WHY DOES IT MATTER WHERE YOUR DOCTOR WORKS? TWO MEDICAL ADMINISTRATORS EXPLAIN THEIR PERSPECTIVE.

October 14, 2021

by Darrel Rowland

Her Doctor's Office Moved 1 Floor Up. Why Did Her Treatment Cost 10 Times More?

March 26, 2021

by Lauren Weber

VIEWPOINT: PHYSICIAN EXODUS FROM NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM IS A WIN FOR PATIENTS 

March 19, 2021 

by Ayla Ellison

‘There shouldn’t be any discrimination’: Hospital Systems make covid-19 vaccine available to general public

January 13, 2021

by Karla Ray 

WANT TO LOWER HEALTHCARE COSTS? SO DO DOCTORS

October 19, 2020

by Marni Jameson Carey

IN THE FIGHT FOR PRICE TRANSPARENCY IT'S VESTED INTERESTS VERSUS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

December 5, 2019

Editorial by Marni Jameson Carey

AID Executive Director, Marni Carey, provided commentary of the Executive Orders' impact for Americans

Medical Economics Blog by Marni Jameson Carey

More independent doctors join price transparency movement

June 22, 2021

They are showing hospitals how it's done.

Price Transparency: It’s Just What the Doctor Ordered

December 9, 2020

New transparency rule could cure what ails doctors, too.

covid-10 MAY BE HEALTH CARE'S CURE

June 9, 2020

The lawsuit between the AHA and HHS, and the next stimulus package give us two chances for achieving price transparency in health care -- which nine out of 10 Americans want. 

THE BEST THING THAT ALMOST HAPPENED TO HEALTH CARE

April 6, 2020

Lawmakers should support what 91 percent of Americans want, despite how much money they get paid to vote otherwise.

MAY I HAVE MY MEDICAL RECORDS, PLEASE?

March 19, 2020

New rules providing patients access to their own EHRs mark one of four steps AID is working on that will bring us closer to the healthcare system we want. 

HOW NONPROFIT HOSPITALS GET AWAY WITH THE BIGGEST RIPOFF IN AMERICA

January 17, 2020

All across the nation, cities big and small are having their pockets picked and their communities decimated by their local nonprofit hospitals.

corporate-heavy health it committee needs voice of independent doctors

December 12, 2019

Electronic health records (EHRs) are among doctors' major frustrations, yet their objections are rarely heard where they can make a difference.

TRANSPARENCY fOES WORK TO CLOUD TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDER

June 22, 2019

Real transparency is the single, first, and most important step toward bringing down healthcare costs and creating a competitive marketplace.

Employed vs independent doctors: Numbers don't tell the whole story

June 5, 2019

Why independence is not a thing of the past. Rather, it is the future of medicine.

Time to address the widening pay gap between hospital ­execs and physicians

April 19, 2019

The answer to getting more affordable care and better results does not lie in paying doctors less. It lies in paying administrators less, and having a lot fewer of them.

From employment to independence

February 1, 2019

One medical group’s path to freedom lights the way for others.

Path to transparency isn’t so clear

October 30, 2018

Special interests keep patients in the dark, right where hospitals want them.

Facility fees: the farce everyone pays for

August 16, 2018

Because CMS can’t and Congress won’t get rid of hospital-based facility fees, doctors and patients must take action.

Don’t drink the healthcare consolidation Kool-Aid

July 2, 2018

Don’t be fooled. When mergers occur, patients and physicians lose; executives at the top are the only ones who truly win.