Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Spending

How to Realize Health Equity in Benefits, OOP Costs for Women

October 2, 2023 - Health benefits are one of the under-explored contributors to healthcare gender disparities and health equity gaps. Employed women spend $15.4 billion more on healthcare than men per year out of pocket and are more likely to reach their out-of-pocket maximum, according to a Deloitte study. Healthcare premiums go farther for men than for women. And, contrary to what many would assume,...


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CMS Proposes ESRD Value-Based Payment, Surprise Billing Final Rule

by Emily Sokol, MPH

CMS proposed a value-based payment model for the treatment of end-stage renal disease and released a final ruling to combat surprise billing. Meanwhile, Congress introduced a bill to expand broadband...

Pandemic Response Increases Telehealth Access, Vaccinations; CMS Lowers Out-of-Pocket Payments

by Emily Sokol, MPH

As part of the pandemic response, the Biden administration is working to knock down barriers to receiving COVID-19 vaccines—eliminating financial barriers and expanding access. All the while, CMS...

How Payer COVID Waivers Model Value-Based Healthcare Spending

by Kelsey Waddill

The healthcare system is currently at a juncture: as the coronavirus pandemic becomes more manageable, will the industry revolutionize its approach to value-based healthcare spending or will it fall...

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