If hospitals are required to publish their prices and they have patients sign agreements wherein the patient agrees to pay “in accordance with the regular rates and terms of the hospital” which are public for the world to see, what defense does the patient, who assigned benefits, have in disputing full billed charges when the average reimbursement accepted through the hospital’s payer mix is substantially less?
Day: January 7, 2021
Contracts of Adhesion
An adhesion contract (also called a “standard form contract” or a “boilerplate contract“) is a contract that heavily restricts one party while leaving the other free (as some standard form printed contracts); implies inequality in bargaining power