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Consumer-Directed Health Care: Promise or Pitfall

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (122+ words) Penn LDI Consumer-Directed Health Care: Promise or Pitfall A Conversation with Sherry Glied, PhD, and Stephen Parente, PhD, MPH As policymakers consider how to expand health insurance coverage, some have promoted consumer-directed approaches such as Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), tax-advantaged…...

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How the No Surprises Act Solved One Problem and Created Another

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (470+ words) Health Care Payment and Financing It is generally recognized that the first goal has been successful, and patients are now largely protected from surprise billing. The second feature of the law — the IDR arbitration system — however, is widely viewed as…...

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ldi.upenn.edu > our-work > research-updates > when-a-resolved-billing-scandal-becomes-embedded-in-new-payment-policy

Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment Post-FFS Spike

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (20+ words) Health policy experts discuss how CMS could prevent temporary spending shocks in FFS Medicare from impacting future Medicare Advantage payments....

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Insurer Acquisition of PBMs Raised Some Part D Premiums

6+ mon, 2+ day ago   (929+ words) Briefing: Delivered to the Congressional Budget Office’s Panel of Health Advisors Report from His Penn Fireside Chat with Ezekiel Emanuel about Drug Pricing A New Review Finds Hospital Mergers Raise Prices Without Improving Care, and Urges Regulators to Stop Accepting…...

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Medicare Advantage Risk-Based Provider Payments

8+ mon, 3+ week ago   (613+ words) Health insurers choose the counties where they sell plans on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces. As a result, many people find they have fewer health insurance options than their neighbors in the next county, a new LDI study found....