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• Tennessee Lookout: 4 years after feds mandated transparent hospital prices, process remains murky for some patients
• Yellowhammer News: Report: Only 15% of hospitals in Alabama are in compliance with the federal hospital price transparency rule
• Indianapolis Recorder: Indiana hospitals fail to comply with federal price transparency rules
• USA Today: Seven reasons why Americans pay more for health care than any other nation
• Fairfax County Times: Healthcare price transparency mandate presents challenges
• Policy & Medicine: Hospital Price Transparency Compliance Drops 38%
• Georgia Public Broadcasting: Most Georgia hospitals fail to comply with federal price listing rule until fined
• Carolina Public Press: NC hospitals push back on advocacy group’s report on price transparency
• Newsmax: Hospital Pricing in the Shadows Never Acceptable
• The Village News: New report finds 140 California hospitals still not complying with the Hospital Price Transparency Rule
• Axios Richmond: Report: Virginia hospitals fall short on price transparency
• Florida Daily: Most of Florida Hospitals Still Not Complying with Hospital Price Transparency Rule
• Forbes: Price Transparency: A Catalyst For Affordable Healthcare
• Healthcare Dive: Hospital price transparency continues to drop: report
• Asbury Park Press: Report: Few NJ hospitals follow federal rules to reveal prices, and they're getting worse
• Westword: Report: 14 Colorado Hospitals Still Don't Comply With Price Transparency Rules
• Chief Healthcare Executive: Most hospitals falling short on price transparency: Report
• Urban Milwaukee: Will Republicans Support Transparent Hospital Prices?
• Axios: Hospital price transparency dips: report
• Healthcare Brew: HHS: Nearly half of hospitals aren’t following CMS price transparency rule
• Westword: Trying Out Colorado's New Hospital Price Finder
• Colorado Politics: New online tool makes finding hospital prices easier for patients like me
• Denver Gazette: New tool to help Coloradans identify hospital costs
• Summit Daily: Estimating the cost of medical care is getting easier in Colorado with a new online tool
• Colorado Governor Jared Polis: Saving Coloradans Money on Health Care: Governor Polis and Lt. Governor Primavera Launch Colorado Hospital Price Finder New tools add more transparency in health care
• CBS News: Colorado Hospital Price Finder tool helps with price transparency, save money on health care says Gov. Jared Polis
• Colorado Newsline: New online tool helps Coloradans find most affordable health care
• The Colorado Sun: Coloradans can now compare hospital prices for specific procedures, insurance plans
• Wyoming Tribune-Eagle: Nannette Hernandez's life was upended when she got COVID; three years later, she's still seeking answers
• Accounts Recovery: Healthcare Debt, Pricing Transparency are Big Issues for Consumers, Regardless of Political Affiliation
• Bloomberg Tax: Pennsylvania Hospital Tax Exemption Suit Centers on Affiliates
• The Hill: 9 out of 10 voters support real hospital, insurer price transparency: Poll
• STAT: Biden administration ignores calls to bolster hospital price transparency
• Washington Examiner: Economic reform should start with healthcare price transparency
• RealClearHealth: One Thing Biden and Trump Actually Agree On – Healthcare Price Transparency
• Breitbart: Exclusive — ‘Bigger than Obamacare’: Sen. Mike Braun Calls to Codify Trump Healthcare Transparency Rule — with Bernie Sanders
• Providence Journal: RI hospitals may soon be required by state law to disclose price of services. Here's how
• Dark Daily: Patient Rights Group Says Too Many Hospitals Are Not Complying with CMS Price Transparency Rules
• Common Dreams: 'We Can Get There': Medicare for All Advocates See Resurgence in National Movement
• Claremore Daily Progress: Cost of medical procedures going public
• Walters Herald: Legislators Work Together To Get Medical Debt And Price Transparency Bill Across Finish Line
• Healthcare Dive: Hospitals charged employers and insurers 254% more than Medicare in 2022: study
• Indiana Capital Chronicle: Indiana hospital prices 8th-highest in nation, study finds, but hospitals dismiss analysis
• PharmExec: Patient Rights Advocate Files Amicus Brief in Lawsuit Against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
• Columbus Dispatch: Bill to force Ohio hospitals to detail cost of services gets major changes in Senate
• Ars Technica: Hospital prices for the same emergency care vary up to 16X, study finds
• Relentless Health Value: EP433: The Mystery of the Weekly Claims Wire: What Are Plan Sponsors Actually Paying For Each Week? With Justin Leader
• Crain’s New York Business: NYU Langone hospitals dominate top honors for both patient safety and price transparency
• Carolina Public Press: Can NC trust our hospitals to be transparent about prices?
• State Journal-Register: Springfield native ready to take over as president and CEO of Memorial Health System
• Philadelphia Inquirer: Patients lost in the quagmire known as hospital cost transparency.
• Philadelphia Inquirer: What do medical procedures cost? Most Pa. hospitals aren’t following price transparency rules.
• Health Affairs: Federal Legislation And State Policy Efforts Promote Access To And Use of Discounted Cash Prices
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Report finds Wisconsin has ‘a long way to go' in making hospital prices transparent
• Axios Columbus: Ohio hospitals fail price transparency review
• Dallas Observer: Report Says Local Hospitals Lack Pricing Transparency. Hospitals Disagree
• Denver Gazette: New report shows half of Colorado hospitals fail to comply with federal price transparency rule
• Rev Cycle Intelligence: Little progress made with hospital price transparency compliance
• Acadiana Advocate: Report: Only half of LA hospitals publish prices as required by law, hindering patient choice
• Portland Press Herald: New state law makes medical bills in Maine more transparent
• Salem News: Report: Hospitals breaking price transparency rules
• Iowa Public Radio: Report finds more than two dozen Iowa hospitals not in compliance with federal price transparency rules
• Springfield State Journal-Register: New report finds 2 Springfield hospitals in compliance with pricing transparency laws
• Axios Des Moines: Report: Hospital price transparency problems persist
• The Oklahoman: Analysis finds Oklahoma hospitals not transparent enough when it comes to prices
• Oregon Business: Most Oregon Hospitals Aren’t Following Federal Transparency Guidelines, Advocacy Group Finds
• Kansas City Star: Missouri families shouldn’t have to suffer from hospital bill sticker shock | Opinion
• Healthcare Dive: Hospital price transparency compliance dips: report
• Crain's New York Business: Most NY hospitals don’t comply with federal price transparency rule, report finds
• Becker’s Hospital Review: The health systems outpacing the price transparency trend
• Rockford Register Star: Advocacy group: Rockford hospital not compliant with federal pricing law
• Becker’s Hospital Review: 34.5% of hospitals complying with price transparency rule, report says
• Maine Wire: Report reveals Maine hospitals still not in compliance with price transparency rules
• Peoria Journal Star: Report says only one Peoria hospital is complying with a federal law on price transparency
• The Tennessean: Healthcare price transparency: Report says half of Tennessee hospitals are noncompliant
• The Courier Journal: Opinion: How we cut employee health care costs in half by making direct contracts with providers
• Axios: How one company managed to cut its health spending by almost half
• Bergen Record: The battle over NJ hospital prices: Will more transparency lead to lower bills?
• Patient Engagement HIT: Exploring Healthcare Price Transparency for the Consumer Experience
• RevCycle Intelligence: Healthcare Consumers Want Hospital Price Transparency, Survey Finds
• Urban Milwaukee: Local hospitals violate price transparency rules
• Idaho Statesmen: How much might that MRI cost in an Idaho hospital? The ammount could vary by the thousands
• xTalks: Hospital Price Transparency gets a boost by PatientRightsAdvocate.org
• Gothamist: UnitedHealthcare threatens to end coverage at Mount Sinai over ‘outlandish’ price hikes
• Greeley Tribune: ‘Amazing first step’: New hospital price files tool offers one-stop-shop for saving on services
• Politico: First in Pulse: Transparency in the spotlight
• Bloomberg: A fifth of US hospitals have been warned over secretive prices
• Wall Street Journal: A fifth of US hospitals have been warned over secretive prices
• GO Banking Rates: This new way to fight hidden hospital fees could save you tens of thousands
• The Hill: House transparency bill is a major first step to transform health care in America
• Bloomberg Law: Hospital pricing data troves raise stakes on employer plan costs
• Winston-Salem Journal: Triad hospitals have mixed results in meeting transparent pricing rules
• RealClear Health: Legislative and grassroots efforts bring price transparency to healthcare consumers
• USA Today: Hidden hospital prices harm patients: Can this new pricing tool make a difference?
• Wisconsin State Journal: Suzette Sontag: Force hospitals in Wisconsin to disclose prices
• Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Shopping for surgery? Not all Fort Worth hospitals make it easy to figure out the cost
• The Alliance: The Alliance Awarded Two Healthcare Transformation Awards to Individuals Moving Healthcare Forward
• STAT: Actually, hospital price transparency does save money, advocate highlights
• The Middle East North Africa Financial Network: Price transparency can cut national healthcare costs
• PR Newswire: New PRA Report: Healthcare Price Transparency Can Reduce Healthcare Costs by More than $1 Trillion Annually
• Fox Business: Health care price transparency could save Americans $1T annually
• The Center Square: Compliance issues remain two years after hospital price transparency mandate
• WTKR: Newport News radiologist suggests Black women begin mammograms at 35 due to risk
• The Cap Times: Hospital costs should be more transparent, Wisconsin legislators say
• Washington Post: Having a baby? The cost of birth varies by state, website and phone call.
• The News & Observer: NC hospitals inflate prices and lack transparency, says new Johns Hopkins report
• Cincinnati Enquirer: Disclosing prices for medical procedures could lower costs, but not all hospitals do
• Boston Globe: Op-Ed: Hospitals aren’t complying with federal price transparency rule
• NOLA.com: Baton Rouge General and St. Tammany Parish Hospital awarded price transparency champion award
• HealthLeaders: Amazon Clinic is Streamlining Price Transparency; CFOs Must Adapt and Compete
• Crain’s Chicago Business: Rush tops list of price-transparent hospitals
• The Oklahoman: Public Eye: Sticker shock at the doctor's office — Why do hospitals charge 'facility fees?'
• Chicago Tribune: Rush University Medical Center, CommonSpirit Health awarded distinctions for price transparency
• WVLA: Baton Rouge General acknowledged for work on price transparency with price transparency award
• HealthLeaders: 'Patients Over Profits:' How to Stay Ahead on Price Transparency Compliance
• Becker’s Hospital Review: 15 hospitals, health systems named price transparency 'champions'
• PR Newswire: PatientRightsAdvocate.org Introduces Price Transparency Champion Award
• The Santa Fe New Mexican: Santa Fe hospitals say they do comply with federal pricing rule
• Fierce Healthcare: Here are 22 health systems billing patients for certain EHR and text messages
• AJMC: What We’re Reading: Hospital Pricing Transparency; Increasing Elder Care Expenses; New COVID Vaccine Faces Challenges
• NPR: Getting clear prices for hospital care could get easier under a proposed rule
• The Journal Gazette: Recent Health Care Legislation Can Lower Costs
• The Champaign News-Gazette: Carle, OSF hospitals on advocacy group's list of those not fully compliant on price transparency
• InsuranceNewsNet: NCOIL adopts two new health insurance model laws
• Medical Economics op-ed: Healthcare legislation must codify hospital price transparency rule
• Patch: Patch AM: Few Kansas hospitals comply with federal regulations requiring financial transparency
• 25 News Now – Peoria, IL: Hospitals could do more to empower consumers before sticking them with the bill, study claims
• Becker’s ASC Review: OSF, Carle Health accused of noncompliance on price transparency laws
• Peoria Journal Star: Peoria hospitals not fully complying with price transparency law, according to report
• The Detroit News: Patient advocacy group spars with Detroit area hospitals over price transparency
• Washington Examiner: Hospitals are still neglecting transparency rules
• The Center Square: Sample: More than 40% of hospitals fail to comply with price transparency law
• AdVantage News: Not all Illinois hospitals revealing prices
• Becker’s Hospital Review: 7 health systems bucking the price transparency trend
• The Tennessean: Cost of care: these Tennessee hospitals aren’t following federal price transparency rules, report says
• HealthLeaders: Price transparency report calls out major systems for noncompliance, 'backsliding'
• MedCity News: Hospitals’ Price Transparency Compliance Is Improving Despite Remaining Low at 36%
• WICD ABC-Illinois: 60% of Illinois hospitals still found to be non-compliant with price transparency rules, report says
• Politico: Price transparency compliance lags
• Becker’s Hospital Review: 20 states with the highest percentage of price transparency compliant hospitals
• Becker’s Hospital Review: 36% of hospitals complying with price transparency rule, survey finds
• The Dogwood: No more surprise hospital bills: new transparency law empowers virginians
• The Hill: Just more than a third of hospitals are complying with price transparency rules: report
• Politico: PRA launches digital campaign to support hospital price transparency
• Crain’s New York Business: Op-ed: City takes lead in hospital price transparency
• American Hospital Association: New study validates the risks of expanding physician-owned hospitals
• Bipartisan Patient Act can protect health care consumers from overcharging and medical debt
• Why is the US medical system failing Hispanics?
• WSJ: AGs want their lawsuit money back
• The Salt Lake Tribune: Andy Larsen: Understanding health care costs — and why knowing what something costs isn’t enough
• The Philadelphia Inquirer: You deserve to know what you pay for hospital care
• RealClearHealth: Stronger CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Guidelines Can Help Prevent Patient Exploitation
• KOA-AM: 6/02/23 Blog: Hospital Transparency and How to Stay OUT of the Hospital
• Miami Herald: When the charge for Tylenol is $4,000, it’s clear the U.S. health system is failing us | Opinion
• Forbes: Price Transparency: A Boon For Patients, A Bust For Hospitals?
• STAT: With Fat Joe concerts and Super Bowl ads, a cadre of billionaires is mounting an unorthodox campaign against hospitals
• Salina Journal: Understanding Salina Regional and Blue Cross' continued negotiations over rates
• The Tennessean: HCA Healthcare's lack of transparency, low staffing draws concern from workers | Opinion
• Bloomberg: NYC’s New Health-Cost Watchdog Seen Saving City Up to $2 Billion
• DYUNZ: Top 20 non-profit hospitals raked in $23 billion from taxpayer-funded COVID aid while profits soared: Report
• Zero Hedge: Top US "Non-Profit" Hospitals And CEOs Racked Up Huge Pandemic Profits
• NBC 7 San Diego: Federal government steps up pressure on hospitals to disclose prices
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin has among the highest hospital prices in the nation. This bill seeks to help lower them through more transparency
• Wisconsin State Journal: Hospitals would have to show more prices for more services under GOP plan
• The Greeley Tribune: (Opinion) Julie Gonzales & Kevin Van Winkle: When hospitals repeatedly hide prices it is a deceptive trade practice
• The Denver Post: Opinion: When hospitals repeatedly hide prices it is a deceptive trade practice
• The Denver Gazette: Colorado Senate OKs enforcing price transparency for hospitals
• The Denver Post: Bill would let Colorado enforce federal hospital price transparency rules
• Colorado Springs Gazette: None of state’s hospitals in compliance with federal pricing transparency law
• Colorado Politics: Mental health crisis in Colorado jails, report shows hospitals aren't complying with price transparency law | WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• Fortune: 15 million Americans are about to be thrown off Medicaid rolls–and fall victim to extortionate hospital pricing
• Cleveland.com: Hospital price transparency law could help Ohio’s public employers reverse runaway health costs: Mark Potts
• The Washington Post: Opinion|Health insurance makes many kinds of hospital care more expensive
• MedCity News: Op-Ed: CMS Should Fine 30% of Hospitals It has Found to Be Violating Federal Price Transparency Law
• HealthLeaders: Price Transparency Data Can Enable Value-Based Competition…if it's Deciphered
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Study Finds Hospitals’ Cash Prices for Uninsured Often Lower Than Insurer-Negotiated Prices
• Asheville Citizen-Times: Opinion: It’s time to hold nonprofit hospitals in NC accountable
• Crain's Chicago Business: How's that hospital transparency going?
• DOTmed: Patients pay less for brain MR scans at for-profit hospitals than nonprofit and public hospitals: study
• Healthcare Brew: NYC mulls hospital price transparency measure
• Bloomberg: Lawmakers Question Why Hospital Pricing Isn’t Living Up to Transparency Goals
• MediaPost: Patient Rights Group Targets Medical Debtors, Elected Officials
• Yahoo: PatientRightsAdvocate.org Launches Nationwide Six-Figure 'Patient Voices' Awareness Campaign
• The Washington Post: The White House covid response team is winding down
• HealthLeaders: How To Create Consistency And Compliance in Price Transparency
• JAMA Network: Factors Associated With Hospital Commercial Negotiated Price for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Brain
• The Daily Montanan: It’s time to hold nonprofit hospitals accountable
• The Tennessean: Time to drag hospital pricing out of the shadows | Opinion
• Philanthropy News Digest: New York nonprofit hospitals appear to value profits over patient care
• Natural News: Americans continue to suffer as hospitals refuse to be transparent about their prices
• The Indianapolis Star: Op/Ed: High costs for care at Indiana's nonprofit hospitals not very charitable
• Derby Informer: Transparency issue remains on Kansas hospital costs
• Politico: ‘The most stigmatized disease in the world’
• Chief Healthcare Executive: Hospital price transparency: Feds suggest more ‘aggressive’ steps could be coming
• AmNewYork: Stop Unfair & Unaffordable Healthcare and Hospital Pricing Now!
• HealthLeaders: CMS to Get 'Aggressive' With Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement
• KCUR-FM: Despite a federal rule, it's still hard to comparison shop hospital care in Kansas
• Fierce Healthcare: CMS: Tighter price transparency enforcement, standardized requirements for hospitals are on the horizon
• The Advisory Board: CMS: 70% of hospitals are fully compliant with price transparency rules
• American Hospital Association: New CMS Report Shows Hospitals and Health Systems Are Working to Implement Price Transparency Policies and Help Patients Understand Costs
• Becker’s Hospital Review: Senator wants to put more fire under hospital lacking price transparency compliance
• Southern Illinoisan: Opinion | Mary Smith: Nonprofit hospitals owe affordable, quality care to Illinoisans
• Boston Herald: Fisher: Biden talks of healthcare $$ woes, but solution exists
• HealthLeaders: St. Vincent Hospital failed to fully disclose patient prices
• Healthcare Dive: Surgical procedures cost significantly more at hospitals in networks versus independent facilities, study finds
• Lafayette Daily Advertiser: Patient rights group says Lafayette hospitals aren't complying with cost transparency rule
• The Center Square Illinois: Report: Quarter of hospitals complying with price transparency law
• Patch: Emory Hospital Not In Compliance With PRA
• Becker’s Hospital Review: HCA, Tenet among systems least compliant with price transparency rules
• Tampa Bay Times: Are Tampa Bay hospitals revealing costs of care? Find out here.
• The Saline Courier: Saline Memorial among 25% of hospitals compliant with federal rule
• 600 KCOL: Patient Rights Advocate was mentioned on 600 KCOL in Denver, CO.
• Advisory Board: Charted: Hospitals improve price transparency compliance over time
• HealthLeaders: OVER 75% OF HOSPITALS STILL FAILING TO COMPLY WITH PRICE TRANSPARENCY RULE
• Becker’s ASC Review: Hospitals defy price transparency rules
• Fierce Healthcare: Payers' price transparency data still not user-friendly, say researchers
• WMAY-AM: Hospitals not meeting standard of care around Illinois – the United States
• Healthcare Dive: Major hospitals still noncompliant with price transparency rules
• Pittsburgh Business Times: Hospitals defend against claims of pricing transparency failures
• The Hill: Just a quarter of hospitals fully compliant with price transparency rule: report
• Bloomberg Law: Hospitals Seen Falling Short in Disclosing Negotiated Prices
• Crain's Chicago Business: Some Illinois hospitals still don’t comply with price transparency rule, report says
• Medical Economics: Report: Hospitals still lagging on price transparency
• Chief Healthcare Executive: One in four U.S. hospitals provide full transparency on prices, report says
• About Health Transparency: Patient Rights Advocate Releases Fourth Semi-Annual Hospital Price Transparency Report
• WNEM: Report examines health care price transparency in local hospitals
• Axios: A quarter of hospitals in full compliance with transparency rule
• Fierce Healthcare: Report: Only quarter of hospitals analyzed complied with key price transparency rule
• Becker’s Hospital Review: The health systems bucking the price transparency trend
• Associated Press: New Report shows more than 75% of hospitals still not complying with Hospital Price Transparency Rule
• Best Life: Emailing Your Doctor Could Start Costing You Money
• Business Insider: Patients got used to emailing their doctors with health questions during the pandemic. Now hospitals are charging them.
• Memphis Commercial Appeal: Blue Cross Blue Shield drops Methodist, creates competitive healthcare landscape for Memphis
• BC Advantage Magazine: Investigation of hospitals hiding prices from patients
• The Daily Memphian: Opinion: BlueCross’ decision shows how competition can lower health care prices
• The Orange County Register: American patients must enforce their right to medical price transparency
• The Hill: Making the hospital price transparency rule a reality on its two-year anniversary
• New York Daily News: Let everyone see what hospitals actually charge
• Real Clear Health: The Seven Health Care Phrases You Should Never Say Again
• The Daily Item: More hospitals billing patients for messaging questions to doctors; Evan, Geisinger say they don't charge
• MSN: You could be charged up to $160 just to message your doctor as hospital systems roll out fees to grapple with the boom of telehealth services, report says
• Associated Press: Want to email your doctor? You may be charged for that
• Association of Health Care Journalists: Charging for patient portal messages: A trend to watch?
• Fortune: 9 in 10 Americans support the hospital price transparency rule–but it’s not working. Congress must come together to make it a reality
• MedPage Today: Shouldn't Doctors Be Paid for Responding to Health Portal Messages?
• Cancer Health: Cleveland Clinic to Charge for Some Patient-Provider Messaging
• JD Supra: Many Hospitals Remain in Noncompliance with Price Transparency Rule: House Committee Urges More Oversight
• FierceHealthcare: As major hospitals now bill for some patient-provider messaging, the move could usher wider adoption
• The Dallas Morning News: New Congress must pass health care price transparency
• Chicago Tribune: Fees for using MyChart? More health systems charging for some messages
• News Channel Nebraska: 72% of Nebraska hospitals not in compliance with federal law, better than national average
• Medical Economics: Five minutes of a doctor’s time could cost patients $50
• Ideastream: Patients are speaking out about Cleveland Clinic charging up to $50 for some MyChart doctor response
• Cleveland.com: Cleveland Clinic could be at forefront of trend of hospitals charging for patient messages
• RevCycleIntelligence: House Committee Urges GAO to Examine Hospital Price Transparency Compliance
• Yahoo Sports: Despite patient advocate asks, HCA's Mission yet to make charity care application public
• Becker’s Payer’s Issues: What we've learned so far from payer price transparency data
• The Hill: Healthcare price transparency can address inflation’s largest and longest-running source
• Forbes: Reducing Employer Health Costs
• Spectrum News: Independent report finds many hospitals in N.C. are not in compliance with price transparency rules
• Yahoo: Finding hospital prices is complicated for patients, even with transparency rule in play
• Healthcare Dive: Hospital price transparency ‘moving in the right direction’
• STAT: CBO’s dismissal of health care price transparency is based on faulty premises
• About Health Transparency: Missing Hospital Prices Appearing in Transparency in Coverage Data Show Hospitals Flouting Price Transparency Rule
• Healthcare Dive: Hospitals are hiding prices from patients, advocacy report says
• Des Moines Register: Worried about what you'll pay for hospital care? These tips may help you get a better deal
• Des Moines Register: Most Iowa hospitals fail to comply with price transparency rule, leaving patients in the dark
• Yahoo Sports: Worried about what you'll pay for hospital care? These tips may help you get a better deal
• The New York Daily News: Show the real prices of NYC hospitals
• The Highlands Current: Shopping for Health Care
• NJ.com: Gov. Murphy, runaway healthcare prices are devastating residents. N.J. needs price transparency
• Sun Sentinel: Knowing health care prices can reverse nation’s life expectancy decline | Opinion
• Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Hawaii hospitals move toward price transparency
• Becker’s Hospital Review: 319 price transparency compliant hospitals, by state
• CNHI: Survey questions hospitals’ compliance with price transparency rules
• Becker’s Hospital Review: States ranked by percentage of hospitals complying with price transparency law
• State of Reform: Florida hospitals lack price transparency, report finds
• The Denver Post: Most Colorado hospitals weren’t posting all prices before transparency law kicked in, report finds
• Creative Loafing: NEWS BRIEF: Hospital price transparency is being ignored, report says
• American Fidelity: Inflation and healthcare costs: How you can prepare
• Cecil Whig: Hospitals finally face the music on price transparency
• DOTmed: Fewer than one-third of U.S. cancer centers disclosing pricing
• Standard-Examiner: Patient rights group: Work to be done with price transparency law compliance
• The Tennessee Star: Report: 78 Percent of Georgia Hospitals Are Not Following Federal Accurate Pricing Law
• Rome News-Tribune: Report says only 16% of Georgia hospitals are following federal accurate pricing law
• WGXA: Watchdog group calls out Laurens Co. hospital for violating federal healthcare rule
• The Center Square: Report says only 16% of Georgia hospitals are following federal accurate pricing law
• Becker’s Hospital Review: Healthcare price transparency: 7 recent headlines
• insidenova.com: Hospitals, patient group dispute Virginia price transparency compliance
• The Center Square: Hospitals, patient group dispute Virginia price transparency compliance
• Patient advocate: Enforce Federal Price-Posting Rules
• HealthLeaders: ONLY 16% OF HOSPITALS COMPLYING WITH PRICE TRANSPARENCY RULE
• The Hill: Want affordable health care? Make hospitals comply with posting prices online
• MSN: Want affordable health care? Make hospitals comply with posting prices online
• Recycle Intelligence: Cancer Centers Fail to Comply with Hospital Price Transparency Rule
• Florida Trend: Report shows majority of Florida hospitals are not complying with the federal price transparency law
• Bangor Daily News: Mainers can’t easily compare prices at hospitals as required by new federal law
• Mariette Daily Journal: Mainers can’t easily compare prices at hospitals as required by new federal law
• Rome News-Tribune: Mainers can’t easily compare prices at hospitals as required by new federal law
• Advantage News: Study finds hospitals slow to follow new pricing law
• Recycle Intelligence: Hospital Price Transparency Compliance Lags Nearly 20 Months Later
• The Center Square: Report: Fraction of Illinois hospitals complying with price transparency law
• ABC Action News: Tampa Bay family tries to bring father home
• Above the Law: Bar Tabs: Getting Hit With A Stiff Bill After Surgery Is A Hard Drink To Swallow
• Fierce Healthcare: Colorado's new hospital price transparency law adds 'real teeth' to weak federal enforcement, experts say
• Becker’s Hospital Review: Price transparency rated 'exemplary' at 2 Georgia system hospitals after CMS fines
• Becker’s Hospital Review: 16% of hospitals complying with price transparency rule
• Business Magazine: Many Michigan Hospitals Fail to Comply with Federal Price Transparency Rule
• Healthcare Dive: Hospitals still fall short on price transparency, consumer group says
• USA Today: 'Almost useless': Patients, advocates critical of federal pace to unlock hospital prices
• Yahoo News: 'Almost useless': Patients, advocates critical of federal pace to unlock hospital prices
• Associated Press: New Report Shows Only 16% of Hospitals Complying with Hospital Price Transparency Rule
• Business Insider: New Report Shows Only 16% of Hospitals Complying with Hospital Price Transparency Rule
• Morningstar Magazine: New Report Shows Only 16% of Hospitals Complying with Hospital Price Transparency Rule
• PR Newswire: New Report Shows Only 16% of Hospitals Complying with Hospital Price Transparency Rule
• Benzinga: New Report Shows Only 16% of Hospitals Complying with Hospital Price Transparency Rule
• STL News: Colorado Governor Signed Hospital Transparency Law
• Colorado Springs Gazette: Price transparency enforcement starts next week for Colorado hospitals
• The Denver Gazette: Price transparency enforcement starts next week for Colorado hospitals
• Colorado Politics: Price transparency enforcement starts next week for Colorado hospitals
• Colorado.gov: Protecting Consumers and Saving People Money: Bipartisan Hospital Transparency Law to Take Effect Across Colorado on August 10th
• Newsweek: Here's How You Avoid Health Care Sticker Shock | Opinion
• New York Times: How Much Does your M.R.I. Cost? Buy it First to Find Out
• Chicago Sun Times: Hospitals must be more transparent about health care costs
• Forbes: Improving Healthcare Value Through Price Transparency
• YourObserver.com: Sarasota Hospital Board Northern District, Seat 2: Nick Altier
• Newsday: Your surgery could cost $50,000 or $100,000, depending on which hospital you picks
• Boston Globe: Health care price transparency gives people control over their decisions
• The Tennessee Star: Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association Launches New Hospital Price Transparency Tool
• Healthline: Insurers Have to Show What They Pay Medical Providers: Can it Help You Save Money?
• Houston Chronicle: Texas' largest insurers required to post price data starting today in transparency effort
• Washington Post: Now insurers and employers have to reveal health care prices
• Lifehacker: How to Find Out What Your Health Insurance Will Pay Beforehand
• Colorado’s new hospital price transparency law may change how patients shop for healthcare
• Creators Syndicate: Signs of Unhealth Weigh Heavy on America's Hospitals
• Real Clear Health: Long-Overdue Fines on Noncompliant Hospitals Are a Boost for Price Transparency
• Becker’s Hospital Review: Do not buy into 'misguided' assessments of price transparency compliance, hospital group says
• American Hospital Association: Hospitals and Health Systems Are Working to Implement Price Transparency Policies and Help Patients Understand Costs
• Many hospitals don’t fully comply with price transparency rules
• Letter to the Editor: As Costs Rise for Hospitals, Will Nurses Have to Pay?
• OPED: The Hill: Hospitals push for higher prices while hiding real rates from consumers
• WTOL: Medical bill transparency: Patients struggle to find info that would let them comparison shop for care
• Colorado Springs Business Journal: Opinion: healthcare collections bill overdue
• Colorado Hospitals: tighten price transparency, collections practices to avoid financial penalties
• Washington Examiner: great healthcare price transparency would help fight inflation
• Sen. Joni Ernst: Biden: “needs to step up,’ enforce Trump healthcare transparency rule
• The Daily Sentinel: price transparency legislation would prevent most medical debt collections
• CBS Denver: Reps. & Dems. want to empower patients to sue hospitals that don’t post prices.
• Colorado politics: CO. Legislators advance bill to ban medical debt collection without price transparency.
• Commentary: Protect Colorado patients from bankruptcy
• Cincinnati Enquirer: Report: Cincinnati Hospitals Compliance Price transparency
• The Center Square: Virginia medical cost transparency bill heads to Youngkin’s desk
• Inside Nova: Virginia medical cost transparency bill heads to Youngkin’s desk
• The Ledger: Polk County hospitals on list of facilities lacking pricing transparency, patient advocacy group says
• New York Public Radio: NYC hospitals still aren’t sharing all their prices a year after transparency law took effect
• Del Marva Now/Salisbury Daily Times: Maryland hospitals fail price transparency report
• The Center Square: Study shows few hospitals abide by price transparency laws
• 10/11 NOW: 10/11 NOW Investigation: Price transparency at Lincoln hospitals
• The Richmond Register: St. Joseph Berea found in non-compliance with price transparency
• The Center Square: Virginia Senate to take up House-passed medical cost transparency bill
• The Morning Call: Patient Rights Advocate price transparency rule
• Healthcare Finance: Survey finds just 14% of hospitals are compliant with price transparency
• Texas Hospitals Lack Compliance with Federal Price Transparency Rule According to Survey
• Are Bay Area hospitals complying with new price transparency rule?
• Biden admin wants to stiffen penalties on hospitals forhiding prices
• Report: Only 5% of hospitals fully compliant with controversial price transparency rule
• Biden order can make hospital price transparency a reality
• New Detailed Report Shows only 5.6% of Hospitals Examined are Compliant with Hospital Price Transparency Rule
• Nearly all hospitals flout federal requirement to post prices, report finds
• The Health 202: Biden says he'll enforce Trump-era rules requiring hospitals to post their prices
• New Biden executive order takes aim at big business
• Hospital compliance with price transparency rule would spur an affordability revolution
• Your Turn: Transparency demonstrates potential of real prices in health care
• Hospital price disclosures reinforce importance of price transparency
• The benefits of government requiring health care price transparency
• Price transparency can stop health insurers' gain off patient pain
• Biden Can Protect and Strengthen Obamacare by Supporting Healthcare Price Transparency
• Patients should know actual, not estimated, prices
• New federal rule: No more surprise hospital bills and more options for consumers
• Health care group lobbies Biden to keep hospital transparency regulations in place
• The Health 202: Hospitals drag feet on new regulations to disclose costs of medical services
• NY Hospitals Slow To Comply With New Price Transparency Rule That Took Effect This Month
• Hospitals now required to make prices public before treatment — here’s what Myrtle Beach area providers are doing
• New law requires hospitals to publish prices, including private deals with insurers
• Americans can celebrate victory in the right to know health care costs
• Court Ruling in Favor of Hospital Price Transparency
• For True Health Care Price Transparency, Insurers Must Show Prices, Too
• Employers, Public May Help Health Price Disclosure Rules Endure
• Insurers Must Stop the Tricks, New Rule Says, Offering Consumers a Treat
• Why a Health Care Price Transparency Legal Victory Will Be a Monumental Win for American Consumers
• Justice Department Makes a Strong Case for Health Care Price Transparency
• The Coronavirus Is Catapulting American Health Care Into the 21st Century
• HHS considers rolling back interoperability timeline amid Covid-19
• Hospitals gain two-year delay to implement full info-blocking decisions
• Hospitals' Free Speech Argument on Prices Draws Wary
• Health Tech Pros Spotlight Limits on Patient Data Dictionary
• Independent surgery centers offer cash-based, transparency prices
• Price transparency is the other side of the public option coin
• The Business of Better Health Care
• Top 5 Health Policy Predictions for 2020
• Price Transparency is More than a Worthwhile Experiment
• Commentary: Business Roundtable Should Demand Health Care Cost Transparency
• Imagine a situation where you knew just what your surgery would cost
• Texas CEO did something about escalating employee health care costs. And it worked!
• Here’s why price transparency can revolutionize healthcare
• Medical errors prevalent and costly, new survey of Massachusetts residents shows
• They Want It to Be Secret: How a Common Blood Test Can Cost $11 or Almost $1,000
• Action on health care pricing transparency needed to stem rising costs
• Where We Stand: A Patient’s Bill of Rights
• Price Transparency in Healthcare will save Trillions
• How to Fight an Outrageous Medical Bill
• The High Price of No Prices
• Oklahoma City Hospital Posts Prices, Starts Bidding War
• Americans Borrowed $88B for Health Care
• As Patients Struggle With Bills, Hospital Sues Thousands
• A spinal surgery, a $101,000 bill, and a new law to prevent more surprises
• This woman’s polite request may have saved her $12,000 in surgery costs
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• Patients Hit With 'Surprise Bills' After Urgent Care Visits

+ TV, RADIO, & PODCASTS

• WBAL 1090 AM (ABC News Radio, Baltimore): Report finds most Maryland hospitals fail to reveal true costs: ‘That’s highway robbery’
• WCBM 680 AM (Salem Radio Network, Baltimore): Hospital Price Transparency Report Reveals Widespread Noncompliance in Maryland
• KOB-TV (NBC Albuquerque): Study: Most New Mexico hospitals do not comply with price transparency rule
• PIRG: Congress has just days to deliver online health care prices for patients
• KPHO-TV (CBS Phoenix): Cynthia Fisher of Patient Rights Advocate on KPHO-TV (CBS Phoenix) (12/9/24)
• KPHO-TV (CBS Phoenix): On Your Side Podcast: Hospital Bills and Better Transparency
• WLDS 1180 AM (CBS News Radio/NBC News Radio, Springfield): CMS Says Patient Rights Advocate Report Inaccurate On Memorial Health Pricing Transparency
• NPR Fairfield WSHU 91.1 FM: PRA mentioned during a segment on healthcare price transparency
• WRIC-TV (ABC Richmond): PRA mentioned during a segment on 5 pm news
• Relentless Health Value: EP457: It’s a Big Thing: Medical Spread Pricing. So, Let’s Talk About Contract Transparency, With Cynthia Fisher
• WKRN-TV (ABC Nashville): Report: Only 12% of Tennessee hospitals comply with transparent pricing law
• KNXV-TV (ABC Phoenix): Patient Rights Advocate mention on segment on hospital price transparency rule
• Denver Gazette: Colorado healthcare costs vary wildly based on care provider, insurance non-profit says
• KUNC 91.5 FM (NPR Greeley): New online tool lets Coloradans compare hospital pricing ahead of time
• WTKR-TV (CBS Norfolk): Woman diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant becomes an advocate
• CBS News: Colorado Hospital Price Finder tool helps with price transparency, save money on health care
• Spectrum News 1 (Columbus, Ohio): How legislation could change medical billing
• KYMA: Healthcare providers use AI to predict whether an insurance claim will be denied
• KRMG 740 AM (Fox News Radio, Tulsa): New Oklahoma law addresses medical debt
• Scripps News: Cynthia Fisher of PatientRightsAdvocate.org on Scripps News Live to Discuss Hospital Price Transparency
• WHNS-TV (FOX Greenville, SC): Patient struggles to find hospital prices, you have the right to know
• WOSU 89.7 FM (NPR Columbus): The fight for hospital pricing transparency in Ohio
• Ricochet: Posting Patient Prices: Transparency Cure for Hospital Blank Checks
• WTVY-TV (CBS Dothan, AL): Recent survey: Only around 20% of Alabama hospitals comply with price transparency rules
• WTHI-TV (CBS Terre Haute): Patient rights advocates reveal which hospitals are complying with transparency law
• WABE 90.1 FM (NPR Atlanta): Report alleges some Georgia hospitals are noncompliant with federal price transparency rule
• KYTV- WKOW (ABC Wisconsin, WI): Advocates press local hospitals to do more price transparency
• TV (NBC Springfield, MO): On Your Side: New report finds only 22% of Missouri hospitals complying with Hospital Price Transparency Rule
• KHGI-TV (ABC Kearney): Report reveals Nebraska hospitals' lack of compliance with price transparency rule
• WJTV-TV (CBS Jackson): Hospitals must provide accessible pricing information
• KCUR 89.3 FM (NPR Kansas City): Advocacy group says pricing at Kansas City hospitals isn't clear for patients
• KFOR-TV (NBC Oklahoma City): Are Oklahoma hospitals compliant with price transparency on websites?
• WENJ 97.3 FM (ESPN Radio Millville, NJ): Is Your Local New Jersey Hospital Breaking The Law?
• KSL 102.7 FM (ABC Salt Lake City): One third of Utah hospitals not in compliance with hospital price transparency law
• CBS Mornings: Cynthia Fisher joins CBS Mornings to discuss new PRA report
• KPRC-TV (NBC Houston): Price shopping: Finding the best deals for surgery in your area
• KIVI-TV (ABC Boise): Price Variation report sheds light on local health costs
• WBUR 90.9 FM (NPR Boston): The fight for transparent health care prices in America
• WCAX-TV (CBS Burlington): Advocates say health care price reforms could save Vermont millions
• WHEC-TV – NBC Rochester: Consumer Alert: Report shows hospital procedure prices can vary by 10 times for the same procedure
• WBRC-TV (FOX Birmingham): Groundbreaking tool empowers patients to challenge medical bills
• USA Today: PRA hospital price files finder mentioned on The Excerpt podcast
• WCSH – NBC Maine: Task force forms to address and better understand health care 'facility fees' in Maine
• KRDO Colorado: Prescription For Savings: How to save big money on your medical bills or get them removed altogether
• WKOW – ABC Wisconsin: Wisconsin lawmakers introduce bill that would require hospitals to show healthcare costs
• WFLD – Fox Chicago, Il: Rush University Medical Center, CommonSpirit Health receive price transparency award
• WAND NBC – Champaign, IL: Cynthia Fisher discusses Illinois hospital price transparency compliance
• WABE 90.1 FM Atlanta, GA: Cynthia Fisher discussing Georgia hospital price transparency compliance
• WVEC ABC Norfolk, VA, PRA mentioned during VA hospital price transparency segment.
• KTUL ABC Tulsa, OK: Cynthia Fisher on Hospital price transparency in Oklahoma.
• KCUR-FM, Kansas City, MO: Cynthia Fisher on hospital price transparency in Kansas
• KOCO – ABC, Oklahoma: Report shows most hospitals in Oklahoma aren't fully transparent with service costs
• WTKR- ABC, Virginia: Virginia Beach woman diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant after years of voicing concerns
• Texas Public Radio: Cynthia Fisher on Texas hospital price transparency
• WICD ABC-Illinois: Cynthia Fisher on Illinois hospital price transparency compliance
• WTKR CBS – Norfolk, VA: Patient Right Advocate mentioned during Hospital Prices Transparency segment
• KDRO ABC – Colorado Springs, CO: Patient Right Advocate mentioned during Hospital Prices Transparency segment
• ABC 13 Richmond VA: Cynthia Fisher on new Hospital Price Transparency law in Virginia
• ABC WEWS Cleveland: Cynthia Fisher talking about Price Transparency in support of HB-49
• WEWS: Battle to know your health care costs in Ohio steps forward despite hospitals' major pushback to stop it
• CBS News Colorado: Expedia for health care? New Colorado law creates more transparency around hospital prices
• KOA-AM, Denver, CO: Cynthia Fisher appeared on The Mandy Connell Show Part 1
• KOA-AM, Denver, CO: Cynthia Fisher appeared on The Mandy Connell Show Part 2
• NBC KNSD San Diego: Cynthia Fisher discusses hospital price transparency
• Fox WPFO Portland: PRA mentioned during hospital price transparency segment
• Fox KDFW Dallas: Cynthia Fisher discusses hospital price transparency
• Fox KTBC Austin: Cynthia Fisher discusses hospital price transparency
• CBS Austin: Patient Rights Advocate Mention on KEYE (CBS) in Austin, TX
• WEWS (ABC) Cleveland OH: Cynthia Fisher appeared on WEWS (ABC) to discuss price transparency
• AM 860 Portland: Andy Mangione from AMAC mentioned a partnership with PRA
• News 5 Cleveland WEWS: Law says hospitals have to show how much your procedures cost, but is it even being followed?
• KNSD: San Diego area hospitals accused of keeping patients in the dark on prices
• Louie B. Free Radio Show: Cynthia Fisher discusses price transparency on the Louie B. Free Radio Show
• MSNBC Alex Witt Reports: Cynthia Fisher talks about Hospital Price Transparency
• NBC Nightly News: Are hospitals complying with the federal price transparency law?
• KMUW: Cynthia Fisher appeared on KMUW in Wichita, KS, to discuss hospital price transparency
• Today on NBC: Cynthia Fisher appeared on Today on NBC to discuss hospital price transparency
• NBC News Daily Health: Cynthia Fisher appeared on NBC News Daily Health to discuss hospital price transparency
• KFOR-TV: Group claims only 3 of 36 Oklahoma hospitals are complying with price transparency law
• WKRC-TV: Report: Most Tri-State hospitals not following pricing transparency laws
• WKEF-TV: Cynthia Fisher appeared on WKEF (ABC) in Dayton, OH
• KOA-AM: Cynthia Fisher appeared on KOA-AM in Denver, CO
• NewsRadio 680 WPTF: Patient Rights Advocate was mentioned on NewsRadio 680 WPTF in Raleigh, NC
• WATL-TV: These metro Atlanta hospitals are hiding the costs of care: report
• Crain’s Chicago Business: PRA mentioned on Crain’s Daily Gist podcast
• WLOS-TV: Patient advocate group calls for more price transparency from hospitals following report
• NBC Nightly News: Cynthia Fisher featured during The Price You Pay: Doctor Email Fees segment
• WPXI-PIT (NBC): Cynthia Fisher was featured during a segment on price transparency
• WREG: How to get care around the Blue Cross, Methodist-Le Bonheur split
• WFTV: Federal law protecting patients from surprise medical bills still on hold
• WTXL ABC: Hospital childbirth costs soar despite transparency rule
• KBZK (4BS): Cynthia Fisher was featured during a segment on price transparency
• KARE-TV: As some hospitals roll out MyChart charges, MN hospitals appear to hold back
• WBZ News Radio: Cynthia Fisher was mentioned during a segment on price transparency
• WTKR: Hospitals are required to share prices; here's what happens when they don't
• Newsy: Hospitals Are Now Required To Post Costs Online, But Most Haven't
• KAIT-TV: Cynthia Fisher was featured during a segment on price transparency
• KYTV-TV: Missouri hospitals not in full compliance with pricing transparency laws
• 90.3 WCPN: Cynthia Fisher speaking out about Cleveland Clinic charging for digital communication with doctors
• WTTW-TV: Only 16% of US Hospitals Complying With Federal Price Transparency Rule, Says Advocacy Group
• KTRH-AM: Report: Few Hospitals Complying with Price Transparency Rule
• The John Whitmer Show: Cynthia Fisher interview about new federal law requiring hospitals to post medical prices online
• KOA: Cynthia Fisher on the Level of Compliance with Hospital Price Transparency
• KIRO-FM: Seattle’s Morning News with Dave Ross & Colleen O’Brien
• WLRN: Report shows majority of Florida hospitals are not complying with the federal price transparency law
• NPR Houston: 85% of Texas Hospitals Are Failing to Post Prices Online
• WVOM: PRAs Cynthia Fisher
• WMTW: Maine hospitals reject report finding them noncompliant with price transparency rules
• KDVR: Study: 31 Colorado hospitals not complying with price transparency law
• WREG: New tools let patients search hospital prices ahead of time
• AZ Family: Report: Arizona hospitals not in full compliance with pricing transparency laws
• WTHI-TV: Only 14.3% of hospital complying with the hospital price transparency rule
• WBTV: Hospitals hit record profits during pandemic
• Nightly News: The price you pay; few hospitals comply with pricing rules
• WACH FOX Investigates: Hospital bill transparency
• WJLA: Hospitals may not be fully complying with law requiring price transparency
• NPR Morning Edition: Hit with $7,146 for two hospital bills, a family sought health care in Mexico
• The National News Desk: Hospitals made billions in profits while violating federal transparency laws, says group
• WBTV: Patient stuck with $28,000 hospital charge searching for billing errors and inflated costs to drive price down
• My News 4: Report: Most Nevada hospitals aren’t transparent with prices, breaking law
• Good Morning New Hampshire: Cynthia Fisher on Health Care Costs
• WREG Memphis: New rules mean hospitals must post prices, but few do
• CBS (Pittsburg): KDKA Investigates: New Federal Rule Designed To End Hospital ‘Sticker Shock’
• The Tom Roten Morning Show: Several WV Hospitals Ignoring Price Transparency
• The Ian Swanson Show on News Radio: Why is hospital price transparency important? Cynthia Fisher of PatientRightsAdvocate.org explains
• The Brian Mudd Show: Only 14% of Hospitals Comply With Price Transparency Rule
• WCCO, CBS (Minnesota): How To Compare Costs For Services, Procedures At Minnesota Hospitals
• Kiss Country 93.7: Are Louisiana Hospitals Still Hiding Cost of Care From Consumers
• Count On News 2: 9 SC Hospitals Break Price Transparency Rule, Report Finds
• ABC 6 News: Demanding Change For Hospital Price Transparency Compliance
• WCCB Charlotte: New Report Says More Than A Dozen NC Hospitals Not Complying with Pay Transparency Law
• Fox 31: Hospital facility fees lack transparency, lawmakers say
• Click2Houston.com: Houston-area hospitals not releasing prices required by new law
• ABC 8 WMTW: Report says several Maine hospitals noncompliant with rule mandating they post prices online
• CBS12 News: Patients can now shop for healthcare as hospitals required to be transparent
• ABC Action News: Not all Tampa Bay area are hospitals following a new billing transparency law
• WKYC: Many hospitals ignoring new pricing rules: What to know before you go
• NBC Miami: Hospital Billing Transparency
• Full Measure: Hospital Pricing
• KDKA CBS Pittsburgh: Medical Transparency: Are AHN And UPMC Following The New Mandate?
• NBC LA: New Rule Could Protect You From Unpredictable Hospital Bills
• NPR Weekend Edition: The New Year Will Bring More Transparency In Hospital Prices
• CBS News: New law requires hospitals to publish prices, including private deals with insurers
• Patients Rising Podcast: Patient Victory for Price Transparency
• The Today Show: Cost of coronavirus: Patients hit with hefty bills for ‘free’ tests
• Answers for the Family