Chapter 13: Shopping for Health Care
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/.