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Dec 25, 2023

Patients at Hundreds of Hospitals Have Cheaper Health Care Options Nearby. Why Don’t They Know?

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Dec 10, 2023

Hospital Price Gaps Show Just How Broken the US Health-Care Market Is

When a baby is about to arrive, every minute counts. Yet when Jen Villa of Salinas, California, was in labor, she and her partner drove 45 minutes in the middle of the night, bypassing nearby hospital...

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Nov 14, 2023

HBCH recognized for member leadership by National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions

WASHINGTON – November 14, 2023 – The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions (National Alliance) recognized the efforts of employers and member coalitions at its 2023 Annual Forum – Tempe...

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Nov 6, 2023

The Leapfrog Group’s Fall 2023 Hospital Safety Grades Announced:16 Houston Area Hospitals Earn an A

Texas ranked 10th in the country with 38% of hospitals statewide achieving an A grade

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Sep 28, 2023

These Employers Took On Healthcare Costs, and the Fight Got Nasty

A bruising battle over hospital costs in Indiana previews a growing trend: Employers are sick of the ever-rising price of healthcare, and they are ready to do something about it. The fight started wi...

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Jun 21, 2023

Texas health plans alert: Get ready for new law eliminating anti-steering and anti-tiering

Brokers and benefits managers need to factor the new legislation, which takes effect immediately, into their next health plans, although anti-steering and anti-tiering provisions in contracts remain i...

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Jun 20, 2023

Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare Celebrates House Bill 711 is Law, Legislation will Lower Healthcare Prices for Texans

Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare (TXEAHC) applauds House Bill 711 becoming law. The legislation which addresses anti-competitive contract provisions and conduct affecting healthcare provider ...

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Jun 13, 2023

Texas Health Insurance Set for Massive Steering and Tiering Shakeup

HB 711 overwhelmingly passed both chambers of the Texas legislature and would allow employers to tier hospitals within a system and steer patients to higher performing centers.

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Nov 14, 2023

HBCH recognized for member leadership by National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions

WASHINGTON – November 14, 2023 – The National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions (National Alliance) recognized the efforts of employers and member coalitions at its 2023 Annual Forum – Tempe...

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Houston Chronicle

Jul 1, 2022

Texas’ largest insurers required to post price data starting today in transparency effort

The Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare Coalition want to make in impact through legislative advocacy and uniting for negotiation power.

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Houston Chronicle

Jun 8, 2022

Some Houston hospitals are charging private insurers up to 3x what Medicare pays as deductibles rise

Hospitals in Texas on average are charging employer-sponsored insurers more than triple the amount that Medicare would pay, raising healt....

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Jun 8, 2022

Houston Employers Pay Hospitals More than Twice the Medicare Rate, Needlessly Reaping Large Profits from Commercial Payers

In Texas, the prices paid to hospitals for privately insured patients by employers averaged 252% of what Medicare would have paid

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Jun 8, 2022

Houston Employers Pay Hospitals More than Twice the Medicare Rate, Needlessly Reaping Large Profits from Commercial Payers

In Texas, the prices paid to hospitals for privately insured patients by employers averaged 252% of what Medicare would have paid.

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May 16, 2022

Employer health plans pay hospitals 224% of Medicare

Employers continue to pay hospitals more than double the amount Medicare would pay for the same services, a new study

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Houston Chronicle

Dec 10, 2020

Despite COVID surge, Houston companies won’t issue strict travel guidelines for the holidays

Even as public health officials urge people to stay at home during the holidays, Houston companies are hesitant to issue strict policies on personal travel during the pandemic

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Houston Chronicle

Oct 7, 2020

Rapid COVID testing could ‘nip any emerging outbreak immediately,’ experts say

New COVID-19 tests that can produce results in as little as 15 minutes are expected to become available in the United States as soon as this month,

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Dec 25, 2023

Patients at Hundreds of Hospitals Have Cheaper Health Care Options Nearby. Why Don’t They Know?

READ MORE

Dec 10, 2023

Hospital Price Gaps Show Just How Broken the US Health-Care Market Is

When a baby is about to arrive, every minute counts. Yet when Jen Villa of Salinas, California, was in labor, she and her partner drove 45 minutes in the middle of the night, bypassing nearby hospital...

READ MORE

Sep 28, 2023

These Employers Took On Healthcare Costs, and the Fight Got Nasty

A bruising battle over hospital costs in Indiana previews a growing trend: Employers are sick of the ever-rising price of healthcare, and they are ready to do something about it. The fight started wi...

READ MORE

Jun 21, 2023

Texas health plans alert: Get ready for new law eliminating anti-steering and anti-tiering

Brokers and benefits managers need to factor the new legislation, which takes effect immediately, into their next health plans, although anti-steering and anti-tiering provisions in contracts remain i...

READ MORE

Jun 13, 2023

Texas Health Insurance Set for Massive Steering and Tiering Shakeup

HB 711 overwhelmingly passed both chambers of the Texas legislature and would allow employers to tier hospitals within a system and steer patients to higher performing centers.

READ MORE

Apr 2, 2023

Walking, Not Running, Toward Healthcare Market Change

Employer groups, including unions and coalitions, are taking some control of healthcare costs in local markets.

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Dec 23, 2022

Large Louisiana companies band together, launch coalition to address health insurance costs

Some of south Louisiana's largest private companies, which together provide health-insurance coverage to some 38,000 employees and family members, are forming a new coalition aimed at controlling the ...

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Nov 8, 2022

Texas groups hope legislators can help slow rising health costs

Several nonprofit groups representing Texas healthcare employers have formed a coalition — Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare — in hopes they can help slow rising healthcare costs

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May 4, 2023

H-Town Health Connect

SHARE: Join Our Email List Houston Hospital Safety Report Cards, Texas Legislature to Ban Anticompetitive Practices In This Issue MAY 4, 2023 Houston Hospital Spring Safety G...

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Nov 6, 2023

The Leapfrog Group’s Fall 2023 Hospital Safety Grades Announced:16 Houston Area Hospitals Earn an A

Texas ranked 10th in the country with 38% of hospitals statewide achieving an A grade

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Jun 20, 2023

Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare Celebrates House Bill 711 is Law, Legislation will Lower Healthcare Prices for Texans

Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare (TXEAHC) applauds House Bill 711 becoming law. The legislation which addresses anti-competitive contract provisions and conduct affecting healthcare provider ...

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May 3, 2023

Houston Business Coalition on Health Launches Report Card to Help Consumers and Employers Find the Region’s Safest Hospitals

The Leapfrog Group Spring 2023 Hospital Safety Grades were also released finding the average risk of three of the most harmful healthcare-associated infections spiked to a 5-year high during pandemic.

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Apr 25, 2023

Texas Employers for Affordable Healthcare Shines Light on High Hospital Prices with New Transparency Dashboard

The median price Texas employers pay for hospital care is 315% of what Medicare pays. Strikingly, the median breakeven amount – the payment rate a hospital needs from commercial payers to breakeven ac...

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