Finding Hospital Prices is Now Easier than Ever
Secret hospital prices are now more accessible to the public than ever! Thanks to PatientRightsAdvocate.org, you can search and download hospital prices in your town in just a few clicks!
Health Care Bond Villains? Tax-Evading, Price-Hiding Hospital Corporations Raked in Cash during COVID
A new report from OpenTheBooks.com highlights the absolute boondoggle that federal COVID assistance generated for the 20 largest “nonprofit” hospital corporations in the U.S.
TALENTO: Power to the People – a Plea to the New Congress
Congress is currently all spun up trying desperately to elect a Speaker of the House. When they’re ready to get to work, AllBetter CEO Katy Talento has published a prescription for a bipartisan health care agenda in the Jewish Policy Center’s journal. As you might imagine, the agenda centers around AllBetter values of transparency, fairness, eliminating conflicts of interest, and re-aligning incentives.
WSJ: The Biggest Scam Going is a Drug Discount Program Designed to Help Cash-scrapped Hospitals Serve More Poor Patients
The Wall Street Journal has done the world a service by blowing the whistle on one of the longest-held secrets in Washington – the 340B drug discount program is a lucrative profit-maker for rich, bloated hospital systems rather than a safety net for rural and inner city clinics that it was designed to be.
NYT and WSJ: “Non-Profit” Hospitals Are Actually Bond Villains
The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both released a bombshell series of reports, called They Were Entitled to Free Care. Hospitals Hounded Them to Pay, Hospital System to Refund Poor Patients Who Were Entitled to Free Care and Hospitals Often Don’t Help Needy Patients, Even Those Who Qualify. These investigations describe a […]
Judge Rules: FL School District Allowed to Sue Giant Brokerage for Hidden Fees
FL school district has defeated a motion to dismiss its lawsuit against Gallagher – a giant brokerage firm – for hiding almost $2M in fees above and beyond their contracted fee. This is happening to most employers across America. AllBetter can help you fight back.
Harvard Business Review: Employers should use hospital price transparency data to negotiate better rates
Harvard Business Review has published important advice for employers – hospital price transparency data is out there in the wild. It shows (or it should show, if the hospital is fully compliant) which health plans and networks are getting the best deals at that hospital. When AllBetter is helping our clients design a better health […]
Price Transparency Strikes Again: New study shows capricious price variation and gouging by hospitals for cancer therapy
New study finds hospitals are price gouging cancer patients on chemotherapy. And that’s if they’re even showing their prices at all.
PatientRightsAdvocate.org Highlights Health Rosetta Plans That Are Saving Health Care, One Employer at a Time
This video burns down the idea that businesses, municipalities and other employers have to put up with the broken status quo. Join the Revolution!
Health Plan Heroes: AllBetter Partners with National Patients Advocacy Group to Honor Heroic Employer Health Plans
This podcast describes the Health Plan Hero award program, developed by Patients Rising, in partnership with AllBetter Health.
Virginia Legislature Smacks Down Price-Hiding Hospitals (with a little help from AllBetter Health)
Virginia House Bill 481 codifying the Trump/Biden price transparency regulation forcing hospitals to show their secret prices has passed with overwhelming support, and with a little help from AllBetter Health.
Direct Contracting Between Employers and Hospitals, In Real Life: AllBetter CEO Dishes the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Direct contracting between employers and hospitals is all the rage. But it’s easier said than done! Listen to AllBetter CEO Katy Talento dish on the secret hacks to making this work.