PRA and Tech Consortium Submit Recommendations to CMS RIF
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PRA and Tech Consortium Submit Recommendations to CMS RIF

PatientRightsAdvocate.org and several tech companies submitted their recommendations to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in response to the Request for Information on the accuracy and completeness of Hospital Price Transparency data.

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PatientRightsAdvocate.org Applauds Marshall-Hickenlooper "Patients Deserve Price Tags Act” Bill
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PatientRightsAdvocate.org Applauds Marshall-Hickenlooper "Patients Deserve Price Tags Act” Bill

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) applauded the introduction of the Patients Deserve Price Tags Act to codify federal hospital and insurer price transparency rules. The bill was introduced by Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS), a member of the Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator John Hickenlooper (D-CO), HELP Committee Ranking Member.

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NEW PatientRightsAdvocate.org Academic Report Reveals Nonprofit UCHealth Used Intermediaries to Sue Thousands of Patients for Medical Bills
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NEW PatientRightsAdvocate.org Academic Report Reveals Nonprofit UCHealth Used Intermediaries to Sue Thousands of Patients for Medical Bills

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) released a joint report with George Washington University (GWU) and Stanford University School of Medicine (Stanford) detailing how nonprofit health system UCHealth brought more than 15,700 lawsuits against Colorado patients from 2019 through 2023 for medical debt. Patients who were sued reported not having easy access to prices, blocking them from verifying the accuracy of hospital charges.

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PatientRightsAdvocate.org Calls on Nevada Gov. Lombardo to Support Hospital Price Transparency Bill 
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PatientRightsAdvocate.org Calls on Nevada Gov. Lombardo to Support Hospital Price Transparency Bill 

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) is urging Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo to sign A.B. 343, major legislation to deliver hospital price transparency to Nevadans that was passed out of the Nevada Legislature earlier this week. If enacted, the bill would require Nevada hospitals to post all actual prices of available services online, so patients can see upfront prices before care, as well as provide tools for patients to seek recourse when they have been overcharged. It would codify the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule, first enacted in January 2021 under President Donald J. Trump and since expanded in February 2025.

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PatientRightsAdvocate.org Calls on Gov. Stitt to Swiftly Sign Hospital Price Transparency Legislation
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PatientRightsAdvocate.org Calls on Gov. Stitt to Swiftly Sign Hospital Price Transparency Legislation

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) applauded today’s bipartisan passage by the Oklahoma Legislature of major legislation to deliver hospital price transparency for Oklahomans and urged Governor Kevin Stitt to sign the bill without delay. If enacted, Senate Bill 889 would require Oklahoma hospitals to post the exact prices of available services online for upfront public viewing, with mechanisms included for state enforcement and patient protection.

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PatientRightsAdvocate.org Launches New York City Hospital Price Finder
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PatientRightsAdvocate.org Launches New York City Hospital Price Finder

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) announced the New York City Hospital Price Finder Tool, empowering all who are treated in New York City hospitals with free access to all available prices so they can compare, prevent overcharges, and have recourse for surprise bills. Patients, employers, unions, and researchers in New York City are now able to search all posted prices by hospital, procedure, plan, and code at NYCHospitalPrices.org.

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PRA Statement on Oklahoma House Passing S.B. 889  
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PRA Statement on Oklahoma House Passing S.B. 889  

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) applauded the bipartisan passage of Senate Bill 889 by the Oklahoma House of Representatives (51-38). The bill was previously passed unanimously on March 24, 2025, by the Oklahoma Senate, where it will soon be returned for a final vote of concurrence. 

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