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Finance
As Hospitals Post Price Lists, Consumers Are Asked To Check Up On Them
CMS Administrator Seema Verma has enlisted the public in an unusual effort to monitor whether hospitals are complying with a...
Pulling Back Curtain on Hospital Prices Adds New Wrinkle in Cost Control
For the moment, chargemasters aren't useful for the average patient, and they have been criticized for that reason. But don't...
Finance
Verma Commends 3 Health Systems for Their Price Transparency
The CMS administrator called on other hospitals to do more than required by guidelines that took effect this month.
Strategy
AHA's Rick Pollack Sees Full Agenda for Year Ahead
The president and CEO of the American Hospital Association shares a bit about the challenges facing the nation's hospitals in...
Finance
As Hospitals Post Sticker Prices Online, Most Patients Will Remain Befuddled
Knowing chargemaster rates wouldn't necessarily help a patient fight a high balance bill.
Finance
Coverage Denied: Medicaid Patients Suffer As Layers Of Private Companies Profit
Government oversight fades as taxpayer money filters down through layers of companies eager to seize on Medicaid's substantial growth under...
Strategy
Stark Law Comments Focus on Value-Based Arrangements
Out of nearly 400 comments spanning 3,700 pages, many commenters suggested adding an exception to the law for APMs while...
Clinical Care
Prominent Doctors Aren't Disclosing Their Industry Ties in Medical Journal Studies. And Journals Are Doing Little to Enforce Their Rules
The dean of Yale's medical school, the incoming president of a prominent cancer group and the head of a Texas...
Clinical Care
New Heart Drug Spotlights Troubling Trends In Drug Marketing
Companies sometimes promote new products, but withhold the detailed findings until much later. The consequences for both consumers and the...
Clinical Care
How Physicians Can Navigate Online Reviews and Transparency
The best way physicians can adapt to patient feedback online is to actively participate in the online review process, the...
No More Secrets: Congress Bans Pharmacist 'Gag Orders' On Drug Prices
The president was expected to sign two bills Wednesday that ban clauses that prohibit pharmacists from telling customers when they...
Clinical Care
Spurred By Convenience, Millennials Often Spurn The 'Family Doctor' Model
Their preferences for fast service, connectivity, and price transparency are upending the time-honored model of office-based primary care.