Series
Fixing America's Broken Hospitals
Fixing America’s Broken Hospitals seeks to explore and modernize a foundation of our health care system. A raft of structural issues, including lack of competition, misaligned incentives, and outdated safety net policies, have led to unsustainable practices. The result is too many instances of hospitals charging unchecked prices, using questionable billing and aggressive debt collection practices, abusing public programs, and failing to identify and serve community needs. Our work will shed light on issues facing hospitals and advance proposals so they can have a financially and socially sustainable future.
Policy Products
The Heartland Battle Over Hospital Prices: Why Wisconsin Is Losing
David Kendall
How Congress Should Keep Fighting Surprise Medical Bills
Darbin Wofford
10 FAQs on Site-Neutral Payment Reforms
Darbin Wofford
Third Way Applauds Bipartisan Legislation to Reduce Hospital Prices
The Progressive Case for Hospital Reform
Darbin Wofford, David Kendall, Gabe Horwitz
The GOP’s New Rural Health Program: All Show and No Go
Darbin Wofford
Third Way Statement of Support for the Bipartisan Fair Billing Act
Revenue Cycle Managers—A Hidden Middleman Increasing Health Care Costs
Darbin Wofford
340B Hospitals are Lacking on Charity Care
Blair Elliott, Darbin Wofford
Your Guide to Legislation on the 340B Drug Pricing Program
Darbin Wofford
Cuts to Medicaid Would Hurt Rural & Safety-Net Hospitals
Darbin Wofford, Blair Elliott
How Hospitals are Raising Drug Prices
Darbin Wofford
Explainer: The Cassidy-Hassan Hospital Reform Bill
Darbin Wofford
Questions for Lawmakers to Ask Their Hospitals
Darbin Wofford
A Policymaker’s Guide to America’s Hospital Financing System
Darbin Wofford
Lowering Prices and Six Other Big Challenges for US Hospitals
David Kendall, Darbin Wofford
Tale of Two Hospitals: Why Some Hospitals Succeed and Others Do Not
David Kendall, Darbin Wofford
Third Way Leads Coalition Letter on the SITE Act
Darbin Wofford
Stop Hospitals from Dumping Patients
Darbin Wofford
The Polling Numbers Behind Hospital Reform
Darbin Wofford
Same Service, Same Price: Tackling Hospitals’ Add-On Facility Fees
Darbin Wofford
Same Service, Same Price: Reasons to Support
Darbin Wofford
Lowering Hospital Prices while Protecting Rural Patients
Darbin Wofford
A National Charity Care Law to Improve Nonprofit Hospitals
Darbin Wofford, Kylie Murdock, David Kendall
An Agenda to Fix America’s Broken Hospitals
Darbin Wofford
Fixing Maine’s Broken Hospitals: A Case Study
Darbin Wofford
Small State, Big Hospital Costs
Darbin Wofford
Fixing a Critical Safety Net Program: 340B
Darbin Wofford, David Kendall
Revitalizing Safety Net Hospitals: Protecting Low-Income Americans from Losing Access to Care
David Kendall, Darbin Wofford, Kylie Murdock
Hospital Consolidation Suppresses Workers’ Wages
Darbin Wofford
Shock Therapy: How to Treat Out-of-Control Hospital Prices through Collective Negotiation
David Kendall, Jacqueline Garry Lampert, Darbin Wofford
Congress Steps Up on Fair Billing and Site Neutrality
Darbin Wofford
End Hospitals’ Anticompetitive Business Practices
Jacqueline Garry Lampert, David Kendall, Darbin Wofford
Stop Hospitals from Padding Bills for Routine Care
Darbin Wofford, David Kendall
In the Press
Arrington Fights to Lower Health Care Costs, Increase Transparency (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Senators have outline for drug price program, but vote is elusive (external link)
Darbin Wofford
CBO Report Confirms 340B Contributes To Higher Federal Spending (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Senator Hassan Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Hospital Bill Transparency (external link)
More Health Care Reform Is Needed (external link)
Medicaid cuts in Trump’s tax bill put Nevada hospitals, patients with disabilities at risk (external link)
CMS Proposes Site Neutral Payments for Drug Administration; Impacts on Competition, Consolidation Among Oncology Practices (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Trump’s changes to Medicaid, Obamacare cause uncertainty in Wisconsin health care (external link)
Advocates Across Political Spectrum Push Site-Neutral Reform As Senate Eyes Medicare Changes In Reconciliation Talks (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Trump’s 340B Request Could Further Convolute Existing Program Issues (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Drug tariffs could boost 340B discounts—and scrutiny (external link)
Darbin Wofford
States eye 340B changes with Congress stalled (external link)
Darbin Wofford
A Closer Look at Site-Neutral Medicare Payment Proposals Under Trump, Health Care Industry Impacts (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Third Way Floats 340B Reforms Spurred By New Analysis (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Nonprofit hospital draws backlash for Super Bowl ad (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Congress Moves Forward With 2.5% Physician Pay Fix, Omits Site-Neutral, Prior Auth Reforms (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Third Way Statement on Congressional Agreement to Lower Hospital Prices
340B reform likely to stretch into next year (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Cassidy, Hassan Unveil Site-Neutral Payment Bill; Propose Reinvestment In Rural, High-Needs Hospitals (external link)
Third Way Statement on Senate Framework to Lower Hospital Prices for Seniors
Cassidy, Hassan Release Policy Framework on Medicare Site-Neutral Reform to Lower Health Care Costs (external link)
A doctor’s appointment, a $1,000 ‘room fee’: Hospital acquisitions drive up health care costs for N.H. patients (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Op-ed: Shawn Gremminger and Bret Jackson: What is hospital dumping and why should legislators, employers and patients care? (external link)
1 big thing: Into the hospital margin rabbit hole (external link)
Lawmakers Must Stop Hospitals from Taking Seniors Hostage (external link)
Senators Eye Landmark Transparency Bill To Combat Rising Hospital Costs, Industry Noncompliance (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Coalition To Senate Finance: Mark Up SITE Act To Address Rising Health Care Costs, Hospital Consolidation (external link)
Darbin Wofford
First in Pulse: A Hospital Pricing Tactic (external link)
Coalition Presses Senate Finance To Hold Hearing On Site-Neutral Policies, APTCs (external link)
Third Way
House Republicans' new 340B bill 'a pharmaceutical industry wish list,' hospitals say (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Third Way Statement on Legislation to Improve the 340B Drug Pricing Program
Bucshon Introduces New Bill To Clarify 340B Intent, Operations (external link)
Darbin Wofford, Gabe Horwitz
House Budget Chair Stresses Site-Neutral Policies To Combat Health Care Consolidation (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Medicare Advantage fight shifts to 340B arena (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Burgess: Site Neutral Policies Key To Stable Doc Pay, Lower Overall Costs (external link)
Talks On Another Health Package Broke Down As Spending Deadline Looms (external link)
Centrist think tank encourages Congress to crack down in nonprofit hospital tax breaks (external link)
Third Way Pushes For Charity Care Law Amid Hospital Extender Turmoil (external link)
Third Way
Site-Neutral Provisions Remain In Limbo As CR Clock Ticks (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Industry-Wide Site-Neutral Fight Soars As Funding Fight Escalates (external link)
Maine Healthcare Costs Soar as Competition Dwindles (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Hospitals Eye NDAA Transfer For DSH Delay As Site-Neutral Peters Out (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Hospital consolidation drives high health care costs in Maine, according to progressive think tank (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Hospital Consolidation Linked to Rising Prices in Maine (external link)
National advocacy group blames hospital consolidation for Maine’s high health care costs (external link)
Darbin Wofford
House price transparency legislation passes with bipartisan support (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Third Way Statement on the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act
What health policies could hitch a ride on a spending bill? (external link)
Hospitals, Consumers Clash On Site-Neutral Pay Amid Uncertainty On Health Package (external link)
Darbin Wofford
340B Lobbying Still on Track for Record Year (external link)
Darbin Wofford
340B scrutiny grows on multiple fronts (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Sanders Issues Non-Profit Oversight Recs As AHA Touts Charity Care Efforts (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Sanders, Marshall Debut Workforce, Funding Package As Fiscal Clock Runs Down (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Hospitals Call For Sanders-Marshall Bill Edits As CHCs Urge Passage (external link)
Darbin Wofford
House Committees Unveil Draft Transparency, Extenders Package (external link)
Darbin Wofford
W&M To Mark Up Site Neutral, Fair Billing Policies From PATIENT Act (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Third Way Statement on Recent Legislation to Lower Health Care Prices
House E&C Advances Site-Neutral Pay Reforms Over NY Dem Worries (external link)
Darbin Wofford
Why the Left, Right and Center All Agree on Site-Neutral Payments (external link)
Darbin Wofford