Price transparency or providing incentives to direct consumer behavior would actually have minimal effect on reducing healthcare spending. Price transparency in the healthcare industry is becoming more and more pertinent
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow today to nascent efforts to track the quality and cost of health care, ruling that a 1974 law precludes states from requiring that
The transformation in the American healthcare system imposes new and evolving obligations on providers and the rest of the healthcare industry. Healthcare spending continues to outpace inflation leading to a
Available now, FairCare released the FairCare app for iOS that provides consumers with the ability to find competitive prices in their neighborhood for any of the ten thousand medical procedures
Ohio is one of 11 states to be awarded a “State Innovation Model” grant to transform the way we pay for and deliver health care services. With a $75 million
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a report that unwittingly pinpoints a growing problem: the lack of actionable information that patients need to become effective health-care
A recent study showed that over half of Houstonians are confused with their medical bills, but that could be changing. Dave Wojczynski, senior vice president of Chicago-based TransUnion Healthcare, said
Last December just before Christmas I took my car to a Body Shop for repairs. I received an estimate, which gave me an idea of how much I would be
A Utah entrepreneur hopes to cash in on American outrage over the high price of health care with an online tool that will allow consumers to share billing data and
