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Health Care
Many hospitals not complying with price-transparency rule
It appears that many hospitals are not complying with new federal price transparency regulations.Kaitlyn Finley | April 21, 2021
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Health Care
Health price transparency continues to advance
Legislation that incentivizes price transparency and deters “surprise medical bills” has cleared another legislative hurdle, passing out of a state House committee.Ray Carter | April 7, 2021
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Health Care
Wall Street Journal investigation finds that many hospitals hide their prices from search results
In a March 22 story published in The Wall Street Journal reported that hundreds of hospitals are embedding special code on their websites to make it more difficult to search for their pricing data.Kaitlyn Finley | April 6, 2021
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Health Care
Does the Oklahoma Hospital Association oppose price transparency?
In a recent post, the Oklahoma Hospital Association seemed to imply that it finds “troubling” the idea that hospitals should provide patients a good-faith estimate of costs prior to a medical treatment.Kaitlyn Finley | April 1, 2021
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Health Care
Don’t try to ‘correct’ the market with pharmacy ‘fairness’
Much scrutiny surrounds big players in health care—large hospital systems, pharmaceutical companies, and insurance companies—and for good reason.Jonathan Small | March 25, 2021
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Health Care
Putting an end to surprise medical bills in Oklahoma
Health care, unlike nearly all other professions, operates with no price transparency. Providers are free to make up numbers as they go, leading to wildly inflated bills.Jonathan Small | March 15, 2021
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Health Care
Conservative groups announce opposition to price control legislation
Two conservative organizations have publicly voiced strong concern regarding legislation pending in Oklahoma that would tie prescription drug prices in the state to Canadian drug prices.Staff | March 10, 2021
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Health Care
‘Surprise’ medical bill protection clears Senate
Legislation that could prevent Oklahomans from receiving unanticipated and wildly inflated medical bills has received approval from the Oklahoma Senate.Ray Carter | March 10, 2021
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Health Care
Surprise medical billing protection clears committee
Oklahomans would be protected from having debt collectors hound them for surprise medical bills under legislation that has cleared a state Senate committee.Ray Carter | February 26, 2021
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Health Care
Senate Bill 548 will protect patients, promote price transparency
Surprise medical bills are all too common for Oklahomans today.Kaitlyn Finley | February 25, 2021