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Bipartisan policy that could save billions? Yes please! Former HHS.gov Secs. Alex Azar and Kathleen G. Sebelius voice support for site neutral payment reform in a new op-ed via STAT: statnews.com/2024/04/18/sit…

"Even though we served under presidents for different parties, we both recommended that Congress adopt policies advancing site-neutral payments to save patients and taxpayers money." - former HHS Secretaries Alex Azar and Kathleen Sebelius statnews.com/2024/04/18/sit…

Federal agencies launch portal for public reporting of anticompetitive practices in the health care sector: bit.ly/49GgkNd /1

Great minds – from both sides of the aisle – think alike. Check out the new op-ed from former HHS Secretaries Alex Azar and Kathleen Sebelius urging Congress to advance site neutral payments to “save patients and taxpayers money.” statnews.com/2024/04/18/sit…

Worth a read!

New study from Petris Center and UC Law San Francisco is the third study to find price increases after cross-market hospital mergers, noting prices increased almost 13% in the 6 years following acquisition – with no metric showing quality improvements. Read more: statnews.com/2024/04/23/hos…

One week left before our event, "The state of medical debt in the U.S." Registration is still open!

What can policymakers learn from state-led efforts to improve health care affordability by fostering competition? Register to join Center on Health Insurance Reforms for a discussion with Reed Abelson, HHS.gov chief competition officer & state officials/experts, May 21 in DC: bit.ly/3wg18c2

This year's RAND data reiterates that the prices hospitals charge people with private insurance far exceed what Medicare pays (2.5x Medicare rates on average). An important driver of high prices? The market power of large, consolidated hospitals and health systems.

To lower cost burden of health care in the US, we have to address provider prices. The challenge is that it isn’t easy to do.

This Tuesday, May 21 in DC: Join Stacy Sanders from HHS.gov, Reed Abelson, David Seltz from MA Health Policy Commission & Charles Miller for an exciting discussion on state and federal solutions to lower health care costs! Register to attend: eventbrite.com/e/is-increasin…

Voters support aggressive reforms to put hospital prices in check. Thanks to polling from Arnold Ventures, Small Business Majority, and United States of Care, we know that policies for hospital price transparency, fair prices, and proper competition poll at over 70%! thirdway.org/memo/the-polli…

What policies can help control hospital costs? Join Center on Health Insurance Reforms for the third webinar in their new series on Understanding Hospital Financing to find out. Register to join on Friday, 5/31, 1pm ET: bit.ly/44ncVls

A House Budget hearing on Thursday will examine the budgetary effects of health care consolidation. Recent KFF work highlighted 10 things to know about consolidation of hospitals and other providers. Here are 5 to know before Thursday ⤵️ kff.org/health-costs/i…

“Health care industry consolidation has eliminated competition and allowed monopolistic pricing to push our nation’s families to the brink of financial ruin. Nowhere is this clearer than looking at the prices of drugs and hospital care which together account for 40% of our

The Medicare and payment reform team here at Arnold Ventures is a stellar group of folks doing some very cool work. Check out this new opportunity with that team - and come work with them (and me!).

New CRFB.org brief: "Over the next decade (2025-2034), we estimate that the federal revenue loss from the nonprofit hospital tax exemption will total around $260 billion." crfb.org/papers/federal…

Check out today's KFF event on site-neutral payments - and their new brief on this important policy that can help lower health care costs: kff.org/medicare/issue…

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 New Paper Alert 🚨🚨🚨🚨 A new paper with Zarek Brot-Goldberg Stuart Craig Lev Klarnet, Ithai Lurie, and Corbin Miller analyzing the economic consequences of rising health spending. Amazing coverage from @melaevans and co. @wsj tobin.yale.edu/research/who-p…

It’s Called an Urgent Care Emergency Center — But Which Is It? kffhealthnews.org/MTg3MDQ0OQ via @kffhealthnews