Plan Sponsors Set Sights on Nixing Hospital Facility Fees for Outpatient Services

  • Dec 06, 2024

    Policy changes — particularly those aimed at eliminating hospital facility fees — are top of mind for stakeholders and health benefits purchasers eager to stem the tide of rising health care costs, according to recent research from Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR). 

    The State Policy Assessments Project included interviews with 34 stakeholders in Michigan, Florida and Nevada — states chosen for their economic, geographic and political diversity. The participants included self- and fully insured health care purchasers, health plans, physicians, hospital systems, and other experts. The question researchers sought to answer was: Do stakeholders have an appetite for specific policy solutions to address commercial health care prices in certain states? 

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  • Jill Drachenberg

    Jill has been a reporter and editor since 2005, mainly focusing on business and health care. Before joining AIS Health, she was an editor for Relias Media (formerly AHC Media), focusing on topics such as case management, medical ethics, risk management, infection control, hospital management, and contraceptive technology. She has a B.A. in journalism from Georgia State University.

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