Health Care Data Nonprofit Unveils Benchmarking Tool

FAIR Health, a nonprofit health care data analytics firm, has released a benchmarking tool to use in the comparison of health care costs. FH Episodes of Care Benchmarks provides information on the costs related to the full range of services associated with common procedures and conditions. Benchmarks are available for more than 40 common procedures and illnesses, such as hip replacement or diabetes care. The tool identifies the cost of treatment based on the costs for all procedures and services used from the beginning to the end of treatment. For example, in the case of a hip replacement, t...