Articles Tagged With: price
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Providers and Patients Alike Grapple with Spiking Prices
Patients are shelling out more money in insurance premiums as they seek ever-costlier, complex treatment more often, which providers are struggling to afford to offer.
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Price Transparency or Price Gouging: Disclosure of Negotiated Rates Called a ‘Tipping Point’
How much does a health insurance company pay the hospital for an MRI? Nobody really knows — except the hospital and payer. That is about to change, thanks to a new rule that requires hospitals to disclose secret negotiated rates with payers.
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Many Continue Asking Age-Old Question: ‘Why Do Hospitals Charge So Much?’
A growing number of states are enacting laws to control the cost of healthcare, including services rendered at hospitals.