Policy at Play on Mythryl: “A hospital buys your doctor's practice. Same office, same…”

A hospital buys your doctor's practice. Same office, same treatment—but now the bill can include hospital-level charges. That's how healthcare costs rise without patients receiving more care. It's also why “site-neutral” payment reform deserves far more attention.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Routine medical care is often being billed at the much more expensive rate for hospital care, instead of the lower cost for procedures in a doctor’s office. That can make bills 10 times costlier, research shows.

washingtonpost.comDoctors’ offices are charging patients 10 times more by claiming to be hospitalsEven when patients never step into a hospital, they may be charged hospital “facility fees,” and their care may be billed at higher rates.

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