Health Affairs ' Jeff Byers welcomes Nathan Hostert of The Center for Advancing Health Policy Through Research at Brown University to the pod to discuss a recent Forefront article on how states are utilizing hospital price caps to save money . Become an Insider today to get access to our third trend report focusing on the influence of private equity in health care . Related Articles: How States Are Using Hospital Price Caps To Save Money ( Health Affairs Forefront ) Hospital Payment Cap Simulator ( Brown University ) Hospital Facility Prices Declined As A Result Of Oregon’s Hospital Payment Cap ( Health Affairs ) Hospital Payment Caps Could Save State Employee Health Plans Millions While Keeping Hospital Operating Margins Healthy ( Health Affairs ) How Massachusetts’s New Health Care Reform Takes Aim at Private Equity ( Health Affairs Forefront )