Numbers — the hard facts. People often consider numbers, or data, to be unimpeachable, or that they can speak for themselves. More often than not, however, numbers can be presented differently to show ...

Research conducted by The Joint Commission suggests consumers can effectively understand publicly reported data on hospital performance and quality, despite previous research that concluded otherwise.

The American Hospital Association has released a report finding that hospital and health system performance on key patient safety and quality measures was better in the first quarter of 2024 than it ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR 1) is expected to cut more than $1 trillion dollars in funding to hospitals and other providers, primarily through cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act ...

Oria, a specialized AI chatbot, transforms complex machine-readable files (MRFs) into instant answers, removing barriers to understanding hospital prices. “For decades, healthcare prices were a ...

Real-world cross-validation of insurer and hospital price transparency data finds low overlap but high concordance between data sources. Given recent congressional interest in codifying price ...