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Explainers for contracting teams
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Plain-language explainers on price transparency data, pricing methodologies, and how to turn payer disclosure into negotiation leverage.
We took one insurer's Transparency-in-Coverage file, one common surgery, and one Houston ZIP code — and turned them into the number members actually want: what will I pay at each hospital near me?
Read more →MRF and TiC files often look like fee-for-service data, but the underlying pricing methodology may be DRG, APC, or case rate. Here's why that matters for comparisons.
Read more →A plain-language explainer on hospital machine-readable files, what they contain, and why they matter for contract negotiations.
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