New Study on Hospital Pricing by Houston Business Group Highlights Gaps Between Medicare and Private Insurance Payments

Employer group in Houston plans to use the numbers to pressure lawmakers for policy changes involving how hospitals and health plans price their services Clinical laboratory leaders will…

Employer group in Houston plans to use the numbers to pressure lawmakers for policy changes involving how hospitals and health plans price their services Clinical laboratory leaders will probably not be surprised to learn that wide disparities exist between what Medicare pays hospitals and what is paid by private insurers and employers. That’s according to analysis by the Houston Business Coalition on Health (HBCH) which examined costs and billing practices at four of the region’s top hospitals.

Dark Daily – August 3 – New Study on Hospital Pricing by Houston Business Group

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Fox 7: Texas lawmakers take on rising health care costs with HB 711

Rudy Koski for Fox 7 – March 23, 2023 – New legislation could help lower health care costs by giving consumers more control. The Texas House Select-Health Care Reform committee…

LaMantia: Texas employers can’t afford not to support legislation prohibiting healthcare anti-competitive practices – Rio Grande Guardian

Joe LaMantia III for the Rio Grande Guardian – April 12, 2023 – Texans enjoy living in a state that supports a free-market economy and the laws of…

Reign in health care expenses to improve small business optimism

Optimism is on the decline among small business owners, and reigning in the expenses and uncertainty related to health care could help turn that around. The National Federation…

Newsletter April 2024: Healthcare expenses continue to plague employers 

New Survey Data Highlights Continuing Concerns About Health Care Expenses Small Business for America’s Future, a national coalition of business owners and leaders, recently conducted a survey of…

New Survey Data Highlights Continuing Concerns About Health Care Expenses

Small business is big in Texas. There are over 3 million small businesses in our state, with over 5 million employees and they contribute billions of dollars to…