Hospital pricing White Paper. Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council

Hospital pricing issues are continuing to receive additional scrutiny on the part of government and the media. The hospital field has done a poor job of communicating their side of this issue. The Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council recently developed a Hospital Pricing White Paper to explain the complexities of hospital pricing. The purpose of the paper is to provide hospital staff with basic information that they could pass on to their key publics. A summary of the White Paper follows.