Services, Policy & Practice Department! Learn more in Dean Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH's announcement about this physician, scholar & expert on consumerism, price transparency and benefit design. dean.sph.brown.edu/news/2024-02-0…

Absolutely crazy: Delaware is raising the health insurance premiums of state employees by *27%* next year, and state leaders are admitting here that this single hike will wipe away *seven years* of their salary increases. A gargantuan pay cut. delawareonline.com/story/news/pol…

Commercial outpatient prices are nearly 3x Medicare prices for the same services. In 2021, if commercial insurers paid Medicare rates, spending on outpatient services would have been $76B lower. Check out our report: healthcostinstitute.org/hcci-originals…

These leaders bring a skill set that enriches our community & underscores Brown University's commitment to a collaborative 21st-century approach to the public health challenges of our time.
—Dean Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
Rebecca Hubbard Erin Fuse Brown Roslyn C Murray Alex Macmadu, PhD sph.brown.edu/news/2024-01-3…

As you all know, we've been rapidly transforming the Brown School of Public Health by bringing in the best scholars working on the biggest issues facing public health

Well today, I'm excited to announce 5 (yes 5) awesome new faculty joining Brown University School of Public Health

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CMS is asking for input on how it can improve the data available on the Medicare Advantage program:
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Great opportunity for researchers to chime in!

When we talk about the health care cost crisis in this country, we should be clear about costs to whom.

In some cases, addressing one problem (e.g., federal spending on health care) can exacerbate another (e.g., affordability for patients).

Drew Altman
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