Nonprofits Open Windows To Medtech Procedure, Device Costs
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Health care cost transparency websites like Guroo.com and ECRI’s Technology Price Index are intended to make it easier, respectively, for consumers to shop for health services and for hospitals to benchmark prices of medical supplies.
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