New report: To drive up profits, hospitals continue unnecessary medicine mark-ups, burdening patients, employers and the health system

This study comes on the tail ofanother EBRI study, which found hospital outpatient departments mark up the cost of oncology drugs by an average of 223%, which, in just one year of paying physician prices instead of hospital prices, could lead to employers saving an average of almost $10,000 per covered cancer patient.
Source: The Catalyst - Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Tags: Drug Cost Health Insurance Hospitals Source Type: news