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North Carolina’s hospitals are being called out in a new report from the state treasurer’s office that shows a wide range in hospital pricing, huge price markups from Medicare rates, and a lack of price transparency.
Published: Thursday, December 21st, 2023 @ 10:29 am
By: Carolina Journal
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In its fifth semi-annual report examining hospitals’ compliance with the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule, PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) found that North Carolina came in 7th place in the U.S. for hospital price transparency.
Published: Saturday, October 21st, 2023 @ 12:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Hospitals Charge Families Huge Price Markups for Common Shoppable Services, Hide Prices from Patients
Published: Tuesday, October 10th, 2023 @ 11:44 pm
By: ENC NOW
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A recently released report by a nonprofit organization says it’s a mixed bag when it comes to North Carolina hospitals complying with a federal price transparency law put in place two years ago.
Published: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 @ 8:14 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Honor Bestowed for his Efforts to Protect Patients Through Price Transparency
Published: Thursday, September 22nd, 2022 @ 12:20 pm
By: ENC NOW
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Study Shows North Carolina Hospitals Limit Patients Access to Prices, Refuse to Abandon Secret Contracts and Hidden Prices Contrary to Attorney General's Recent Report
Published: Monday, February 14th, 2022 @ 2:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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State Treasurer Dale Folwell is raising concerns about hospitals’ compliance with federal price transparency laws. Folwell highlights new research that “directly counters” competing claims about price transparency from Attorney General Josh Stein.
Published: Sunday, February 13th, 2022 @ 10:00 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Statement from the Press Secretary on Price Transparency for Medical Services and Prescription DrugsToday, the Trump Administration finalized the most far-reaching price transparency reform in the history of American healthcare - fulfilling a commitment President Donald J. Trump made to the American people.
Published: Friday, October 30th, 2020 @ 9:51 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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America’s convoluted, public-private health care system is filled with bad policies and inefficiencies.
Published: Wednesday, July 15th, 2020 @ 11:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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On Friday, March 20, 2020, State Treasurer Dale Folwell announced his intention to rescue the State Health Plan with price transparency.
Published: Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 @ 4:28 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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President Donald J. Trump is taking bold action to give patients the information they need to find high-value care.
Published: Tuesday, November 19th, 2019 @ 2:23 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Health care legislation or health care reform often consists of new regulations or new restrictions on what a patient can do or how they access care.
Published: Friday, September 13th, 2019 @ 12:19 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Remarks by President Trump at Signing of Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare to Put Patients First
Published: Thursday, June 27th, 2019 @ 2:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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President Donald J. Trump is delivering on his promise to bring more healthcare price and quality transparency for American patients.
Published: Wednesday, June 26th, 2019 @ 11:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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While Obamacare continues to flood the health care sector with more taxes and mandates, it's simultaneously driving insurers and health care providers to increase price transparency. Because the law's pricey regulations are either driving employers to push more benefit cost sharing onto employees...
Published: Monday, February 16th, 2015 @ 4:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's now been one month since Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina went public with its health care cost estimator tool. Regardless of whether you have a BCBS card, anyone can now compare average costs for more than 1,200 procedures in just about any zip code across the state...
Published: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 9:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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