Press Releases

May 13, 2013

Press Release: New Study Tracks Impact of Aging on Health Costs

May 15, 2013: A new Society of Actuaries study using HCCI data tracks the impact of aging on health care costs.

February 25, 2013

Press Release: The Impact of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act on Inpatient Admissions Report

February 27, 2013: HCCI Analysis Suggests Jump in Spending on Mental Health-Substance Use Admissions

September 25, 2012

Press Release: 2011 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report

September 25, 2012: After a Two-Year Slowdown, Health Care Spending Grew 4.6 Percent Per Capita in 2011, Says HCCI Report

July 1, 2012

Press Release: Children’s Health Care Spending Report 2007-2010

Sunday, July 1, 2012: Spending On Children’s Health Rising Faster Than Adults Over Past Four Years, Says New Report

May 21, 2012

Press Release: 2010 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report

May 21, 2012: First-Ever Report Using Health Plans’ Claims Data from Nation’s Largest Private Insurers Shows Prices Are Driving Health Spending Growth

May 9, 2012

HCCI Taps Five Experts for Scientific Review Committee

The Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), a nonprofit that allows researchers unprecedented access to a comprehensive collection of health plan and government payer data, announced today that it has tapped five leading academics and researchers to form its Scientific Review Committee. 

May 1, 2012

HCCI Launch Event Transcript

A transcript of the September 20th, 2011 HCCI Launch Event is available. Click here to download the discussion transcript (PDF).

September 26, 2011

Wall Street Journal: Health Insurers Will Give Claims Data to Institute

Several major health insurers say they will provide information on billions of medical-billing claims in their books to a new academic institute, which will create a database for research on health-care costs and utilization.

September 26, 2011

New York Times: 4 Insurers Will Supply Health Data

Several major health insurers have agreed to provide their claims data on a regular basis to academic researchers, in an unusual agreement that they say will open a window onto the rising costs of health care.

September 20, 2011

Press Release: New Health Care Cost Institute to Transform the Study of U.S. Health Care Spending

Washington, DC. (September 20, 2011) – The Health Care Cost Institute, an unprecedented health research initiative launched today, will allow researchers and policymakers access to a comprehensive collection of health plan and government payer data that will offer new insights into health care costs, utilization, and intensity. This new tool will inform the public policy process and assist in developing new solutions to long-term problems confronting the health care system.