Medical Pricing Transparency with Professor Danny Hughes

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Thursday March 4, 2021 - Friday March 5, 2021
      5:00 pm - 5:59 pm
  • Location: Atlanta, GA
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Contact

S. Dante Christmas 

Asst to the Chair

Summaries

Summary Sentence: Ever wonder why it is difficult-to-impossible to find out what a medical procedure will cost? We will briefly discuss the history of medical pricing and provider reimbursements.

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Ever wonder why it is difficult-to-impossible to find out what a medical procedure will cost? Why do medical providers have such inflated list prices?

We will briefly discuss the history of medical pricing and provider reimbursements. Afterward, we’ll use the tools of economics to explore how medical prices are currently set and why it is so difficult to get a straight answer from providers.

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Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

School of Economics

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Postdoc, Public, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
Categories
Arts and Performance, Career/Professional development, Conference/Symposium, Other/Miscellaneous, Seminar/Lecture/Colloquium
Keywords
economics, SOE, IAC
Status
  • Created By: schristmas3
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  • Created On: Feb 23, 2021 - 12:13pm
  • Last Updated: Feb 23, 2021 - 12:51pm