Our latest panel is moderated by Sophia Tripoli of Families USA, with panelists: Katie Martin Katie Martin, Health Care Cost Institute Cynthia Fisher, Founder and Chairman, PatientRightsAdvocate.org. Cora Opsahl, Health Funds Director, SEIU 32BJ #HAC2023

📢Attn health care researchers, journalists and policy wonks: the data tool you’ve been waiting for is finally here! vitals.healthcostinstitute.org #HealthCareVitals

Use our new #HealthCareVitals dashboard vitals.healthcostinstitute.org to understand where inequities in health care use exist, including cancer screening, telehealth, COVID hospitalizations, and more

New HCCI study out JAMA Health Forum found that ESI plans paid over 300% Medicare price for common low cost admin drugs like Dexamethasone and saline. We also found high markups for $$$ admin drugs like Neulasta and Remicade jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…

Workplace plans paid more than Medicare for physician-administered drugs, study finds trib.al/cscHH7F

HCCI data now includes 2021 claims! That's 10 years of data!! Join us on Friday March 3rd for a webinar to learn how to use HCCI data for your research. Sign-up today: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Our data show that use of Cologuard grew 126% ⬆️ from 2018 to 2020. Read More Here: bit.ly/40bhtbS #ColorectalCancerAwarenessMonth #HCCIData

It’s Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month⭐️! Bowel preparation is the main obstacle for patients undergoing colonoscopy, leading to one-third of incomplete colon cancer screenings. Learn more about the options and costs of colonoscopy prep in our new blog: bit.ly/42sueQL

Black Maternal Health Week 2023 is officially here! As the founders of #BMHW, #BMMA is excited to kick off this annual campaign for the 6th year! We encourage you to engage with us & our partners at blackmamasmatter.org/BMHWH. Happy Black Maternal Health Week! #BMHW23

Can you guess how much people with employer sponsored health insurance spent on health care in 2021? Take our quiz to find out! public.flourish.studio/visualisation/…

ICYMI, we released our 2021 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report yesterday. After a dip in 2020, health care spending is back to pre-pandemic levels.

This Mother’s Day, HCCI highlights average total spending per birth among people with employer-sponsored health insurance: more than $24,000 with 14% paid out-of-pocket from prenatal care through 12 months postpartum. More here: bit.ly/3pzkoO2

Humira was the highest spend prescription drug among ESI enrollees in HCCI’s data in 2021, with $19 bn in (weighted) spending. New from HCCI, see the data on highest use and highest spend drugs in ESI here: healthcostinstitute.org/all-hcci-repor…

📢 Exciting research update! Our latest study reveals a fascinating trend among #Ozempic users. Over time, we have observed a decrease in the percentage of users diagnosed with #diabetes, hinting at a rise in off-label utilization. healthcostinstitute.org/diabetes-and-i…

Thanks to RWJF and Katherine Hempstead for supporting the Healthy Marketplace Index! Check out how health care spending varies among 180+ metro areas around the country. 👇

Interested in expanding/boosting your research? Join us next Friday September 15th (1PM) for a webinar to learn how to use HCCI Data for your research! Sign up today: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Glad to see more attention on the high--and highly variable--cost of childbirth in today's The Washington Post. Our data show that, even with insurance, it cost people and their insurers over $24k on average to have a baby (prenatal+delivery+ postpartum). healthcostinstitute.org/hcci-originals…

⚡️New Report: HCCI’s 2022 annual report examines health care spending, use, and prices from 2018-2022 among the ESI population. In 2022, per-person spending among people with ESI averaged more than $6,700. healthcostinstitute.org/health-care-co…

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Today is World Menopause Day 🌎🗒️🩺📊! Our new brief shows that just under 15% of women aged 45-64 had a menopause diagnosis code on a health care encounter during 2022. #HCCIData bit.ly/3BOVxff