Just in case you missed it, PriceDoc was featured in a USA Today article yesterday!
The article discusses the frustration that people have when cold calling a doctor’s office to ask about pricing and presents the exciting changes that come with price transparency coupled with technology (the internet): PriceDoc.com.
Many thanks to Jillian Berman for taking the time out to understand these scenarios and spending the time to connect with our company!
Have you had a chance to use PriceDoc? We need your opinion! Comments are after the jump.
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Solana Beach, Calif., March 9, 2010– PriceDoc, a free, transparent health care pricing service, today announced that patients have performed over one million searches for medical and dental procedures listed on the Web site. PriceDoc.com empowers health care consumers to negotiate the cash price of quality medical procedures. Both patients and providers are integrating transparent pricing into their health care exchange, as over 2,500 providers from across the country have become PriceDoc.com subscribers and posted more than 50,000 medical and dental procedures available for cash prices.
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Solana Beach, Calif., February 2, 2010 – PriceDoc, a free, transparent healthcare pricing service and Web site, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued PriceDoc patent #7,657,479 for its online system of healthcare service acquisition and negotiation, making PriceDoc.com the only online site where patients can “make an offer” for healthcare services with verified providers.
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Clark made this video a while ago, but we did not find it until it aired on HLN where it was seen by almost a million people! Did you see it on TV? If not, here’s another look…
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PriceDoc has recently hit the news announcing its national launch – offering the general public a chance to search for health care, and negotiate for prices. PriceDoc is also making news with the pending issue of a US Patent for innovative technologies. When thinking of patents, most people think of widgets or devices. The idea of applying for a patent for an online medical website that allows the public to negotiate for health care services was certainly “out of the box” – even for the patent examiners.
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Phoenix, AZ., November 5, 2009 – It was announced today that Healthcare Networks of America, LLC has signed an agreement with PriceDoc, a free, transparent healthcare pricing service. Healthcare Networks of America, LLC, founded in 1993, is a national provider network comprised of 20,000 physicians. PriceDoc.com empowers consumers to take control of their healthcare costs. Their technology allows patients to search for quality healthcare providers in their local area and compare their pricing for specific procedures. Patients can also submit a bid for services at their desired price to multiple providers through PriceDoc.com’s patent-pending online bidding system. All healthcare services are paid for by cash or credit card, thus eliminating the cost and burden of filing and tracking insurance claims.
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Seattle, Wash., November 2, 2009 – PriceDoc.com, a free, transparent healthcare pricing service, today announced its successful Seattle-based pilot program is now available to patients nationwide. More than 1,800 providers from across the country have already become PriceDoc.com subscribers and posted more than 50,000 medical and dental procedures that are available for cash prices. To date, patients have performed more than 331,000 searches for medical and dental procedures, accessed provider information and reserved a price.
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Seattle, WA – June 9, 2009 – Dr. Jonathan Javitt, former senior medical advisor to Presidents Clinton and Bush, and Dr. Peter Newton, a renowned orthopedic surgeon, have been elected to the Board of Directors for PriceDoc (http://www.pricedoc.com/), a new Seattle-based company that brings cash-paying patients together with healthcare providers who offer the services they need.
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