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Despite federal rules that now require hospitals to post prices, many facilities are refusing to disclose their rates. The bottom line is that this lack of transparency hurts patient access to affordable care. That’s why HB […]
Because you helped speak out — and in spite of fierce opposition by those in the health care swamp who benefit from opacity — the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized rules […]
By Marilyn M. Singleton, MD, JD What if purchasing medical products and services were like buying peanut butter? Grocery stores have several brands and varieties: smooth, chunky, old-fashioned, natural, organic, no added sugar, reduced fat, […]
President Trump’s Executive Order, “Putting American Patients First by Making Healthcare More Transparent,” is most welcomed and necessary. The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons thanks President Trump for identifying and seeking to reverse flawed […]
As the Trump Administration rolls out more actions to help improve price transparency for prescription drugs, GoodRx is out with an article diving into the convoluted schemes that drive the final prices patients pay at […]
AAPS General Assembly, September 2006 Submitted by Mark Schiller, M.D. WHEREAS: patients frequently are aware only of the cost of an insurance company or health plan co-pay, or the government or private third-party reimbursement rate […]
AAPS General Assembly, September 2006 Submitted by Mark Schiller, M.D. WHEREAS: in many states, the state government is the largest consumer and purchaser of medical services and health insurance; WHEREAS: state-purchased medical plans and services, […]
AAPS General Assembly, September 2006 Submitted by Mark Schiller, M.D. WHEREAS: the federal government is the largest consumer and purchaser of medical services and health insurance; WHEREAS: federally-purchased medical plans and services, including Federal Employees […]
WHEREAS: hospitals routinely negotiate many rates with different payers such as insurance companies and the government; and WHEREAS: as Medicare and insurance reimbursement rates have plummeted, hospitals have cost-shifted operating expenses to patients who self-pay, […]
