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Leapfrog Group’s legal defeat underscores challenges of rating hospital quality The legal battle underscores the complicated questions surrounding how best to evaluate hospital safety.

"Leapfrog Group’s legal defeat underscores challenges of rating hospital quality" www.statnews.com/2026/03/13/l... via @statnews.com #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon

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Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale | Yale Tobin Center Research and policy insights from Yale’s Health Care Affordability Lab advancing evidence-based solutions to lower costs and improve the U.S. health system.

The Peterson Center on Healthcare is supporting the launch of the Health Care Affordability Lab at Yale buff.ly/YCX3NiV #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon @yalehealthlab.bsky.social

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One-Third of Americans Cut Back to Cover Healthcare Expenses According to new West Health-Gallup research, millions of Americans report cutting back on expenses and delaying plans because of healthcare costs.

"One-Third of Americans Cut Back to Cover Healthcare Expenses:
Cost of healthcare also causing many to delay pursuing milestones and life-enhancing goals," buff.ly/adneysT #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon

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#econ #healthecon

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Leapfrog ordered to remove safety grade for 5 Tenet hospitals A federal judge has ruled against the Leapfrog Group in a suit brought by Tenet Healthcare subsidiary hospitals that said they were punished for not voluntarily submitting data to the hospital safe |…

"A federal judge has ruled against the Leapfrog Group in a suit brought by Tenet Healthcare subsidiary hospitals that said they were punished for not voluntarily submitting data to the hospital safety grading nonprofit." buff.ly/buq7L4c #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon

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🗞️ Read what Francis had to say about UK government ministers being officially given the power to change NICE's cost effectiveness threshold

This was confirmed after a public consultation for the #healthecon community raised concerns about the move & its threat to NICE's independence

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Technical Improvements Could Strengthen Transparency in Coverage Data Center grantee Simple Healthcare provides recommendations for improving TiC data that commercial health plans are required to release.

A new white paper from Simple Healthcare provides recommendations for improving the Transparency in Coverage (TiC) data that commercial health plans are required to release buff.ly/bn2ysET #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon

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Do doctors treat poorer patients differently? Our study in Tunisia found they do – in subtle ways Health inequality is not only about who reaches a health facility. It is also about what happens once patients are inside the consultation room.

🏥 Do doctors treat poorer patients differently? #healthecon

Our former PhD student Dr Rym Ghouma, and current co-Director Tim Powell-Jackson, discuss Rym’s PhD research which tackles this #PublicHealth question

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theconversation.com/do-doctors-t...

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Authors note that by limiting cohort to community-onset only the values may be underestimates of true SAB economic burden.
Lack of difference b/w MRSA and MSSA impart importance of #IPC for all bacteraemia rather than focusing efforts just on #AMS.

#healthecon #AMR #IDEpi

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Ten patients had MRSA. Median LoS was 11 days, with mean costs of A$56 984.
Whilst 46 patients had MSSA. Median LoS was 8 days, with mean costs of A$52 180.
No statistical significance in difference of costs between MRSA and MSSA
#healthecon #AMR #IDEpi

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Primary outcome was mean and total cost per SAB hospitalisation, secondary outcomes were national SAB cost burden. All $ amounts are in AUD.
Distribution was +ve skewed: 60% of cohort total cost was ≤A$40 000. Mean $ per hospitalisation per patient was A$53 037. Median LoS: 9 days
#healthecon #AMR

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Costs included in the analysis include direct costs of diagnosis & management + indirect costs of hospital operation such as utilities, teaching, maintenance, and depreciation. Costs followed the National Hospital Cost Data Collection (NHCDC) specifications for cost centres & line items #healthecon

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KT Canada e-Newsletter

KT Canada newsletter for Feb. 25, 2026:

mailchi.mp/886351ad58a8...

#ImpSci #HealthEquity #HealthEcon

@sporalliance.bsky.social @andreatricco.bsky.social

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No Surprises Act system hits employer plans hard The average determination took 91 days and cost $445, and providers won 80% of the time.

"The No Surprises Act independent dispute resolution system is expensive, slow and usually favors the health care providers." buff.ly/T94GYvQ #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon

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2026 Healthcare Price Transparency Forum - Program | Self-Insurance Institute of America, Inc. The Self-Insurance Institute of America, Inc. (SIIA) is a membership-based association that aims to protect and promote the interests of companies involved in the self-insurance/captive industry. Our…

I’m looking forward to the conversation about price transparency and fiduciary responsibilities at today’s SIIA conference buff.ly/p5z6Rnc #healthcare #healthecon #healthpolicy

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Patients hit dead ends with insurance 'ghost networks.' Now, some are suing. A recent lawsuit is challenging one company, EmblemHealth, over its so-called ghost network of mental health providers.

Patients are suing insurers over 'ghost networks.' buff.ly/IlHzaeM. Research by
@publicagenda.bsky.social explores how challenges finding in-network #healthcare providers affect people's mental health, relationships, work, physical health, and finances buff.ly/B54i3ek #healthpolicy #healthecon

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"Cancer treatment costs declined as much as 8.2% in cities where most hospitals published complete pricing data for oncology services." www.valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S109... #healthcare #healthecon #healthpolicy

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Federal Register :: Request Access Due to aggressive automated scraping of FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov, programmatic access to these sites is limited to access to our extensive developer APIs. Please visit FederalRegister.gov API…

Departments of HHS, Labor, and Treasury extended the public comment period for the Transparency in Coverage (TiC) proposed rule to March 2, 2026. The rule can be accessed here: buff.ly/tsApCwF. The notice can be accessed here: buff.ly/vaHUgMh #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon

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Report shows weak hospital and health plan price transparency across 10 US markets A recent report on health industry price transparency identified fees hidden from employers — raising questions on what else was concealed.

"Report shows weak hospital and health plan price transparency across 10 US markets"
buff.ly/ljP6SJU #healthcare #healthecon #healthpolicy

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2026 Healthcare Price Transparency Forum - Program | Self-Insurance Institute of America, Inc. The Self-Insurance Institute of America, Inc. (SIIA) is a membership-based association that aims to protect and promote the interests of companies involved in the self-insurance/captive industry. Our ...

I'm looking forward to this conversation about health plan sponsors' and vendors' fiduciary duties at the Self-Insurance Institute of America's price transparency forum on Feb 26 www.siia.org/i4a/pages/in... #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon

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Research Data Request & Access Policy Changes Update | ResDAC In February 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced plans to change how researchers access Medicare and Medicaid data to better protect controlled unclassified information. ...

#CMS has postponed the #VRDC requirement indefinitely. This is big for the CMS and #NIH data use agreement. #rstats #statsky #hpss #srms #hspr #healthecon #hpsr #healthpolicy #geronsky #federalstatistics

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How should health be valued in UK policy evaluation? | LSHTM The UK cost-per-QALY threshold remains a pivotal component of health technology assessment (HTA). Yet its meaning, credibility, and operational role are increasingly contested. The threshold is often

🚨 Last chance: join our @lshtm.bsky.social discussion on recent changes to the NICE threshold

We'll consider its wider impact in #healthecon, #NHS & UK and international #PublicHealth

📆 Wed 11 February from 10:00
🏛️ LSHTM | Online

Register before it's too late 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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🚨 Last chance: join our @lshtm.bsky.social discussion on recent changes to the NICE threshold

We'll consider its wider impact in #healthecon, #NHS & UK and international #PublicHealth

📆 Wed 11 February from 10:00
🏛️ LSHTM | Online

Register before it's too late 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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🏥 Join us next week with stakeholders from govt, business & academia for our @lshtm.bsky.social #healthecon symposium

We'll look at changes to NICE threshold and its wider impact on the #NHS and UK healthcare

📆 Wed 11 February from 10:00
🏛️ LSHTM | Online

Details 🔽
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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"The cost of health care, not food or rent, is now Americans’ top worry," via @washingtonpost.com buff.ly/jDZwwxJ #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon

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Solomon says he's cutting heath care costs, will save Jersey City $30 million - New Jersey Globe Jersey City Mayor James Solomon is about to save the city $30 million while cutting health insurance costs for about 5,000 city employees and retirees by

Jersey City's new mayor is about to save the city $30 million while cutting #healthinsurance costs for about 5,000 city employees and retirees by roughly 8%. That's $30 million to spend on schools, transportation, and other priorities buff.ly/UVi5F7M #healthpolicy #healthecon #NewJersey #healthcare

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Colorado Division of Insurance to Enforce Federal and State Transparency in Coverage Rules | DORA - Division of Insurance December 18, 2025 - Today, the Colorado Division of Insurance (DOI), part of the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), announced that it was granted enforcement authority over federal…

In December, Colorado was granted authority to monitor whether carriers are meeting state and federal TiC data rules, and issue penalties, fines, and other enforcement actions on carriers who are not compliant buff.ly/D1Jjxuj #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon

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Transparency in Coverage Data to Expose Ghost Rates and Hold Payers Accountable: David Muhlestein, PhD | AJMC David Muhlestein, PhD, breaks down ghost rates, data gaps, and why stronger oversight is needed to make Transparency in Coverage files usable for patients.

On this episode of Managed Care Cast, AJMC spoke with David Muhlestein about his recent articles highlighting the completeness of Transparency in Coverage (TIC) files and ghost rates in TiC files buff.ly/J0W55Od #healthcare #healthpolicy #healthecon

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Grad students: get a head start on summer by applying for our virtual CEA Registry fellowship. Learn more and apply today: cevr.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/news/2026-re...

#internships #fellowship #research #healthecon

@pattysynnott.bsky.social

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Farzana Afridi (ISI, Delhi), Jesús Buren (Católica Lisbon), Meghan Esson (University of Iowa), Amanda Gaulke (Kansas State U), Martin Salm (Tilburg U), Jenny Williams (U Melbourn), Alison Cuellar (GMU), Jesse Matheson (University of Sheffield), Therese Nilsson (Lund U)
#econ #healthecon

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