HCCI is a mission-driven, independent, nonprofit organization situated at the nexus of data, analytics, and action.
We leverage unique, high-quality data assets and extraordinary expertise in research and policy to give decision makers the tools they need to lower costs and increase the value of health care. HCCI is dedicated to making the US health care system work better by unlocking insights and opening doors to more accessible, more affordable, and more equitable care.
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HCCI maintains an extraordinary multi-payer, longitudinal commercial claims dataset covering one third of the employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) population in the United States.
We license access to our data via secure enclave to researchers at universities, government agencies, and non-profit organizations.
Our HIPAA and anti-trust compliant dataset provides critical information about health care costs without divulging sensitive information; the dataset is payer, provider, and patient de-identified. Additionally, we maintain vigorous data masking rules that dictate when results can be publicly reported at national and subnational levels.
Register and apply to use HCCI’s Commercial Claims Dataset to power the analytics in your own research initiatives. Find more information in the Data Access Hub.
By facilitating clear, unbiased research around the most important trends in health care — particularly those economic issues that are critical to a sustainable, high-performing system — HCCI enables all stakeholders in health care to drive improvements in quality and value with our robust analytics. By using our unique assets, HCCI has become an invaluable partner in bringing about systemic change.
HCCI conducts impactful, relevant research using our ESI data and government data sources. To provide access to clear spending and price information, we regularly release formatted tables and interactive tools accompanying our written and visual publications. Our industry-leading analysis and annual research initiatives translate findings into understandable and usable knowledge that catalyzes change. HCCI Originals
Health care claims data is the most comprehensive source of real-world evidence available to researchers – the gold standard for timely, population-level information.
Our team has a unique blend of data, analytics, and policy experience, and we use our analytic capabilities and unique access to data to break down barriers and answer complex but necessary questions about trends in spending and utilization.
HCCI can help unlock valuable information buried deep within the numbers. From conceptualizing a project through planning, research design, and analysis, our team knows how to combine strategic thinking with evidence and information, to help you answer your big questions, put data into context, formulate policy, and understand the impacts of various policy options.
To collaborate with HCCI on an original research project contact us here.
Transparency Solutions
In addition to our publicly available original research publications, HCCI also maintains an extensive consumer-facing price transparency website called Guroo. Guroo is based on HCCI’s unbiased and trusted analysis, and illustrates our mission to identify and address the factors compromising the equity and accessibility of health care in the US.
HCCI manages the state of Florida’s All-Payer Claims Database, empowering residents to be knowledgeable consumers and informing policymakers on the data-backed evidence of improved or worsening care costs in the state. HCCI also produced a multi-payer analysis for the state of North Carolina – a collaborative report that makes comprehensive claims data available for public use.
To learn more about or collaborate with us on our transparency efforts contact us here.
As a small non-profit organization, HCCI values strategic partnership and contributions to fund our efforts to remove costs as a barrier to health care access across the United States.
By partnering with the Health Care Cost Institute, you are making an investment in the future of care and safeguarding the concise analytics of data-based research that informs our decisions as consumers and stakeholders in the health care system.
For more information about how to partner with HCCI, engage with us here (pdf).
HCCI has collaborated with media organizations, such as The New York Times, Vox, The Washington Post, NBC, and Kaiser Health News.
Our data, analysis, and experts are frequently cited by leading media outlets and can provide journalists crucial information on a range of stories/topics. Explore our original research results.
For media inquiries, please contact us here.