Price Transparency
Healthcare Blame Game: Patient Rights Advocate’s distortion of price transparency regulations and data, and the ad campaign that’s catching attention
February 5, 2024
9:15 am
Patient Rights Advocate (PRA) has engaged hip hop artists like Fat Joe, Busta Rhymes and Method Man in its “Power to the Patients” campaign, claiming that regulations around price transparency are not being enforced, allowing hospitals to hide their prices and “charge whatever they want.” On this episode, HFMA Policy Director Shawn Stack and Ruth Lande, vice president of hospital relations at RIP Medical Debt, discuss PRA’s misinterpretation of price transparency regulations and hospital pricing.
Mentioned in this episode:
Power to the Patients: Fat Joe Public Service Announcement
Patient Rights Advocate continues to misinterpret price transparency data with latest report
Healthcare Blame Game: Why CFOs should build media relationships
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