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Not only that, but it costs money for the hospital to make the chargemaster available, deal with people asking about it, etc. If the fine is really just $900K,
by yborg 4y ago
Not only that, but it costs money for the hospital to make the chargemaster available, deal with people asking about it, etc. If the fine is really just $900K, if I was a hospital CFO I'd pay that every year without a second thought, or even work up a service charge to add to all hospital billing a la the "Federal Access Charge" AT&T puts on phone bills so I can get people to blame the government for $15 Motrin tablets in the hospital.
- x-shadowban 4y agoAn interesting game. The govt could then raise the fine, but would they risk bankrupting the hospitals by pushing too far?
- pishpash 4y agoIt costs money for the hospital to do payroll for the CEO too but that never gets dropped somehow!