Hospitals lift curtain on prices, reveals giant swings for hips, knees and more

Re:Hospitals lift curtain on prices, reveals giant swings fo... by fineIllregister on Friday March 12, 2021 @10:57PM (#26443818)

I'm not following your example. I don't want to end up in the ER requiring another surgery. If the provider can do something such that I can avoid that, I feel that's healthier.

So the provider "hammers" me with reminders which makes that less likely to happen. Sure, they might not be doing it out of the kindness of their hearts (I've worked in a hospital and many people definitely do want patients to be healthier, but that's neither here nor there), but it seems like they're "incentiv[sized] for you to emerge healthier."

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Re:Hospitals lift curtain on prices, reveals giant swings fo... by sircastor on Friday March 12, 2021 @11:06PM (#26443861)

I think the point being made is that a patient’s health is a adjacent to the effort the hospital administration is putting in. The incentive isn’t “keep the patient healthy”, it’s “keep the patient from costing us money”

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Re:Hospitals lift curtain on prices, reveals giant swings fo... by ianai on Friday March 12, 2021 @11:04PM (#26443850)

It’s the counter example that makes the point. The only reason it seems a better outcome is coincidence.

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