🏥 Price Transparency in Healthcare: The Hidden Story Behind the Numbers Did you know that in just two years, CMS has taken over 1,287 enforcement actions against hospitals for not complying with price transparency rules? The numbers are eye-opening: • 851 enforcement actions in 2023 alone • $4 million in civil monetary penalties issued • 14 hospitals faced direct financial consequences But here's the critical insight: While hospitals are now required to post prices, regulators still can't guarantee the data's accuracy or completeness. Translation? We're not quite solving the healthcare pricing puzzle yet. At Dorsal.fyi, we're building the Kelley Blue Book for medical bills because patients deserve clarity. Healthcare costs have surged nearly 50% in a decade. It's time for real transparency. #HealthcareCosts #PriceTransparency #HealthTech https://lnkd.in/g7YXSaj2
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Elevate Patient Care, Improve Lives and Significantly Increase Revenue! Our wide variety of Medicare/Insurance approved Remote Care Services include assigning a FREE Health & Wellness Coach for patients that will stay in touch and be available to encourage them to stay on track and involved in maintaining better health to stay independent, in control and in their own homes. Patients are also provided with the renowned cognitive health program, CereSkills, to strenghten their cerebellum helping with improved Cognition, Memory, Concentration, Decision Making, Balance, Coordination, and Emotional Control. Our Medicare/Insurance approved services help to improve patient health and quality of life, alleviate some of the workload off of medical staff, provide updated patient medical data between appointments, help keep practices in compliance with all new CMS patient care mandatory requirements, insure top tier Medicare compensation, reduce ER visits and hospitalizations by up to 65%, require no upfront costs or long term contracts and significantly increase medical billing revenue by an average of $200,000 or more annually per each practitioner in an enrolled practice. LEARN MORE & SCHEDULE A CALL: https://lnkd.in/gdxejZCz #MedicareApproved #RemoteCareServices #HealthandWellnessCoaching #ElevatePatientCare #ReduceStaffWorkload #IncreaseMedicareRating #IncreaseMedicareCompensationLevel #IncreaseMedicalBillingRevenue
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