Alexandra Spratt

"Patients are expressing frustration about 'facility fees' — charges that a wide range of hospital systems add to bills for appointments at facilities they own, including doctors’ offices offering routine care." Learn more about facility fees ⬇️ nbcnews.com/health/health-…?

Hello from @NASHPhealth! Our health care experts are in San Diego this week discussing all things state health policy with our industry colleagues. If you're here at #NASHPCONF2025, be sure to stop by the AV booth. Learn more about our work: bit.ly/46epkJW

Check out how @cforhd produced the Sunlight Report on UnitedHealth Group. It took researchers over a year to scour company documents, compile data and build a database and website that paints the clearest picture yet of the size and influence of UnitedHealth Group. Watch @cforhd's video below:

Is UnitedHealth just too big? The answer will have "a lot to do with whether policymakers and regulators continue to encourage this vertical consolidation—or start to question it,” says @CAHPR_BrownSPH Senior Fellow @Hayrook.⤵️ prospect.org/health/2025-07…

NEW: My nonprofit (@CforHD) has just released The Sunlight Report on UnitedHealth Group to pull back the curtain on UnitedHealth Group — the health care giant that’s quietly buying up your doctors, clinics, data & more. Here’s why it matters:

Great convo today with super smart colleagues on how litigation should be used as a tool to reduce health care costs for patients, consumers, and taxpayers.

Looking forward to joining Aspen Ideas: Health next week!

Hospitals are buying up private practices and charging higher prices for care. When hospitals consolidate, they have more market power to raise prices, often charging 60% more than what independent practices charge. Read more here: newsday.com/news/health/ne…

Our new report from @AFFHPCoalition explores the unfair billing practices used by powerful hospitals and health systems to generate revenue at the expense of American families and employers - and outlines policy solutions for addressing them.

New research from the Actuarial Research Corporation finds that Congress could lower health care costs for seniors by $80 billion over 10 years by ensuring they pay the same price for common services in Medicare regardless of where those services are performed: bit.ly/3ZnoYxW

Site-neutral payment reform in Medicare lowers out-of-pocket costs for patients, addresses government waste & improves market competition. Congress: It’s time to deliver the relief families need. Read our new joint letter: allianceforfairhealthpricing.org/wp-content/upl…

@SenateGOP & @SenateDems, there are ways to lower health care costs & cut wasteful spending w/o jeopardizing access to high-quality care. Site-neutral reform is a bipartisan fix that lowers costs for patients & employers & saves $157B in federal spending: allianceforfairhealthpricing.org/wp-content/upl…

@LorenAdler @MattAFiedler @ben_ippolito and others at @BrookingsInst @BPC_Bipartisan @AEI recently outlined opportunities for lowering health care costs, ensuring that health care dollars are spent more effectively, and maintaining access to needed care. healthaffairs.org/content/forefr…

We @Arnold_Ventures joined our @AFFHPCoalition partners in urging Congress to advance comprehensive site-neutral payment reform - an important step in lowering health care costs for patients and taxpayers. allianceforfairhealthpricing.org/wp-content/upl…

Congress can achieve significant savings in healthcare while preserving coverage and high-quality care. Today, we @Arnold_Ventures released a report detailing how: - Advance site-neutral payment reforms to equalize payments for low-complexity, routine services across all settings. Saves $157 bln/10 yrs - Require site-of-service billing transparency to provide clarity about where care is being delivered. Saves $2.3 bln/10 yrs - Extend drug price inflation penalties to include commercial plans. Saves $40 bln/10 yrs - Reduce the payment benchmark for Medicaid state-directed payments. Saves $120 bln/10 yrs - Modify risk adjustment payments to Medicare Advantage insurers. Saves up to $1 tln/10 yrs

The health care team @Arnold_Ventures is hiring! Early career folks looking to make health care more affordable - this might be for you. More details 👇recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/job…

Our *new* Policy Agenda for the 119th Congress outlines solutions for addressing high health care prices and strengthening market competition to help make high-quality health care more affordable for American families & businesses: allianceforfairhealthpricing.org/wp-content/upl…

AV's Commercial Prices team is looking for a new Director. Come work with me and a stellar team to lower provider prices, address consolidation, and make health care more affordable. Feel free to reach out with questions! arnoldventures.org/careers/direct…

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