Since 2021, hospitals must post clear and accessible pricing information on their websites. This includes list prices and negotiated rates with insurers for 300 shoppable services and cost estimators. Despite fears of price wars, hospitals need to meet these requirements. Here are a few reasons why: It’s the law When patients ask how much a treatment might cost, answering that question in an easy-to-understand way can be complicated. With jargon, multiple costs being listed for one service, and different data formats, it can be difficult for patients to access hospital price transparency information. Hospitals are required to post standard charges online as…

Clinical trial participants do so for a variety of reasons. Some participate because other treatments for their health problem didn’t work; others do it to help future generations lead healthier lives. Most clinical trials compare two groups of people. One group gets the new treatment, and the other gets standard care. The groups are chosen by chance, which helps prevent bias. What is a clinical trial? Researchers test new treatments in a clinical trial. They may be a drug, device or procedure. Doctors usually conduct laboratory tests and animal studies to determine whether an intervention is safe and effective before…

We are all aware that first impressions last and so we are always striving to put our best foot forward every single day of the week and especially so when it comes to our work. Your appearance can be the difference between getting a huge contract with a big commission structure to not getting this prospective customer to sign on the dotted line. How we look also affects our social life in significant ways and if there is someone that we feel is the one for us and yet they don’t find us attractive, it can be a big slap…

Many Australians aspire to a more natural lifestyle in their attempts to go green and to do their bit for the environment. There is a lot of appeal when it comes to natural living and yet many people don’t really understand exactly what it means. For you, it is all about saving in terms of money, time and nature and it is about creating better health outcomes for yourself and reducing the amount of stress that you currently have in your life. You do not have to turn into some kind of hippy from the 1960s and stop living your…