The Outpatient Pivot: How Prospect Exploited Facility Fees While Inpatient Care Crumbled 2026-07-28 by CHIR Faculty Private equity investors who purchase health care facilities frequently deploy financial and managem... Corporatization of Health Care, Costs and Competition, Provider Costs and Billing Reform facility fees, financialization, HOPD, private equity
Facility Fee Reform: States Can Protect Household Budgets Without Upending Hospital Budgets 2026-05-07 by CHIR Faculty Facility fees in hospital outpatient settings are a driver in the growing healthcare affordability c... Costs and Competition, Provider Costs and Billing Reform facility fee, HOPD, hospital outpatient department, pricing reform
Designing a Site-Neutral Policy for the Commercial Market: Summary of a New Framework for Policymakers 2026-04-09 by CHIR Faculty Policymakers are beginning to look into site-neutral payment reform options for the commercial healt... Costs and Competition, Provider Costs and Billing Reform ambulatory surgical centers, commercial market, HOPD, site-neutral
From Check-Ups to Cha-Ching: Consumers’ Exposure to Facility Fees 2025-12-15 by CHIR Faculty High and unexpected charges like facility fees continue to drive patients away from care. In this bl... Costs and Competition, Provider Costs and Billing Reform cost-sharing, facility fees, HOPD, vertical integration