High-Deductible Health Plans and the Challenges They Pose to Radiologists

被引:1
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作者
Levin, David C. [1 ,2 ]
Rao, Vijay M. [1 ]
Hiatt, Mark D. [3 ]
Colarossi, Margaret [4 ]
机构
[1] Thomas Jefferson Univ Hosp, Dept Radiol, Ctr Res Utilizat Imaging Serv CRUISE, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
[2] HealthHelp Inc, Houston, TX USA
[3] GuardantHealth, Redwood City, CA USA
[4] Outpatient Imaging Affiliates LLC, Franklin, TN USA
关键词
High-deductible health plans; price transparency; imaging reimbursement; costs of health care; radiology and radiologists; socioeconomic issues; CARE PRICE TRANSPARENCY;
D O I
10.1016/j.jacr.2018.10.001
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
Patients with high-deductible health plans will increasingly be motivated to contact their hospitals or various websites to try to obtain information about the costs of expensive services like advanced imaging. Unfortunately, they will not find price transparency but rather confusion and opaqueness. Hospital personnel and commercial websites often unwittingly provide erroneous pricing information. The reasons for this are explained. Detailed examples of the erroneous information are provided. State-mandated websites may be somewhat of an improvement, but their methodology seems to vary from state to state, and they too can be confusing. All this obviously creates problems for patients, who are left not knowing what their true costs will be. The situation also creates problems for radiologists and their hospitals. Because of misunderstandings that can occur during the information-gathering phase, the pricing information shown for many hospital facilities may be greatly inflated, placing them at a competitive disadvantage. Certain strategic solutions to the problems are available, and these are discussed.
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