We answer the questions healthcare leaders are asking. High Stakes offers concise takes on the issues affecting healthcare providers today: strategic positioning, issue navigation, change management. mergers and acquisitions, marketing, digital transformation, patient experience, executive leadership and healthcare governance, and much more. At Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, we understand the stakes are high for healthcare executives. Every day, you are making bold decisions in a noisy, evolving industry. High Stakes puts you in the room with us and our more than 150 cumulative years of healthcare strategic communications experience so that you can not just survive but lead the transformation of our industry.Read more »
We answer the questions healthcare leaders are asking. High Stakes offers concise takes on the issues affecting healthcare providers today: strategic positioning, issue navigation, change management. mergers and acquisitions, marketing, digital transformation, patient experience, executive leadership and healthcare governance, and much more. At Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, we understand the stakes are high for healthcare executives. Every day, you are making bold decisions in a noisy, evolving industry. High Stakes puts you in the room with us and our more than 150 cumulative years of healthcare strategic communications experience so that you can not just survive but lead the transformation of our industry.Read Less
Last week, several hospital groups filed lawsuits against HHS around the agency’s rule stating that payers and providers must reveal their negotiated rates. That rule was designed as part of the current administration’s push for price transparency. There’s been lots of excellent discussion about the lawsuits, and whether HHS even has the authority to create a rule forcing transparency around private negotiations.
But the real issue isn’t CMS/HHS. It’s consumers. The bottom line? Patients don’t want to know hospital prices. They want to know how much it will cost them. If people know what’s medical care is going to cost them ahead of time, they’re more likely to pay.
Even if the government's efforts to impose price transparency are unsuccessful, the core issue won’t go away. Consumers are not going to let it. So, however the legal situation plays out, hospitals and health systems shouldn't just sit by and wait until the dust settles. Here’s what Kim Fox, Partner and Regional Practice Lead at Jarrard Inc, says they can do today.