Debunked Episode 2 (Audio): Discussing unfair hospital pricing and the way CA oversees main transactions
The second episode of Debunked with presenters Arundhati Parmar, editor of MedCity Information and Samir Batra, founder and managing accomplice of HIP (Well being Innovation Pitch) revolves round healthcare prices.
The hosts talk about site-neutral funds as a federal response to unfair hospital pricing on the subject of outpatient companies supplied in well being system-owned amenities. The American Hospital Affiliation specifically has efficiently lobbied in order that issues will stay the identical a minimum of this 12 months and location-neutral funds is not going to be imposed on the sector. The spending payments handed final week didn’t embody this provision – one thing that occurred after the recording of the podcast.
Individually, the podcast additionally discusses a brand new regulation in California that goes into impact on April 1. It will enable the Workplace of Well being Care Affordability to supervise main well being care transactions. Take heed to the audio under:
Right here's the total video of episode 2: