March 27, 2017

FAIR Health, Inc.: National, independent and self-sustaining nonprofit committed to bringing transparency to healthcare costs and insurance information. FAIR Health provides data, educational resources and technology solutions to all US healthcare sector stakeholders—payors, providers, policy

makers, researchers and consumers. fairhealth.org.

Board of Directors: NancyMarie Bergman, Sherry Glied,

Christopher F. Koller, Peter Millock, Nancy Nielsen, Sara

Rosenbaum, John W. Rowe, Stephen Warnke.

FAIR Health Database: Largest collection of healthcare claims

data in the nation, including a repository of over 23 billion billed

medical and dental procedures that reflect the claims experience

of over 150 million privately insured individuals, adding over 2 billion records annually; data contributed by

over 60 insurers and administrators nationwide; data collected, validated and organized with

methodologies designed and vetted by expert academics; in addition, separate data representing the

experience of more than 55 million individuals enrolled in Medicare.

Benchmark Data Products: Regularly updated percentile benchmark charge data organized by date of

service, procedure code and 493 regions nationwide; available in national modules, specialty and regional

datasets, and unique, customized datasets. Module configurations include medical/surgical, dental,

anesthesia, HCPCS, inpatient facility, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgery centers (ASC), FH Medicare

GapFill PLUS, allowed medical and episodes of care.

Applied Uses of Data: Claims processing and adjudication; fee schedule development, network

negotiations and network design; value-based payment methodologies; benefit design; dispute resolution

and appeals; consumer engagement tools; fraud detection; market research; workers’ compensation and

personal injury protection (PIP) programs; strategic business planning; premium design; geographic and

specialty practice expansion; academic research; policy making; advocacy; etc.

CMS “Qualified Entity” Designation: Recognizing FAIR Health’s ability to securely house and effectively use our industry-leading repository of privately billed claims data to bring value to the healthcare sector, CMS has certified FAIR Health as a Qualified Entity (QE)—one of only four organizations in the country eligible to receive Medicare claims data for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. FAIR Health receives all of Medicare Parts A, B and D claims data for use in nationwide transparency efforts.

Security Certifications: FAIR Health has earned HITRUST CSF and Service Organization Controls (SOC 2) certifications by meeting the rigorous data security standards of those organizations.

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Research Repository: Fields provide de-identified patient information, including age, gender, place of

service, geozip, de-identified provider information, in-/out-of-network designation, procedure codes, and

modifiers. Unique data cuts range from one or two procedures in one or two regions to longitudinal

datasets for multiple procedures, regions and years. See fairhealth.org/Research.

Research Applications: Study regional economic and clinical trends and comparisons; comparisons of

privately-insured with public/government-funded treatments and protocols; impact of legislative and

regulatory changes; comparisons by place of service, patient sex and age; rural versus urban disparities

in care and access; epidemiological trends.

Consumer Website: Award-winning, free consumer tools available in English and Spanish versions,

including websites (fairhealthconsumer.org and consumidor.fairhealth.org) and mobile apps (FH® Cost

Lookup and FH® CCSalud). Features include lookup tools for typical charges and out-of-pocket costs for

medical and dental care by procedure code and geographic area; original curriculum, FH Health

Insurance 101, which contains over 30 educational chapters on insurance and the healthcare system; and

medical, dental and insurance-related glossaries.

Website and Tech Tools: Consumer website technology available in privately labeled formats; links for

community assistance providers, navigators and governmental use; licenses for educational material,

APIs and plan management tools; tools for plans, insurance exchanges, Internet companies, etc.

Advising/Consulting: Establishment of multi-payer claims databases (APDs, APCDs); data collection

and auditing/validation practices; workers’ compensation and auto liability programs; emergency care

reimbursement practices; research applications; cost transparency tools and solutions; exchange

operations.

Government Licenses/Engagements/Certifications/Consultations: New York, New Hampshire, Indiana,

Alaska, Georgia, Kentucky, North Dakota, Arizona, Wisconsin, California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New

Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Mississippi; and US Department of HHS, US Government Accountability

Office, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and CMS’s Center for Consumer Information

and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO).

Recognition and Honors: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), US Department of

HHS, FAIR Health Cost Lookup listed as “Quality Tool” on AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange;

White House Summit on Smart Disclosure—invited presenter as Innovator in Consumer Transparency;

URAC 2013 Awards for Best Practices in Health Care Consumer Engagement and Protection; Health

Datapalooza IV—invited to showcase mobile app and Datapalooza VII—translating claims into actionable

cost and quality information; eHealthcare Leadership Awards (2012-2016); AppPicker 2014 (one of the

best healthcare apps); 2016 Best of Manhattan Award in the Information Technology category; FAIR

Health President Robin Gelburd received a 2016 Employee Benefit News Dig/Benefits Technology

Innovator Award; Kiplinger’s Personal Finance named the FH Consumer Cost Lookup as best “Health

Care Cost Estimator” on “The Best List” in 2016; FAIR Health named a top resource for patients in

Elisabeth Rosenthal’s book, An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You

Can Take It Back.

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Government: Laws, Regulations and Studies Referencing FAIR Health Data

Alaska 1. FAIR Health data inform the fee schedule for the workers’ compensation program of the Department of

Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Workers’ Compensation of the State of Alaska.

2. State Health Insurance Plan

(http://doa.alaska.gov/drb/ghlb/employee/info/faqs/healthPlan.html#.U_fAMfldV1Y )

Arizona FAIR Health data are licensed by the State to support the reimbursement of dental claims for disabled pediatric

patients.

California Statute: Emergency Care Charges California expressly provides by statute that the payments for emergency physicians for services to low-income patients shall be no more than the median or average rates paid by commercial insurers for the same or similar services in the same or similar geographic areas as reported by FAIR Health. California Health and Safety Code, Chapter 2.5 of Division 107, Article 2. Emergency Physician Fair Pricing Policies. Section 127452(b): “An emergency physician shall limited expected payment for services provided to a patient at or below 350 percent of the federal poverty level …When FAIR Health , Inc. makes available the rate of payment received by physicians and surgeons from commercial insurers for the same services in the same or similar geographic region, the amount of expected payment under this section shall be no greater than the median or average of rates paid by commercial insurers for the same or similar services in the same of similar geographic region.”

Connecticut Pursuant to a state law protecting consumers from high surprise bills for out-of-network emergency services, the

Connecticut Insurance Commissioner designated only FAIR Health’s 80th percentile charge benchmarks for

health care services as the “usual, customary and reasonable rate” to be used in determining insurance

reimbursements for health care providers. Public Act 15-146.

Georgia FAIR Health provided development assistance and data consultation for the 2015 and 2016 editions of the

Georgia Workers’ Compensation Fee Schedule, and continues to manage distribution of both schedules.

Kentucky Pursuant to RFP processes, FAIR Health was awarded contracts to advise the Commonwealth of Kentucky

and its Department of Workers’ Claims and to prepare data studies and analyses for the purpose of updating

the 2013 and 2016 editions of the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Fee Schedule for Physicians.

Mississippi Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Fee Schedule (http://www.sos.ms.gov/ACProposed/00019998b.pdf at

page 178) Usual and customary means that when a payment is designated herein as “usual and customary,”

the amount of the payment equates to the charge value reported by FAIR Health, Inc. in its FH RV Benchmarks

products at the 40th percentile for the applicable geographic area in Mississippi.

New Jersey

1. New Jersey Automobile Insurance/PIP Regulations

N.J.A.C. 11:3-29.4 (e) 1. Amendment adopted October 18, 2012, effective January 4, 2013. PIP. FAIR

Health database listed as one of “(N)ational databases of fees, such as those published by …. FAIR Health

… are evidence of the reasonableness of fees for the provider’s geographic region or zip code.”

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2. New Jersey Department of Banking & Insurance – Consumer Assistance

NJ DOBI Website at http://www.state.nj.us/dobi/lifehealthactuarial/rateinfo/index.html lists FAIR Health as

an “additional resource” and provides information about the organization and a link to the FAIR Health

consumer website.

New York 1. 2013 Budget Act - Definition of “UCC” – Usual and Customary Cost

Effective March 31, 2014, insurers must provide examples comparing benefits provided by their plans with

benefits using a percentage of “UCC” as allowed amount. Ins. Law §§ 3217-a(a)(19)(B) and 4324(a)(20)(B)

and Public Health Law § 4408(1)(t)(ii). UCC means “the eightieth percentile of all charges for the particular

health care service performed by a provider in the same or similar specialty and provided in the same

geographical area as reported in a benchmarking database maintained by a nonprofit organization specified

by the Superintendent. The nonprofit organization shall not be affiliated with an insurer….” The FAIR Health

is the only database designated to provide UCC. See NY State Department of Financial Services, Out-of-

Network (OON) Law Guidance, (http://www.dfs.ny.gov/insurance/health/OON_guidance.htm)

2. New York Medical Indemnity Fund

New York State regulations for its Medical Indemnity Fund for birth-related neurological injuries prescribe

the use of FAIR Health data for physicians’ fees. New York Codes, Rules and Regulations. Title 10. Ch.II.

Subch. H, Part 69-10.20 Rates of Payment. “(a) Physicians shall be paid at the 80th percentile of the usual

and customary charges for services provided in private physician practices, as reported by FAIR Health, Inc.

in its Usual, Customary and Reasonable (UCR) database at the time of billing. Payment of these charges

shall constitute payment in full for any such services provided to an enrollee of the fund. (b) Services,

supplies, equipment and medications for which there is a Medicaid fee or rate will be paid at that fee or rate.

(c) Any other service will be paid in an amount established by the prior approval process.

3. New York Workers’ Compensation

FAIR Health data support analysis for the New York Workers’ Compensation fee schedule.

4. New York Health Insurance Exchange

Use of FAIR Health data to provide consumers with cost information was treated as fulfilling Affordable Care

Act requirements for cost transparency; several insurers provide FAIR Health data on their exchange

information sites.

North Dakota FAIR Health data products were used to support the development of the fee schedule for the workers’

compensation program of North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance.

Pennsylvania

Effective 11/01/10 when resolving applications for fee review under 34 Pa. Code § 127.256, the department will

utilize the 85th percentile of the database published by FAIR Health to determine "the usual and customary

charge" as defined in 34 Pa. Code § 127.3.

(http://www.dli.pa.gov/Businesses/Compensation/WC/Pages/Statement-of-Purpose-of-Adoption-of-Usual-and-

Customary-Charge-Reference.aspx#.V0X4BPkrKUk )

Wisconsin The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) has certified the FAIR Health database for

use for workers’ compensation fees. For the standards for certification, see the regulation at

http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/wc/insurance/radiology/radiology_database.htm

“DWD 80.72 Health service fee dispute resolution process.”

United States Government The United States Government Accountability Office, Dental Services: Information on Coverage, Payments,

and Fee Variation, GAO-13-754, September 2013, http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/657454.pdf.

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Publications

Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes as Documented in Private Claims Data: Spotlight on This Growing Issue

among the Nation’s Youth, A FAIR Health White Paper, FAIR Health, January 2017, http://bit.ly/2iglWF7.

The Impact of the Opioid Crisis on the Healthcare System: A Study of Privately Billed Services, A FAIR Health White Paper, FAIR Health, September 2016, http://www.fairhealth.org/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=01532000001g4i3.

The Opioid Crisis among the Privately Insured: The Opioid Abuse Epidemic as Documented in Private Claims Data, A FAIR Health White Paper, FAIR Health, July 2016, http://www.fairhealth.org/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=01532000001nwD2.

PwC Health Research Institute, Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2017, 2015-2016, http://www.pwc.com/us/medicalcosttrends.

Jeff Dang, Eric Okurowski, Robin Gelburd, Lorraine Limpahan and Nicole Iny, “Urgent Care Facilities: Geographic Variation in Utilization and Charges for Common Lab Tests, Office Visits, and Flu Vaccines,” Connecticut Medicine 79, no. 6 (2015): 325-33, http://www.fairhealth.org/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=01532000001TLl6.

Robin Gelburd, “Strategy for a Transparent, Accessible, and Sustainable National Claims Database,” Am J Manag Care 21, no. 3 (2015): e186-e188, http://www.ajmc.com/journals/issue/2015/2015-vol21-n3/strategy-for-a-transparent-accessible-and-sustainable-national-claims-database.

Daniel A. Goldstein, Walid L. Shaib and Christopher R. Flowers, “Costs and Effectiveness of Genomic Testing in the Management of Colorectal Cancer,” Oncology 29, no. 3 (2015): 175-83, http://www.fairhealth.org/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=01532000001TDYO.

Jonathan Ketcham, Sean Lyons and Sean Nicholson, “Relative Prices, Payer Mix and Regional Variations in Medical Care,” June 5, 2012, http://www.fairhealth.org/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=01560000001aG44.

Andrew I. Friedson, “Medical Malpractice Damage Caps and the Price of Medical Procedures,” March 14, 2012, http://www.fairhealth.org/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=01560000001aG3z.

Sean Nicholson, “Research Opportunities of a New Private Health Insurance Claims Data Set,” Health Management, Policy and Innovation 1, no. 1 (2012): 37-41, http://www.fairhealth.org/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=01560000000XXu9.

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FAIR Health Board of Directors

Stephen A. Warnke, Chair Stephen A. Warnke has practiced law in New York for over 25 years. He is a partner at Ropes & Gray and leads the firm’s Healthcare Group, focusing on healthcare regulation; enforcement; compliance, including clinical research compliance; and federal and state policy matters, including Medicare and Medicaid. Earlier in his career, Mr. Warnke served in a policy position in New York City government. He is a trustee of probono.net and has served as a Director of the Legal Aid Society and Trustee of the Legal Action Center and the Women’s Prison Association and Home.

NancyMarie Bergman

NancyMarie Bergman joined the Board as a direct result of her personal experience with the healthcare system

and has been an outspoken advocate for healthcare cost transparency. She co-owned and currently serves as

Chief Operating Officer of the medical staffing business Bells Nurses Registry and Employment Agency, Inc.,

which provides temporary medical staffing for hospitals in the New York metropolitan area. Ms. Bergman

worked as the Marketing Director and Firm Administrator for BDO, the international accounting and consulting

firm, in their Long Island office. She has served as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Long Island

Alzheimer’s Foundation and the Advancement for Commerce and Technology on Long Island and has engaged

in fundraising for the Mental Health Association, WLIW Television, St. Frances Hospital and Epilepsy

Foundation of Long Island. As a breast cancer survivor, she is involved in many Nassau and Suffolk County

breast cancer coalitions.

Sherry Glied Sherry Glied, PhD, is the Dean of New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. From 1989-2012, she was Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, serving as Chair of the department from 1998-2009. In June 2010, Dr. Glied was confirmed by the US Senate as Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the Department of Health and Human Service, a position she occupied until August 2012. From 1992-1993, she served as Senior Economist for healthcare and labor market policy on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. She was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Social Insurance, and the Board of AcademyHealth and has been a member of the Congressional Budget Office’s Panel of Health Advisers.

Christopher F. Koller Christopher F. Koller is president of the Milbank Memorial Fund, an endowed operating foundation founded in 1905 and based in New York City. The Fund’s mission is to improve health by helping public and private sector leaders acquire and use the best available evidence to inform policy for healthcare and population health. The Fund organizes meetings for decision makers and publishes reports, books and The Milbank Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal of population health and health policy. Previously, Mr. Koller served the State of Rhode Island as the country’s first health insurance commissioner (2005-2013). The office received national recognition for its rate review process and its efforts to promote payment reform, primary care revitalization and delivery system transformation. Earlier, Mr. Koller was the CEO of the Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island for nine years and the founding chair of the Association of Community Affiliated Plans. He was a member of the IOM Committee on Essential Health Benefits and serves in numerous national and state health policy advisory capacities. Mr. Koller is adjunct professor of community health in the School of Public Health at Brown University.

Peter J. Millock Peter J. Millock is a partner at Nixon Peabody and focuses his law practice on affiliations and networks of physicians, hospitals and other health and mental health providers; regulatory and enforcement matters before state agencies; and legislative lobbying on healthcare issues. Between 1980 and 1995, Mr. Millock served as General Counsel at the New York State Department of Health. In 1993, he served on the President’s Task Force on Healthcare Reform as a member of the Legal Audit Team. Mr. Millock also is an Associate Professor at the State University of New York at Albany, School of Public Health.

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Nancy Nielsen Nancy Nielsen, MD, PhD, is Clinical Professor of Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Health Policy at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo. Dr. Nielsen is a Past President of the American Medical Association (AMA), and was the AMA representative on many quality initiatives, including the National Quality Forum, the AMA-convened Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement, the Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance (AQA) and the Quality Alliance Steering Committee. She also served as a Board member of the Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company and Kaleida Health and as a Trustee of the SUNY system. She is currently a board member of the Center for Hospice and Palliative Care in Buffalo, the Great Lakes Health system and Livanta, one of two Beneficiary and Family Centered Care Quality Improvement Organizations with whom CMS contracts. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Sara Rosenbaum Sara Rosenbaum is founding Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University. She holds appointments in the Schools of Medicine and Law. Professor Rosenbaum is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and a founding Commissioner on the Congressional Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), which she also chairs. Among other honors, Ms. Rosenbaum is a recipient of an Investigator Award in Health Policy from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and has been recognized by the Department of Health and Human Services for distinguished national service on behalf of Medicaid beneficiaries. As a member of the White House Domestic Policy Council under President Clinton, she directed the drafting of the Health Security Act and oversaw the development of the Vaccines for Children program.

John W. Rowe Dr. John Rowe is a Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Columbia

University Mailman School of Public Health. From 2000 until late 2006, Dr. Rowe served as Chairman and CEO of Aetna, Inc. From 1998 to 2000, Dr. Rowe served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mount Sinai NYU Health, one of the nation’s largest academic healthcare organizations. Earlier, Dr. Rowe was a Professor of Medicine and the founding Director of the Division on Aging at the Harvard Medical School, as well as Chief of Gerontology at Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital. Widely honored for his research and health policy efforts on care of the elderly, he was Director of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Aging and currently leads the MacArthur Foundation’s Research Network on An Aging Society. Dr. Rowe was elected a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation and Lincoln Center Theater. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the University of Connecticut and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

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Recent Selected Press

3/23/17 – Albany Times Union – Trinity Health and Pacira Pharmaceuticals Announce Collaboration to

Decrease Opioid Use Nationwide

3/22/17 – ABC Action News – Skyrocketing Healthcare Costs: Do Your Research

3/22/17 – Healthcare Trends Institute – Insurers, Brokers and Schools Need to Partner to Prevent Concussions

3/17/17 – Health Payer Intelligence – Emergency Coverage Top Healthcare Consumer Demand for Payers

3/17/17 – Insurance News Net – New Healthcare Pricing Resource Quantifies Costs of Complete Episodes of Care

3/16/17 – Becker’s Hospital Review – FAIR Health Adds 4 Years of Medicare Claims Data

3/16/17 – WorkCompCentral – FAIR Health Acquires Medicare Parts A, B, D Data

3/15/17 – The Day – Connecticut Sees Sharp Increase in Overdose Deaths of Young Women

3/15/17 – Becker’s Hospital Review – 4 RCM Companies with Recent Service Expansions

3/15/17 – Anesthesiology News – ‘Critical Changes, Critical Strategies’: A Report from the ASA’s Practice Management Meeting

3/15/17 – Health Data Management - Claims Data Vendor Adds 4 Years of Medicare Billing Info

3/15/17 – New York City Biz List – Nation's Largest Private Healthcare Database Acquires All Medicare Claims Data

3/13/17 – WJCT (Florida NPR) - Decision Florida: Lawmakers Attack Health Care Costs With Sunlight (Interview with Robin Gelburd)

3/10/17 – Insurance News Net – “Surprise” Gaps in Health Insurance Coverage Need Solutions

3/9/17 – Healthcare DIVE - Unequal Challenges Parents to Consider Soccer Head Protection

3/8/17 – New York Times – Five Ways to be a Savvy Medical Tourist and Enjoy a Vacation

3/7/17 – AdvisoryHQ – Top 6 Sites to Compare Best Dental Insurance Quotes & Plans | 2017 Ranking & Comparison Review

3/7/17 – Fierce Healthcare – Hospital Impact: Benchmarks for Episodes of Care Create Opportunities for Providers

3/6/17 – Becker’s Hospital Review – FAIR Health Launches Healthcare Pricing Guide: 6 Things to Know

2/28/17 – The Health Care Blog – Costs of a Hospital Monopoly in One Underserved County

2/23/17 – Kitap Sun (part of the USA Today Network) – Share Your Concerns about the Future of Health Care

2/22/17 – Bold – 5 Quick Tips on How to Budget for Healthcare Costs

2/15/17 – Modern Medicine Network/Contemporary Pediatrics – How Obesity and Related Conditions Are Skyrocketing

2/9/17 – Yahoo! Finance/Consumer Reports – Dental Insurance That Will Save Your Smile

2/9/17 – Anesthesiology News – Out-of-Network Billing: ‘Surprise Billing’ or ‘Surprise Gaps in Insurance Coverage’?

2/8/17 – HealthPayer Intelligence – Payers with Larger Market Share Have More Negotiating Power

2/8/17 – The Hill – Want to Stretch Your Healthcare Dollars? Learn about Flexible Spending Plans

2/3/17 – Independent Journal Review – 3 Things Consumers Should Know about Health Insurance in Order to Understand the Marketplace

2/2/17 – Fierce Healthcare – 3 Ways Physicians Can Address Patients’ Financial Worries

2/1/17 – Managed Healthcare Executive – Do Physicians Dismiss Patients’ Financial Concerns?

1/30/17 – Behavioral Healthcare Executive – Opioid Crisis Brings Paradigm Shift

1/29/17 – New Haven Register – Forum: ‘Driver’s Ed’ Needed for Understanding Health Insurance

1/28/17 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Growing Up Sick: Study of Pediatric Diabetes Shows Need for Action

1/26/17 – The Hill – 8 Ways Consumers Can Control Their Personal Healthcare Costs

1/26/17 – The Balance – Why Millennials Need to Think about Health Insurance Differently

1/26/17 – Terra – Connecticut Focus: Demonstrates Need to Improve Health Insurance Awareness (translated from Spanish)

1/25/17 – Hartford Business Journal – Report: CT Needs to Improve Health Insurance Literacy

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1/25/17 – Healthcare DIVE – Spotlight On CT: Newly Insured and Uninsured Connecticut Residents, Particularly Members of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Demonstrated Low Levels of Health Insurance Literacy (HIL) in Focus Groups

1/24/17 – The Tennessean (part of the USA Today Network) – How Price Transparency Will Improve Health Care

1/24/17 – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Health Claims on the Rise for Kids with Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity-Related Conditions

1/24/17 – Medical Observer – Obesity, Diabetes Prevalence Doubled “Lanky” (translated from Korean)

1/23/17 – MedicalResearch.com – Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Claims Rise Sharply in Pediatric Population

1/23/17 – Diet Doctor – Frightening Increase in Obesity-Related Diseases among Children (translated from Swedish)

1/20/17 – Medscape – Diabetes, Obesity-Linked Disorders Double in Kids

1/19/17 – Psychology Today – More Needs to Be Done to Address the Severity of Concussions

1/19/17 – American Institute for Cancer Research – Type 2 Diabetes among Youth Doubles over 5 Years, Troubling for Later Cancer Risk

1/18/17 – Dentistry Today – Brace Yourself: A Guide to Orthodontia Reimbursement

1/17/17 – CNN – Surprised by a Medical Bill? Here’s What to Do

1/16/17—Daily Caller—Obesity Claims for Youth Are Rising Dramatically

1/16/17—Newsmax—Study: Sharp Spike in Obesity-Linked Diagnosis among Kids, Teens

1/13/17 – The Hill – The Growing Incidence of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Young People

1/13/17 – Becker’s Hospital Review – Insurance Claims for Youth with Type 2 Diabetes Doubled from 2011 to 2015, Study Finds

1/13/17 – Drug Store News – White Paper: Diabetes Diagnoses Doubles across Pediatric Population

1/12/17 – NPR – Obesity-Linked Diagnoses on the Rise among Kids and Teens

1/12/17 – KHN – Health Claims on the Rise for Kids with Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity-Related Conditions

1/11/17 – Fierce Healthcare – Hospital Impact: States Use Claims Data to Experiment with Healthcare Improvement Efforts

1/9/17 – WCNY/NPR radio interview – The Capitol Pressroom: Health Navigator NY

1/5/17 – Edge Media Network – Men Nearly Three Times as Likely to Be Diagnosed with Oral Cancer as Women

1/5/17 – International Business Times – New Technology Unveiled at CES 2017 Can Help Spot Concussions in Just 30 Seconds

1/4/17 – O JornalDentistry – Oral Cancer Increases in the United States (translated from Portuguese)

1/3/17 – The Hill – Experimental Treatments and Clinical Trials—How to Get Accepted into One

12/30/16 – Becker’s Hospital Review – 58 RCM Product Launches in 2016

12/23/16 – The Hill – How to Avoid and Handle Surprise Medical Bills

12/22/16 – Hartford Business Journal – Cost Transparency Coming into Sharper Focus

12/21/16 – Time/Money – The High Cost of Coping

12/21/16 – Time/Money – A Comprehensive Guide to the Best Mental Health Resources

12/15/16 – The Hill – Understanding Your Explanation of Benefits

12/12/16 – Sunshine State News – ‘Surprise Billing’ Called Rare in Florida Emergency Medicine

12/9/16 – Becker’s Hospital Review – American Healthcare’s One Constant in a Sea of Change: Emergency Medicine

12/6/16 – Health – Many Americans Skip the Dentist Due to Cost

12/5/16 – The Hill – 5 Enduring Healthcare Insurance Tips for Consumers

12/5/16 – The Daily Caller – Five Key Things Healthcare Consumers Must Know

12/4/16 – Health Plan News – Accolades Recognize Preeminence of FAIR Health Consumer Website

12/1/16 – Univision – Latinos Misuse the Emergency Room (translated from Spanish)

11/29/16 – Digital Realty – Why Everyone Should Know Who FAIR Health Is

11/29/16 – Employee Benefit News – How to Decide on the Best Times, and Lengths, for Open Enrollment

11/28/16 – Medscape Medical News – ED Patients Shocked by Out-of-Network Physician Charges

11/22/16 – Employee Benefit News – An Employee’s Guide to Preventative and Wellness Services

11/20/16 – ABC World News Tonight – Out-of-Network Doctors Causing ER Bills to Go Up

11/17/16 – Fierce Healthcare – Nearly 1 in 4 Patients Unknowingly Treated by Out-of-Network ER Doc

11/15/16 – The Hill – The Ins and Outs of Free Preventive Care

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11/15/16 – Dentistry Today – Steer Your Patients to Clear, Unbiased Data and Resources

11/15/16 – Employee Benefit News – How to Make the Most of Open Enrollment

11/13/16 – The Times-Tribune – Cost Estimators Take Mystery Out of Health Care Costs

11/10/16 – American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) – ACEP Urges President-Elect Trump to Address Insurance Coverage Gaps Faced by Emergency Patients

11/7/16 – The Daily National – Claims Related to Oral Cancer Diagnoses Rise 61 Percent since 2011

11/4/16 – AJC – 4 Ways to Save Money on Dental Care in Metro Atlanta – Even without Insurance

11/1/16 – Managed Health Care Connect – Oral Cancer Diagnoses Claims Rise 61% over 4 Years

10/31/16 – Kiplinger – Best Websites and Tools to Save on Your Health, 2016

10/31/16 – Dentistry Today – Rising Claims Reflect a Need for Better Oral Cancer Detection

10/31/16 – Philadelphia Inquirer - Oral Cancer Rates Going up for U.S. Men; Link to HPV Is Eyed

10/27/16 – ADA Morning Huddle – Oral Cancer Claims Rise 61 Percent since 2011

10/26/16 – LifeZette – Startling Increase in Oral Cancer

10/25/16 – Washington Post – The Startling Rise in Oral Cancer in Men, and What It Says about Our Changing Sexual Habits

10/25/16 – CT Mirror – What You Need to Know for the 2017 Obamacare Open Enrollment

10/17/16 – Managed Healthcare Executive – Six Ways Health Plans Address Consumer Pain Points

10/13/16 – Pharmacy Choice – Consumers Hungry for Health Insurance Information as Early as High School

10/12/16 – Becker’s Hospital Review – Survey Unveils Strong Appetite for Health Insurance Information—as Early as High School

10/11/16 – Forbes – 11 Tips for Saving on Health Care Costs All Year Long

10/11/16 – Modern Healthcare – Americans Are Avoiding the ER and Becoming Sicker While Paying More for Insurance

10/5/16 – CNBC – AMCP Foundation’s Symposium Gathers Diverse Stakeholders to Address Issues of Opioid Misuse and Abuse

10/4/16 – Time Magazine – How to Pick the Best Health Care Plan during Open Enrollment

10/4/16 – Yahoo! – How to Pick the Best Health Care Plan during Open Enrollment

9/30/16 – Forbes – 11 Tips for Saving on Health Care Costs All Year Long

9/30/16 – The Workers’ Compensation Daily – Some Treatment Costs Higher for Worker’s Comp Claims

9/29/16 – Investopedia – 6 Things Obamacare Plans Won’t Cover

9/26/16 – Poynter – When Covering Painkiller Crisis, Don’t Blame the Victims

9/26/16 – STAT News – The Opioid Epidemic is Skyrocketing Private Insurance Costs

9/22/16 – McKnight’s – McKnight’s Fall Online Expo Is Back

9/22/16 – Terra – Culturally Relevant New Medical Centers to Open in Connecticut

9/20/16 – Fox News – Study Raises New Questions about Fetal Ultrasounds

9/19/16 – Wall Street Journal – Study Raises New Questions about Fetal Ultrasounds

9/16/16 – Benefits Pro – Study: Insurer Spending on Opioids Rose 1,375 Percent over Four Years

9/15/16 – Cincinnati.com/Cincinnati Enquirer Gannett – Insurers’ Costs For Opioid-Related Treatments up 1300%

9/15/16 – Managed Health Care Connect – Opioid Addiction Treatment: Can Managed Care Make an Impact?

9/13/16 – Fierce Healthcare – Opioid Epidemic Expert: Payers Can Do “Quite A Bit” to Curb Costly Crisis

9/13/16 – Managed Care Magazine – Health Plans’ Spending on Opioid Abuse Soars 1,375%

9/13/16 – Becker’s Hospital Review – 5 Study Findings on Health Spending Related to Opioid Addiction Treatment

9/12/16 – NPR – Insurance Data Show A Surge In Spending On Opioid Treatment And Testing

9/12/16 – KHN – Study: Health Spending Related to Opioid Treatment Rose More Than 1,300 Percent

9/8/16 – Trend Hunter – The FH Cost Lookup CT App Compares Costs of Medical Services

9/7/16 – New York Academy of Medicine Urban Health Matters Blog – Q&A with Anthony Shih

Updated March 27, 2017

Next update expected April 3, 2017

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