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.