Chapter 13: Shopping for Health Care

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207  controversial health insurance substitutes: “ ‘Sham’ Sharing Ministries Test Faith of Patients and Insurance Regulators,” Kaiser Health News, May 17, 2019, https://khn.org/news/sham-sharing-ministries-test-faith-of-patients-and-insurance-regulators/.

207  cost calculator: https://www.medibid.com/cost-calculator/.

208  Patient Rights Advocates: https://www.patientrightsadvocate.org/.

208  Cynthia Fisher: “A Powerful Lobbying Tool in the Trump Era: the President’s Ear,” Wall Street Journal, April 17, 2019, https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-powerful-lobbying-tool-in-the-trump-era-the-presidents-ear-11555493400.

208  New Choice Health: https://www.newchoicehealth.com/.

208  ClearHealthCosts: https://clearhealthcosts.com/.

208  Surgery Center of Oklahoma: https://surgerycenterok.com/.

208  KISx Card: https://getkisx.com/.

209  downloads of its chargemaster: “Hospital Standard Charges” (Excel spreadsheet), University of Utah Health, https://healthcare.utah.edu/bill/pdfs/standard-charges-to-publish.xlsx.

210  2,900-item chargemaster: “Intermountain Medical Center Chargemaster” (Excel spreadsheet), Intermountain Healthcare, https://intermountainhealthcare.org/-/media/files/chargemasters/2019-cm/intermountain-medical-center—chargemaster.xlsx?la=en.

211  report from Altarun: “Revealing the Truth about Healthcare Price Transparency,” Altarun, June 2018, https://www.healthcarevaluehub.org/advocate-resources/publications/revealing-truth-about-healthcare-price-transparency.

211  later study by Altarum: “Consumer-Centric Evaluation of Healthcare Price and Quality Transparency Tools,” Altarum, April 19, 2019, https://altarum.org/publications/consumer-centric-evaluation-healthcare-price-and-quality-transparency-tools.

213  popularized by Malcolm Gladwell: Malcolm Gladwell, “Complexity and the Ten-Thousand-Hour Rule,” New Yorker, August 21, 2013, https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/complexity-and-the-ten-thousand-hour-rule.

216  “Find a Fair Price”: “Find Your Fair Price,” Healthcare Bluebook, https://www.healthcarebluebook.com/ui/consumerfront.

217  Health Care Cost Institute: https://www.healthcostinstitute.org/.

217  Healthy Marketplace Index: https://www.healthcostinstitute.org/research/hmi.

218  Guroo.com: https://www.guroo.com/#!

219  FAIR Health: https://www.fairhealthconsumer.org/.

219  Healthcare Common Procedural Coding System: “HCPCS – General Information,” CMS.gov, U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/MedHCPCSGenInfo/index.

219  Procedure Price Lookup Tool: https://www.medicare.gov/procedure-price-lookup/.

220  keeps track: “Interactive State Report Map,” All-Payer Claims Database (APCD) Council, https://www.apcdcouncil.org/state/map.

221  Maryland Health Care Commission: http://mhcc.maryland.gov/.

221  Center for Improving Value in Health Care: https://www.civhc.org/.

222  Illinois Hospital Report Card: http://www.healthcarereportcard.illinois.gov/.

222  Compare Maine: https://www.comparemaine.org/.

222  MNHealthScores: http://www.mnhealthscores.org/.

222  NH HealthCost: https://nhhealthcost.nh.gov/.

222  Oregon Hospital Guide: https://oregonhospitalguide.org/.

222  Hospital Report Cards: “Review and Compare Hospitals Using Hospital Report Cards (2020),” Vermont Department of Health, https://www.healthvermont.gov/health-statistics-vital-records/health-care-systems-reporting/hospital-report-cards.

222  Healthcare Pricing Transparency Report: “Healthcare Pricing Transparency,” Virginia Health Information, https://www.vhi.org/HealthcarePricing/default.asp.

222  Washington State MONAHRQ: http://www.wamonahrq.net/.

222  My Health Wisconsin: http://wisconsinhealthinfo.org/.

223  ViaCord: https://www.viacord.com/.