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PatientRightsAdvocate.org Launches Ohio Hospital Price Finder Tool 

Today, PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) announced the Ohio Hospital Price Finder Tool, empowering Ohioans with free access to all available Ohio hospital prices so they can compare options, prevent overcharges, and have recourse for surprise bills. The new online tool allows patients, employers, unions, and researchers in the Buckeye State to search all available hospital prices by procedure and code at OhioHospitalPrices.org.

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In Case You Missed It: New Jersey State Health Plan Wins $100M Settlement for Fraudulent Overcharges 

The State of New Jersey just announceda $100 million settlement in a case regarding millions in fraudulent overcharges in their state employee health plan. As previously reported, whistleblowers came forward with "instances in which the state was paying hundreds of thousands over what was charged and one in which New Jersey paid 24 times the rate Medicare paid for the same service, far higher than the norm."  

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PatientRightsAdvocate.org Launches Oklahoma Hospital Price Finder Tool 

PatientRightsAdvocate.org (PRA) announced the Oklahoma Hospital Price Finder Tool, empowering Oklahomans with free access to all available Oklahoma hospital prices so they can compare options, prevent overcharges, and have recourse for surprise bills. The new tool allows patients, employers, unions, and researchers in the Sooner State to search hospital prices by procedure and code at OklahomaHospitalPrices.org.

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New Polling Indicates Healthcare Price Transparency as Key Midterms Issue 

A new poll from PatientsRightsAdvocate.Org (PRA) conducted by Echelon Insights found that “American voters want to receive real prices, not estimates, for health care services before they receive care – and they are willing to reward leaders who make this a reality sooner rather than later.” 

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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

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

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 

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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