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Policy in Action: Advancing Healthcare Affordability Through Strategic Engagement
In this letter, the Center’s Executive Director Caroline Pearson outlines recent policy engagements to advance healthcare affordability.
Peterson Center on Healthcare Adds Senior Health Policy Experts to Its Staff
Andrea Ducas and Ellen Lukens both have extensive expertise in healthcare and in the processes and policies that facilitate efficient care delivery.
Policy in Action: Advancing Healthcare Affordability Through Strategic Engagement
In this letter, the Center’s Executive Director Caroline Pearson outlines recent policy engagements to advance healthcare affordability.
Center Responds to CMS Proposed Rule on Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
The Center offers recommendations to strengthen hospital price transparency, advance site-neutral payment policy, and improve Medicare Advantage data reporting.
Center Responds to CMS Proposed Rule on Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
The Center offers recommendations to align Medicare payments with clinical value, advance digital mental health treatment, and promote high-value digital health tools.
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Center Responds to CMS Proposed Rule on Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System
The Center offers recommendations to strengthen hospital price transparency, advance site-neutral payment policy, and improve Medicare Advantage data reporting.
Center Responds to CMS Proposed Rule on Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
The Center offers recommendations to align Medicare payments with clinical value, advance digital mental health treatment, and promote high-value digital health tools.
Center Responds to RFI on Hospital Price Transparency
The Center offers recommendations to strengthen hospital pricing transparency, establish clearer compliance standards, and enhance market competition through better healthcare data.
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Why Americans pay so much more for healthcare in 2024
Executive Director Caroline Pearson reflects on why Americans continue to pay more for healthcare each year in USA TODAY.
Privately Insured People With Depression and Anxiety Face High Out-Of-Pocket Costs
In this brief, we explore health spending among privately insured adults treated for depression and/or anxiety.
Use of ACA Preventive Services Potentially Affected by Braidwood v. Becerra
In this analysis, we find that nearly 10 million people who use ACA preventive care could face higher out-of-pocket costs.
Prices for COVID-19 Testing
In this analysis, we use various data sources to look at prices for COVID-19 tests performed in an outpatient clinical setting and at home.
Racial Disparities in Premature Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this brief, we examine changes in excess mortality and prematurity of those deaths in the U.S. and peer countries for 2020 and 2021.
Premature Mortality During COVID-19 in the U.S. And Peer Countries
In this Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker brief, we examine changes in excess mortality and prematurity of those deaths in the U.S. and peer countries for 2020 and 2021.
How Do Facility Fees Contribute to Rising Emergency Department Costs?
A recent KFF analysis found that average out-of-pocket costs for an emergency visit exceed some household’s liquid assets, putting them at risk for medical debt.