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Data alone no help to patients

Editorial and Op-Ed 11/08/2019

Health care providers and insurers have access to more information on costs, pricing and quality of services than they sometimes know how to share...

PRICE TRANSPARENCY: Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island CEO and President Kim A. Keck, center, says while most insurers have tools to share cost information and pass them along to members and providers, price distributions aren’t widely used because when patients have a health issue that needs to be addressed, they aren’t likely to cost-compare and shop for services. Keck is flanked by, from left: UnitedHealthcare of New England CEO Stephen Farrell; R.I. Health Commissioner Marie L. Ganim; Coastal Medical CEO and President Dr. Alan Kurose; and Rhode Island Foundation CEO and President Neil D. Steinberg. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Complexities of price transparency in health care makes it an elusive...

Health Services 11/08/2019

Prices attached to health care services and products need to be more transparent, according to panelists at the Providence Business News 2019 Fall Health...

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