Lake Oswego, Ore. The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (OAHHS) today announced that it has developed a new price transparency initiative.
This initiative has three key elements:
1-Senate Bill 900 calls for a new state-run website displaying median prices paid for procedures at hospitals; tools for hospitals to provide good-faith estimates to self-pay and out-of-network patients; and a pledge to work with insurers to help insured patients understand their out-of-pocket expenses for care.
2-The second element involves working hand-in-hand with insurers via the Oregon Health Leadership Council (OHLC) to help patients who have insurance to understand what their out-of-pocket expenses will be.
3-The last element of the OAHHS initiative is a commitment by Oregon’s hospitals to assist Oregonians who are paying for their own care (or for out-of-network services not covered by their health plan) in getting a good-faith estimate from any hospital for the cost of a scheduled procedure upon request.
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