Tag: Price Transparency
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Colorado Senate OKs enforcing price transparency for hospitals
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Senate approved a bill Wednesday to allow the state to enforce federal laws requiring hospitals to publicly post prices online. Under Senate Bill 252, hospitals must maintain a public list of at least 300 shoppable services and regularly report to the Colorado Department of…
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Price transparency enforcement starts next week for Colorado hospitals
Beginning on Wednesday, hospitals in Colorado will be prohibited from pursuing debt collections against patients if the hospitals aren’t in compliance with federal price transparency laws. The new state law, created by House Bill 1285, bans noncompliant hospitals from using debt collectors, filing negative credit reports against patients and obtaining state court judgements for outstanding…
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Colorado bans hospitals from pursuing debt collection without price transparency
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hospitals in Colorado will soon face a ban on pursuing debt collections against patients if they do not post their prices online – thanks to legislation signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday. Beginning in August, House Bill 1285 prohibits hospitals not following federal…