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21

September 2022 HCCI Research Highlights

 HCCI's data users and staff use our multi-payer, longitudinal commercial claims dataset to study some of the most pressing issues in the U.S. health care system. Here we highlight some recent research using HCCI data: New Study Shows Patients Paying More Out-of-Pocket Costs for Cancer Care | American Cancer Society A new, large study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) an...

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Sep
15

Kaiser Health News: Court Ruling May Spur Competitive Health Plans to Bring Back Copays for Preventive Services

HCCI's research on ESI spending on preventive services was featured in an article in Kaiser Health News. From the article: "Spending on ACA-mandated preventive services is relatively small but not insignificant. It is 2% to 3.5% of total annual expenditures by private employer health plans, or about $100 to $200 per person, according to the Health Care Cost Institute, a nonprofit research group." ...

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Sep
14

Health Affairs: Giving A Buck Or Making A Buck? Donations By Pharmaceutical Manufacturers To Independent Patient Assistance Charities

Abstract The federal Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits biopharmaceutical manufacturers from directly covering Medicare enrollees' out-of-pocket spending for the drugs they manufacture, but manufacturers may donate to independent patient assistance charities and earmark donations for a condition treated by their drugs. To assess whether this law and its associated regulations prevent manufacturers fr...

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Sep
13

American Cancer Society: New Study Shows Patients Paying More Out-of-Pocket Costs for Cancer Care

A new, large study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center shows rising costs of cancer treatments led to increases in total costs of care, and when compounded with greater cost sharing, increased out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for privately insured, patients under 65 years old. The research is one of the first to comprehensively exa...

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Sep
09

Axios: Mental health hospital admissions have increased among youths

Axios reported on HCCI's report on the rise in youth inpatient hospital admissions for mental health.   From the article: "Nearly a third of non-newborn pediatric hospital admissions from 2016 to 2020 were linked to mental health needs, according to a new report from the Health Care Cost Institute." Kids and teens were hospitalized for mental health at increasing rates even before the pa...

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