NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2024
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NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 delivery1 rose 19.8 percent. These and other findings are reported in a FAIR Health white paper released today: Giving Birth in the United States: A Study of Commercial Claims.
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In this report, FAIR Health uses its repository of over 47 billion commercial healthcare claim records and builds on its free, interactive Cost of Giving Birth Tracker to examine various aspects of giving birth in the United States, including age, co-occurring conditions, birth rate, delivery types, provider specialties and costs. The key findings include the following:
FAIR Health President Robin Gelburd stated: "The findings in this report have implications for stakeholders across the healthcare spectrum, especially women who are pregnant or in the postpartum period. The study is also important for the providers who care for these patients, as well as payors and policy makers. In addition, we hope that these findings will be starting points for further research on giving birth in the United States."
For the complete white paper, click here.
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About FAIR HealthFAIR Health is a national, independent nonprofit organization that qualifies as a public charity under section 501(c)(3) of the federal tax code. It is dedicated to bringing transparency to healthcare costs and health insurance information through data products, consumer resources and health systems research support. FAIR Health possesses the nation's largest collection of commercial healthcare claims data, which includes over 47 billion claim records and is growing at a rate of over 3 billion claim records a year. FAIR Health licenses its commercial data and data products—including benchmark modules, data visualizations, custom analytics and market indices—to commercial insurers and self-insurers, employers, providers, hospitals and healthcare systems, government agencies, researchers and others. Certified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as a national Qualified Entity, FAIR Health also receives data representing the experience of all individuals enrolled in traditional Medicare Parts A, B and D, which accounts for a separate collection of over 48 billion claim records; FAIR Health includes among the commercial claims data in its database, data on Medicare Advantage enrollees. FAIR Health can produce insightful analytic reports and data products based on combined Medicare and commercial claims data for government, providers, payors and other authorized users. FAIR Health's systems for processing and storing protected health information have earned HITRUST CSF certification and achieved AICPA SOC 2 Type 2 compliance by meeting the rigorous data security requirements of these standards. As a testament to the reliability and objectivity of FAIR Health data, the data have been incorporated in statutes and regulations around the country and designated as the official, neutral data source for a variety of state health programs, including workers' compensation and personal injury protection (PIP) programs. FAIR Health data serve as an official reference point in support of certain state balance billing laws that protect consumers against bills for surprise out-of-network and emergency services. FAIR Health also uses its database to power a free consumer website available in English and Spanish, which enables consumers to estimate and plan for their healthcare expenditures and offers a rich educational platform on health insurance. An English/Spanish mobile app offers the same educational platform in a concise format and links to the cost estimation tools. The website has been honored by the White House Summit on Smart Disclosure, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), URAC, the eHealthcare Leadership Awards, appPicker, Employee Benefit News and Kiplinger's Personal Finance. For more information on FAIR Health, visit fairhealth.org.
Contact:Rachel KentExecutive Director of Communications and MarketingFAIR [email protected]
1 As used in this white paper, a "potential complication" is a condition that co-occurred with pregnancy or delivery and that may have complicated them, but that could not be determined to have done so based on claims data only.2 An allowed amount is the total fee negotiated between an insurance plan and a provider for an in-network service, including both the portion to be paid by the plan member and the portion to be paid by the plan.
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