Turquoise Health Blog

The state of hospital price transparency, with pictures! (February 2021)

We've reviewed 6,000+ hospital websites and standardized 1,500 machine readable files into our database, with about 500 more on the way. Here's what the market looks like.

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One Click Price Transparency Has Arrived

Complying with price transparency is hard...but what if it isn't?

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Announcing Turquoise Health

Today, we’re thrilled to unveil Turquoise Health, our venture to simplify healthcare reimbursement and lower the cost of care.

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One DC Judge Is About to Decide the Future of Hospital Economics

Here’s a summary of the arguments on both sides. You be the judge.

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Hospitals Can Choose a Price Transparency Narrative or Let Others Choose for Them

Providers have a narrow window to anticipate the same wave of consumerism that struck the airline, retail and restaurant industries. Will they take it?

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How Much Does the Price Transparency Final Rule Really Cost Providers?

CMS says $12,000. Hospitals say much more. So which is it? We've worked with hospital rates, and here's what it takes to make them patient-ready.

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Do Provider Negotiated Rates Actually Reveal Patient Out-of-Pocket Costs? A Case Study

Requiring providers and payers to disclose the out-of-pocket cost (but not the negotiated insurance rate) would be like requiring banks to only disclose the monthly mortgage payment, but not the cost of the house. And which one of those drives real estate prices?

Pre-compiled fastText 0.9.1 Python modules for Windows

At Arcosta, we use a wide range of machine learning libraries, including Facebook's fastText text classification library and the official fasttext Python wrapper for it. While we do a lot of work on Linux and macOs, we also deploy these tools on Windows. However,

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Like Google, but for Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Costs?

For provider systems with clean chargemasters, simple procedure mixes, organized data and straightforward reimbursement contracts, there is at least a PR incentive to be a first mover towards a search-friendly price platform.

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What the Quest and LabCorp Breach Reminds Us About Secure PHI Exchange

From outsourced radiology readers to health apps to collections agencies, providers face increasing pressure to connect sensitive data to third parties. When successful, these relationships add value to both the patient and the provider, but they all bring an uptick in risk.

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How an Executive Order to Disclose Negotiated Rates Could Affect Provider & Payer Tech

What patient-facing technology would this order mandate? What negotiated rates would pose a technology issue for providers and payers?