Patient Rights Advocate has long advocated for transparency in healthcare pricing, and a recent report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) underscores just how much work still needs to be done. According to OIG’s findings: ? Of a sample of 100 hospitals, 37 failed to fully comply with the Hospital Price Transparency (HPT) rule. ? 34 hospitals did not publish comprehensive, machine-readable files, hindering consumers’ ability to access complete pricing data. ? 14 hospitals did not display shoppable services in a way that was consumer-friendly. From this sample, OIG estimates that 46% of the 5,879 hospitals required to follow the HPT rule have not met the standard for making their pricing information publicly accessible. Why This Matters: Without full compliance, patients continue to face obstacles to understanding their healthcare costs upfront—a basic right that supports informed choices and competitive markets. It’s critical that enforcement measures are strengthened to ensure hospitals prioritize transparency for the benefit of all patients.
Patient Rights Advocate
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Seeking to Empower Patients with Up-Front, Straight-Up Prices in Healthcare
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PatientRightsAdvocate.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan organization focused on ushering in systemwide healthcare price transparency. Through advocacy, testimony, media, legal research, and grassroots campaigns, our organization seeks actual, upfront healthcare prices that will greatly lower costs through a functional, competitive healthcare marketplace. Arming healthcare consumers – patients, employees, employers, unions, and state and local governments – with real prices will enable them to shop for the best quality of care at the lowest possible price and substantially reduce their costs of care and coverage. Binding prices will give consumers financial peace of mind that their final bill will match the quoted price and immediate recourse if they do not match. Straight-up prices will hold hospitals and health insurers accountable for widespread price gouging, upcharging, and billing fraud that financially devastates millions of Americans. By fighting for systemwide price transparency, PatientRightsAdvocate.org also seeks to improve healthcare quality. Complete, binding prices (not estimates) will unleash a pro-consumer market where prices, quality, outcomes, and standards of care are known upfront. Price-empowered consumers will cause providers and insurers to compete by lowering prices and improving quality, revolutionizing the broken American healthcare system. We seek to strengthen existing price transparency law, ensure forthcoming price transparency rules are implemented and enforced timely, inform consumers of their right to real prices, and call on patients and employers to step up and exercise this right by demanding actual prices before care.
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What an inspiring story to share today. “Knowing actual prices upfront would protect patients like me from overcharges and allow us to shop for affordable care. If I had known beforehand that my hysterectomy would cost $64,000, I would have gotten treatment at an affordable hospital instead…. This combination of state, federal and grassroots action can finally remove the veil between health care and prices, ushering in a functioning marketplace that makes health care affordable.”
New online tool makes finding hospital prices easier for patients like me | OPINION
coloradopolitics.com
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We can all agree that more transparency is needed in healthcare. Both parties have an opportunity to make change on this topic. We hope they meet the moment.
New Poll: An Overwhelming 92% of Americans Support Healthcare Price Transparency
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Patient Rights Advocate agrees that adoption of health care price transparency is pivotal in creating a better future the American people. The U.S. continues to grapple with some of the highest healthcare costs globally, driven by opaque pricing and limited transparency. As our report, cited in this paper notes, just 14.3% of hospitals were fully compliant with the Hospital Price Transparency Rule as of the last issuance of our semi-annual report. Patients and purchasers alike are left in the dark, with price information often hidden and wildly variable—even within the same region and for identical services. Transparency is a powerful tool that allows patients to make informed choices, empowers employers to design affordable coverage, and provides policymakers with the insight needed to tackle high healthcare costs. Every American deserves access to clear, upfront pricing for their care. Let’s keep pushing for full compliance and accountability in healthcare! Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH)Elizabeth MitchellShawn GremmingerNational Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser CoalitionsChris Deacon Karen van Caulil, Ph.D.NASHP | National Academy for State Health PolicyMarilyn Bartlett
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Colorado will be a model for states going forward. Patient Rights Advocate continues to highlight the way price transparency can have a positive impact on real people, in real time, in real ways.
New tool to help Coloradans identify hospital costs
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Louder for the folks in the back! Price transparency is huge, just like Dutch Rojas says!
Folks, let me tell you, price transparency in healthcare—it’s huge, absolutely huge. Nobody’s ever done transparency like I’m talking about, okay? The big healthcare companies, they don’t want you to see what they’re charging. They’re keeping it all secret, like it’s Fort Knox, believe me. You go in, you get a Band-Aid, you walk out with a bill the size of a mortgage. Disgraceful! Now, what I would do, what we need to do—I would make sure every American sees exactly what these big guys are charging you. You’ll know if it’s $500 for an aspirin, or $5 for a test. And if we do it right, prices drop faster than you’ve ever seen. Because once people see the real prices, they’re gonna make better deals, smarter choices, and competition will make it so great, so affordable. So, let’s bring it out into the open—no more hiding, no more games. Price transparency, folks, it’s what we need. Make healthcare fair, make it affordable again!
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This.
UnitedHealthcare is not a payor Medicare is not a payor Medicaid is not a payor Aetna is not a payor Cigna is not a payor BCBS is not a payor It's not health insurers' money It's your money Taxes Premiums Deductible Co-insurance Out-of-pocket Wage stagnation Health insurers process Health insurers gate-keep Health insurers adjudicate Health insurers profit But they don't pay We do P.S. Are you a doctor ready to opt-out of the insurance game and practice on your terms? Got something for you: https://buff.ly/48pPCJQ See you out there!
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Hear what founder, Cynthia Fisher, has to say about hospital price transparency and the great work being done in Colorado to leverage transparency to help patients!
Colorado healthcare costs vary wildly based on care provider, insurance, non-profit says
denvergazette.com
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Thank you for sharing this clip Dave Chase, Health Rosetta-discovering archaeologist. While it continues to be an up hill battle to bring system-wide transparency to healthcare, and specifically hospital prices, we believe that this issue has become main stream as evidenced by spots like these.
Healthcare Transformation Author & Speaker | Chief Archaeologist at Health Rosetta
What's harder than losing 250 pounds? According to Fat Joe on The Daily Show: 'Trying to get federal healthcare legislation passed.' This powerful statement highlights a critical issue in our healthcare system. As someone working in healthcare transparency, I've seen firsthand how a friend of mine was driven to bankruptcy before her death from cancer due to unjustifiably high bills. Her death was due to a wrong cancer diagnosis and treatment plan. The financial devastation while leaving behind a 10-year old daughter as a single mom was brutal to watch. This is why Patient Rights Advocate is fighting so hard on behalf of Americans. Fortunately, we have fighters like Chris Deacon working to make things right. What's your take on this? Have you ever been surprised by a medical bill? What do you think is the biggest barrier to healthcare price transparency? How can we make healthcare costs more accessible to patients? Let's continue this important conversation. ?? #HealthcareTransparency #PriceTransparency #HealthcareReform"