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Some smaller rural hospitals, such as Miller County Hospital in Colquitt and Jenkins County Medical Center in Millen, are complying as well as larger ones in the state.
Even when posted, the information is not always easy to find, judging from a recent search through several hospital websites. A consumer often has to search under tabs such as PATIENTS and look for a pricing button.
And some hospitals have set up requirements that a consumer give personal information before getting a price estimate. Such info barriers arenât allowed under the rule, Dorstel says.
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Caption Rural hospitals such as Miller County Hospital in Colquitt are complying with a new federal rule to publish a website file showing the payment rates it had negotiated with insurers and allowing patients to “shop’’ medical services. Credit: Georgia Health News
Jan. 1 marked the launch of a federal rule on medical prices that the hospital industry fought hard to stop.
For the first time, each hospital was required to publish a website file showing the payment rates it had negotiated with insurers, and another post that would let consumers search for hundreds of “shoppable’’ medical services. The Trump administration rule drew a lawsuit from the American Hospital Association, a suit that was rejected by a federal appeals court.
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