Colorado Department Releases Report on Hidden “Facility Fees”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 1, 2024 Contact:  Priya Telang, 720-443-6435 , ptelang@cohealthinitiative.org   Katie Reinisch, 303-653-1009, katie@progressive-promotions.com Colorado Department Releases Report on Hidden “Facility Fees” New report highlights need for...

Legislation to Make Hospital Bills More Transparent and Affordable Approved by House Committee

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: March 24, 2023 CONTACT: Priya Telang, ptelang@cohealthinitiative.org, 313-820-2428 Madeleine Schmidt, madeleines@strategies360.com, 405-822-0533 Legislation to Make Hospital Bills More Transparent and Affordable Approved by House Committee...

Sponsors of HB1215 to Address Expensive Hospital Facility Fees Restructure Bill, Urge Need for 3rd Party Data

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: March 21, 2023 CONTACT: Priya Telang, ptelang@cohealthinitiative.org, 313-820-2428 Sponsors of HB1215 to Address Expensive Hospital Facility Fees Restructure Bill, Urge Need for 3rd Party Data   Adjustments to HB23-1215 include a study on...

Colorado Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Rein In Hidden Medical Costs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: February 23, 2023 CONTACT: Katie Reinisch, katie@progressive-promotions.com, 303-653-1009 Priya Telang, ptelang@cohealthinitiative.org, 313-820-2428 HB23-1215 would limit “facility fees” and bring fairness and transparency to medical...

Facility Fees are Jacking Up the Price of Routine Care

Savanah McDaniel, Policy Fellow In our last facility fee blog, we addressed the issue of high-cost facility fees being billed at ERs. Unfortunately, an ER is not the only place where you can run into these fees. If your doctor’s office is owned by a hospital, you...