FTC warns 24 healthcare companies that posting hospital prices does not settle their consumer-protection duties
…to 24 healthcare-services companies , telling them that compliance with hospital price-posting rules does not settle their separate obligations under the FTC Act. For patients comparing scheduled care, the…
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The FTC says its chairman sent warning letters October 5 to 24 large healthcare-services companies. Its published template says prices must be timely, accurate and complete, even when a hospital follows Medicare price-transparency rules. The warning identifies missing fees and late disclosures as possible problems; it is not a finding that any recipient broke the law.
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