Dear John,

Join Health Affairs tomorrow, November 20 for a virtual event with John Bowblis examining how the loss of public health emergency funds challenges the financial viability of nursing homes.

Today's Featured Articles

Medicare Advantage Plans With High Numbers Of Veterans: Enrollment, Utilization, And Potential Wasteful Spending

Yanlei Mai et al.

Reconsidering The No Surprises Act Data: Implications For Policymakers

Richard E. Heller et al.

part of our Provider Prices In The Commercial Sector series

To Improve Quality And Outcomes, Incentivize Clinicians To Engage Patients

Lee Fleisher and Judith Hibbard

More from our Provider Prices In The Commercial Sector Forefront Series

State Efforts To Improve Price Transparency

Maanasa Kona and Nadia Stovicek (April 2024)

In An Era Of Premium And Provider Price Increases, State Employee Health Plans Target Key Cost Drivers

Sabrina Corlette and Karen Davenport (November 2023)

Commercial Insurer Price Transparency: A Comparison Of Four National Payers

David Muhlestein (May 2023)

Jared Walker on Eliminating Your Medical Debt

Health Affairs' Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interviews Jared Walker of Dollar For about his recent paper that explores the widely varying criteria amongst US nonprofit hospitals to determine who qualifies for free and discounted charity care.

Uses of Health Care Price Transparency Data: Status, Innovations, Opportunities

Join Health Affairs December 4 for a virtual event on the current uses of hospital and insurer price transparency data and efforts to improve their usability and reliability. 

Drawing upon articles in the Health Affairs Forefront series “Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector,” supported by Arnold Ventures, the panelists will discuss their experiences using the data, as well as needs and ideas for future improvement. 

Sabrina Corlette of Georgetown University will moderate the virtual briefing. 

Speakers include: 

• Ge Bai, Johns Hopkins University
• Jean Abraham, University of Minnesota
• Michael Conway, Colorado Division of Insurance 
• Shawn Gremminger, National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
• Steve Parente, University of Minnesota