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FAIR Health Access ®

Sep 2024

Stakeholders read our monthly FAIR Health Access® newsletter for the latest product news, insights into the uses of FAIR Health data and more.

From 2020 to 2023, Mental Health Disorders in Pregnant Women Rose 53 Percent, While Substance Use Disorders in Pregnant Women Increased 8 Percent, according to New FAIR Health Study

From 2020 to 2023, mental health disorders in pregnant women rose 52.9 percent and substance use disorders in pregnant women increased 8.2 percent. During that same period, potential complications of pregnancy and delivery rose 19.8 percent. These and other findings are reported in a recently released FAIR Health white paper: Giving Birth in the United States: A Study of Commercial Claims.

FAIR Health’s Consumer Site Continues to Expand Its Offerings

Central to FAIR Health’s mission of healthcare transparency is our free, award-winning website for consumers, fairhealthconsumer.org. Launched in 2011, FAIR Health Consumer continues to expand its offerings. It now features comprehensive treatment cost estimation tools, as well as resources to advance health literacy among diverse healthcare populations, including enhanced older adult resources, shared decision-making tools and more.

FAIR Health Delivers “Custom Cut” Benchmark Products

FAIR Health’s vast repository of commercial medical and dental claims has many applications. Our widely used FH® Benchmark products give stakeholders the tools they need to explore and understand the healthcare system. In addition, some stakeholders wish to explore specific subsets of the data in our benchmarks. FAIR Health routinely fulfills many “custom cut” requests of this nature.

FAIR Health Consumer Access ®

Fall 2024

Consumers turn to the quarterly FAIR Health Consumer Access® for tips on navigating the healthcare system and estimating the real cost of healthcare.

Managing Costs of Long-Term Care

Long-term care is medical and nonmedical care that you receive for an extended time, at home or in other settings. There are lots of reasons you might need long-term care. One is serious illness. Another is disability or frailty. Most commercial health insurance won’t cover long-term care. This article will tell you how to manage the costs of long-term care.

Fall Is Open Enrollment Season

Now that fall is here, it’s a good time to think about health insurance. That’s because fall is open enrollment season—the time of year when you can sign up for a health plan or make changes to the plan you have.

Types of Health Plans

When shopping for a health plan, you may see a plan described as an HMO, PPO, POS or EPO. Those abbreviations are important because the coverage, rules and typical costs differ for each type of plan.