AHA blog: Recent HCCI reports on price variation and growth mislead
Two recent reports by the Health Care Cost Institute appear to use an oversimplified analytic approach and draw overly broad conclusions about price variation and price growth variation, writes Aaron Wesolowski, AHA’s vice president for policy research, analytics and strategy. He says their analysis does not address many of the key factors that can contribute to price variation and growth, while ignoring broader trends in the health care market. Read more.
Related News Articles
Perspective
December’s holiday rush is in full swing on Capitol Hill as Congress returned to Washington this week facing a long list of to-dos and a short time to do them…
Headline
The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare Dec. 4 launched a new national, seven-figure digital, cable and broadcast advertising campaign that highlights…
Headline
The AHA and 22 other organizations Nov. 22 urged Congress to pass an end-of-year health care package that includes action on alternative payment models and a…
Headline
New analysis conducted by Dobson | DaVanzo released Nov. 21 by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare found that integration can provide more…
Headline
"The AHA and America’s hospitals and health systems congratulate President-elect Trump and look forward to working with him and his incoming Administration to…
Perspective
After a long season of campaigning, polls, ads, promises, debates and analysis from pundits, voters are once again on the cusp of electing a president and…