Health Affairs

Fine-Tuning Cost Sharing As Part Of Health Reform

While debate over Medicare expansion proposals has focused on coverage, a key feature of several proposals is the reduction or elimination of cost sharing. The Medicare-for-All proposal by Senator ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Cost-Sharing Payments for Out-of-Network Care in Commercially Insured Adults

Cost-sharing payments for OON care have increased significantly, posing a financial burden on enrollees, especially during nonemergent hospitalizations. Policy interventions are needed to protect ...
Health Affairs

The Equity Issue With Advance Care Planning Cost Sharing

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) created the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) billing codes for advance care planning in 2016 to incentivize clinicians to have these important ...
Purdue University

Cost Sharing

Cost sharing is that portion of the project or program costs that are not borne by the sponsor. There are two types of cost sharing that occur on sponsored projects, mandatory and voluntary. All ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Cost Sharing Leads Some Patients to Delay Medically Necessary Care

A new report by the American College of Physicians sheds light on the harsh truth that being underinsured is as big a challenge as being uninsured. Cost sharing, in particular deductibles, has caused ...