As COVID-19 continues to ravage US communities, the costs in terms of lives and lost wages are severe, particularly among seniors and minority communities. Treating COVID-19 shouldn’t ...

Reference-based pricing has emerged as one way for self-insured employers to control costs. But the measure is not without controversy. Processing Content So what’s the appeal? There are typically ...

The financial pressures surrounding COVID-19 have led employers to look for new ways to contain health care costs. Payors are using reference-based pricing (RBP), saying goodbye to traditional ...

Many countries use external reference pricing to help determine drug prices. However, external reference pricing has received little attention in the US—perhaps because the US is often the first ...

When considering a switch to reference-based pricing, organizations will need to determine if the savings is worth the disruption it will cause to existing insurance policies. (Photo: Shutterstock) As ...

As health care costs increase, employers have been exploring new types of health coverage options, one of which is reference-based pricing (RBP). This method typically does not involve a traditional ...

It is no mystery that health care costs and insurance premiums are spiking higher than Americans can afford. Two factors — lack of industry transparency and burdensome government regulations — have ...