The Gist Healthcare Podcast Friday, May 30, 2025
May 30, 2025
The discussion kicks off with updates on hospital price transparency, highlighting new rules from the Trump Administration. Listeners learn about narrowed COVID-19 vaccine recommendations that now exclude healthy children and pregnant women. Next, a focus turns to ChristianaCare's acquisition of Crozer Health facilities amidst financial turmoil. The episode wraps up with insights into Omada Health's IPO plans, aiming for a significant valuation in the digital health market. Tune in for these timely healthcare developments!
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Make Hospital Prices Real And Enforce Them
- Require hospitals to publish actual prices and not estimates to improve shopping and competition.
- Use CMS requests for information to guide stronger enforcement and data accuracy efforts.
Executive Order Drives Transparency Push
- The push for transparency follows a presidential executive order to make price data usable for patients.
- Spotty compliance so far limits the order's ability to increase competition and consumer shopping.
Compliance Gaps Undermine Transparency
- Many hospitals still fail to meet current transparency rules, undermining policy goals.
- HHS OIG found substantial noncompliance in machine-readable files and shoppable services postings.