Highlights from the past few weeks’ Healthcare Transparency News, Studies, and Articles: AMA’s New Policies support Data and Price Transparency [By: American Medical Association, State of Reform] “As part of its ongoing efforts to ensure greater health care transparency that can improve health outcomes, increase the value of health care spending and strengthen physician-patient relationships, […]

Highlights from this week’s Healthcare Transparency News, Studies, and Articles: PriceCheck: How Much Does A Colonoscopy Cost? (California) [By: Lisa Aliferis, KQED] “The colonoscopy: it may be the most dreaded screening test out there, and it’s the next procedure we’re covering as part of PriceCheck. On PriceCheck, we’re crowdsourcing prices of common health tests and procedures.” […]

Highlights from this week’s Healthcare Transparency News, Studies, and Articles: The Biggest Challenge in U.S. Healthcare – Becoming a Retail Industry [By: Paul Keckley, Ph.D., Navigant Healthcare] “…U.S. healthcare is shifting from manufacturing to retail. There’s no questioning the trend: the issues are how the system makes the transition from manufacturing to retail. The five […]

Highlights from this week’s Healthcare Transparency News, Studies, and Articles: Medicare Releases Part D Drug Prescribing Data for First Time [By: Key Terry, Medscape] “For the first time, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released Medicare drug prescribing data at the level of the individual prescriber.” Read more… MD Insider is playing […]

Highlights from this week’s Healthcare Transparency News, Studies, and Articles: Angry Over Drug Prices, More States Push Bills for Pharma to Disclose Costs [By: Ed Silverman, The Wall Street Journal] “Should drug makers be required to disclose their costs to justify rising prices? … This is what a growing number of state legislatures are considering.” […]

Highlights from this week’s Healthcare Transparency News, Studies, and Articles: Shopping tools help patients find cash prices for medical procedures [By: , LA Times] “‘The demand is out there. People in general know how to shop, and they are just learning how to shop in the medical marketplace,’ says Dr. Peter LePort, a general surgeon. […]

Highlights from this week’s Healthcare Transparency News, Studies, and Articles: Top Hospital Ratings Prove Scarce In Medicare’s Latest Tally [By: Jordan Rau, NPR] On Thursday the federal government awarded its first star ratings to hospitals based on the opinions of patients. Some of the nation’s most lofty hospitals—the ones featured in best hospital lists—received mediocre […]

Highlights from this week’s Healthcare Transparency News, Studies, and Articles: New York’s public hospitals must compete to survive, CEO says [By: Melanie Evans, modernhealthcare.com] Dr. Ramanathan Raju, CEO of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., said … that the organization’s financial stability will depend on its ability to win over patients. “In this […]