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“Once a physician shifts from being at an independent practice to being employed or affiliated with a vertically integrated health system,
they change their referral patterns and direct traffic to places like the hospital outpatient department”
The bigger hospitals get, the more they can deploy bare-knuckle tactics to get what they want. For instance, they can demand
guarantees that they will be included in all of an insurer’s networks, even if a client doesn’t want them,
extensive Wall Street Journal reporting has shown.
Hospitals keep getting bigger while promising more access and affordability for patients. Instead, prices keep going higher.
My doctor wanted me to schedule an MRI at the hospital. I knew it would be expensive but I didn’t realize I had a choice. Then I got a text and email from Know the Costs® stating I could save almost $900 if I went to one of their places. That was welcome news! I called the number and Know the Costs® re-scheduled me. I saved a lot of money and really learned something about hospital prices!
Municipality Employee
Our HR department told us they had a new program to help us save on medical costs but I really didn’t understand what they were talking about. My daughter was supposed to have a CT scan at a hospital. Sort of out of the blue, I got a text and maybe an email too that we could save money by going to a place run by Know the Costs®. I saved about $1,100! Needless to say, my husband was happy about that!
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