Importance Rising drug costs contribute to medication nonadherence and adverse health
outcomes. Real-time prescription benefit (RTPB) systems present prescribers with patient …

This analysis investigates and scores the impact of new health price transparency rules.
Using a set of novel data sources, we estimate substantial savings are possible following the …

Background This systematic review evaluates the role of price transparency policies for
healthcare services in influencing price availability, price awareness, and health costs in the …

Healthcare costs continue to rise considerably in the United States; one proposed solution is
to give consumers more choices regarding their healthcare decisions. Recent legislation …

The late economist Uwe Reinhardt, PhD, once compared the United States health care
system to putting a blindfolded crowd of people in a store, instructing them to buy a shirt, and …

Background Increasing health care expenditure in the United States has put policy makers
under enormous pressure to find ways to curtail costs. Starting January 1, 2021, hospitals …

Background: Poorly managed postoperative pain can prolong hospital stays and increase
the risk of complications in patients undergoing open radical cystectomy (ORC). Despite …

Importance When introduced a decade ago, patient-facing price transparency tools had low
use rates and were largely not associated with changes in spending. Little is known about …

Objective Many employers have introduced rewards programs as a new benefit design in
which employees are paid 25– 500 if they receive care from lower‐priced providers. Our …

Objectives Patients with chronic conditions enrolled in high-deductible health plans
(HDHPs) face cost-related access barriers and high out-of-pocket spending. Our objectives …