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As more studies continue to emerge regarding the sometimes significant pricing disparities between hospitals for ostensibly similar treatments, hospitals should prepare for additional federal...
United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life Sciences
As more studies continue to emerge regarding the sometimes
significant pricing disparities between hospitals for ostensibly
similar treatments, hospitals should prepare for additional federal
(e.g., DOJ and FTC antitrust divisions, FTC and CFPB
consumer protection) and state (e.g., Attorneys
General Consumer Protection Divisions) scrutiny into their pricing
practices and market power.
"Some hospitals charge up to 10 times as much as others for
standard medical scans, according to the latest analysis of
previously secret market rates." "I guess most of it
would be summarized in two words: market power"
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