The second episode of Debunked with hosts Arundhati Parmar, editor of MedCity Information and Samir Batra, founder and managing associate of HIP (Well being Innovation Pitch) facilities round healthcare prices.
The hosts talk about site-neutral funds as a federal response to unfair hospital pricing in relation to outpatient providers accomplished at services owned by heath techniques. Notably, the American Hospital Affiliation efficiently lobbied in order that this 12 months a minimum of, issues will stay the identical and site-neutral funds won’t be imposed on the sector. Spending payments accepted final week didn’t embrace this provision — one thing that occurred after the recording of the podcast.
Individually, the podcast additionally discusses a brand new regulation in California that goes into impact April 1. By way of this, the Workplace of Well being Care Affordability shall be monitoring massive healthcare transactions. Take heed to the audio beneath:
Right here’s the complete video of Episode 2: