It turns that most hospitals don’t want to list their prices:
About 55% of hospitals have yet to comply with the Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule, which went into effect at the beginning of 2021, researchers report.
Is anyone surprised?
We have a healthcare system that is built on the premise of NOT being transparent. Imagine a product where you charge 10 people different prices depending on absolutely no criteria at all?
Direct Primary Care is one of the only transparent medical products right now. If people want transparency then they need to embrace DPC so that it spreads far and wide.
Dr. Farrago is a retired family physician based in Forest, Virginia. Since 2021, he has run DPCnews.com, a leading resource for the Direct Primary Care (DPC) movement.
He is the author of three best-selling books on Direct Primary Care:
The Official Guide to Starting Your Own Direct Primary Care Practice
The Direct Primary Care Doctor’s Daily Motivational Journal
Slowing the Churn in Direct Primary Care (While Also Keeping Your Sanity)
In 2016, Dr. Farrago conceived the idea for the Direct Primary Care Alliance and co-founded the organization alongside other pioneering DPC physicians. He is widely recognized as a leading expert in the DPC model and frequently lectures to medical students, residents, and practicing physicians on how to successfully start and run their own DPC practices.Dr. Farrago sold his Direct Primary Care practice in October 2020 but continues to receive care there as a patient.
