Caroline Pearson testified before the United States Senate Committee on Finance on the importance of improved healthcare data transparency.
Her testimony summarized key findings from the Center’s work and other research on how transparency can shape healthcare markets. It also puts forth a range of policy options that Congress and the Executive Branch should consider to further advance discrete elements of healthcare data transparency, with an emphasis on how to improve the depth, breadth and usability of pricing data.
United States Senate Committee on Finance
Unlocking Healthcare’s Black Box: Why Trump’s New Transparency Order Matters for Employers and Consumers
The administration’s executive order is an opportunity to realize transparency’s potential in more functional and efficient healthcare markets.
Why Hospital Price Transparency Is Essential to Improving Employee Benefits
Mairin Mancino discusses how better pricing data can improve employer benefits while lowering costs and enhancing care.
Helping Employers and Consumers Evaluate the Cost and Quality of Healthcare Services
The Center offers recommendations to improve hospital price transparency, strengthen employer access to claims data, and leverage transparency for competition, choice, and efficiency.